It's getting cold these days...

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:39 am

GeoTrail wrote:When I was driving my son to the childrens park this morning I almost hit a car that didn't repect my right-of-way. If I were alone in the car I would have hit the gas and plowed that jerk. His insurance would have to pay the bills then, but when my son is with me I try to take it easy

haha

i would just hit my horn and maybe throw a finger or 2

At least i would have done that on a bike.. Its not smart to hit things when on a bike, i can tell you that

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:47 am

Hehehe yeah I know. I crashed my moped when I was 16-17 years old. Never imaged myself flying like superman before, when I think about it, I could do without that experience hehehe

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:55 am

Mopeds are fun

allthough one of my best friends friend died on one..

I only crash on bikes when its icy however thats normally in low speed so it doesnt hurt

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:58 am

Aren't there ABS brakes for bikes?

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:11 pm

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:14 pm

There were on my moped, but it ment "Analoge Braking System" hehehehe

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:19 pm

Psychophanta wrote:Aren't there ABS brakes for bikes?

Hey!
It should be not so difficult to do! First generation ABS brakes consist in an fastly intermitent braking, what should be very easy to make with a simple electronic circuit (just getting the autofire circuit from your joystick, for example

). The only needed is a battery.
Modern generations ABS consists in a circuit using microcontroller (which consumes less than a simple normal transistor),
so i wonder why it is not already invented.

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:23 pm

The first ABS for cars was a mechanical solution, and was kinda dangerous if you needed to do emergency braking. But it can be easily added if you have the tools and a small workshop.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:29 pm

its a 2 wheel'er it wouldnt really help that much, as you normally crash when you got out of balance and then lay wrong on the ice. However, you could maybe do something with a stabilisator, an gyroscope (i know the rotating wheels already works like a gyroscope, however only in 1 direction. You could have another to help)

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:32 pm

Yes that's true, the faster the wheel goes 'round the more force is applied to stabilise the vehicle. Have you seen that one wheeled motocycle on Discovery? very funny, and very unstable hehehe

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:40 pm

1 wheeled? Damn i wouldnt drive that

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:54 pm

It's called monowheel. Check this video clip
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/T ... mclean.mpg

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:56 pm

It is unstable because masses center is down of axis.
But if it was a car with 4 wheels like that (with seats down of axises) it will never overturn, coz in curves it would give more pressure in the internal 2 wheels than the external ones (opposit to a normal car).

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:27 pm

nice bike

however it looks dangerous to crash on..! fly in and hit the wheel instead of just flying in the air.

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:31 pm

Hehehe just imagine how it would look with 10 airbags installed