Finally fixed

Dave Larrington said:

Just the three at the moment[1] - the Trice, the Speedmachine & Cosimo
the Stealth Baron. It just requires practice.

What happened to the project to carve one from scratch out of
sixty-four cubic feet of Jablite?

--
Dave...

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dkahn400 () said:

Dave Larrington said:

Just the three at the moment[1] - the Trice, the Speedmachine & Cosimo
the Stealth Baron. It just requires practice.

What happened to the project to carve one from scratch out of
sixty-four cubic feet of Jablite?

The sixty-four cubic feet of Jablite were carved into a plug for a full
fairing for the Kingcycle. The full fairing for the Kingcycle turned
out to be hot, heavy and slow, and both it and the remnants of the
sixty-four cubic feet of Jablite lie full five fathoms down in an Essex
landfill. The Kingcycle itself also resides in Essex, having been sold
to provide space, and funds, for the purchase of Cosimo the Stealth
Baron. As, indeed, was Windcheetah 002.

Meanwhile, the search for something light[1], rack/tailbox equippable,
capable of taking an HP Velotechnik seat and disc brake, SON and
(potentially) Rohloff-compatible goes on...

1 - and no, the Challenge SL range won't do, as even with a major anti-
pie consumption drive, Legs+Luggage would mass > 95 kg.

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James Annan said:

I don't find the pawls disengaging atfter each pedal stroke
on my freehub.

And yet the universal experience (as far as I've asked)
of people who ride free, and try a fixed
is that it feels different, even at constant
speed on the flat.

How can this be?

BugBear

James Annan said:

Quoted message said:

If your feet lagged just a few degrees at one point on each stroke the
pawls wouldn't disengage, but it would still feel substantially
different from fixed. I'm not saying this is what happens, but it
strikes me as plausible.

It would still result in a brief lack of engagement at the start of
each new pedal stroke
(as you catch up with the freewheel), which I have certainly never
noticed in normal riding.

Agreed. No-one *notices*. This is (really...) my point.

However, the commonly made observation that a fixed
DOES feel different (on flat roads, constant speed)
would seem to be strong evidence that something
IS happening on a freewheel that we don't notice.

I speak as a rider of both fixed and free
over 30 years.

BugBear