First involved the coefficient of friction of tyre rubber on wet tarmac. At 71kph on a slight left hander there isnn't enough friction to keep a tandem where it should oughter be.
Second involved lycra on wet tarmac. When sliding down the road on yer raes, lycra wears through _very_ quickly.
Which leads us quickly to the third experiment, involving skin and tarmac. This lasts about the same time as lycra, but hurts more.
And I got a hole in my brand new Altura jacket. Can they be patched?
Which one, the lycra shorts, yer raes, or your brand new Altura jacket? 😄
All three can be patched, but it would probable be a waste of time to ask a doctor to conduct a painful skin graft operation on a patch of skin which will probably self repair in a week or two.
Originally posted by Tim Hall Today I did experiments involving friction.
First involved the coefficient of friction of tyre rubber on wet tarmac. At 71kph on a slight left hander there isnn't enough friction to keep a tandem where it should oughter be.
Second involved lycra on wet tarmac. When sliding down the road on yer raes, lycra wears through _very_ quickly.
Which leads us quickly to the third experiment, involving skin and tarmac. This lasts about the same time as lycra, but hurts more.
And I got a hole in my brand new Altura jacket. Can they be patched?
Tim
Sounds like a nasty bit of research was undertaken there 🙁
Good job the "experiment" did not extend to seeing what the friction co-efficient was of bone on tarmac and how long it needed to be in contact with the road surface before the body was brought to rest :eek:
Get your [censored] patched up with band-aid. As for your jacket - a good stripe or two of duct tape will do the job 😉
-- [email hidden] (Simon Brooke) jasmine.org.uk~simonOpen ↗ ;; If God does not write LISP, God writes some code so similar to ;; LISP as to make no difference.
"Tim Hall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > And I got a hole in my brand new Altura jacket. Can they be patched?
Sorry to hear of your crash. I cut my Gore jacket in my first crash last month and looked in the yellow pages under "Clothing Alterations". Found several places there that will repair clothes.
