Cyclefest Pictures

Just zis Guy said:

By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

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That red Stinger looks really nice, but is the boom set long enough?

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Just zis Guy said:

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So, it's the yellow jersey then?

Looks like lots of fun:-)

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Just zis Guy said:

By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

<url:http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/public.nsf/Documents/Cyclefest>

Guy

Shimano sandals - a man with taste ;-)

Tony

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By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

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Graham

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By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

<url:http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/public.nsf/Documents/Cyclefest>

Excellent pictures. Thanks. Nice to see the Foska Marmite cycle shirt
putting in an appearance in the final two photos. I notice that Foska now
do a Marmite drinks bottle (as well as a London Pride one!)

I do like their shirts (even if they are pricey) but I refuse to buy the
London Pride shirt (despite it being one of my favourite pints when I
lived down south, (south England anyway)) and I have asked Foska to sort
out a Black Sheep shirt. They have yet to take me up on this. If anyone
else wants to recommend that they produce such a shirt then feel free to
contact them ( http://www.foska.com/acatalog/info.html )

Colin

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By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

I'm not surprised you didn't do well in the race. All the photos are of you
doing a very impressive track stand in front of the same bush. The blurred
spokes are obviously Photo-Shopped :-)

Graeme

Graeme said:

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Quoted message said:

By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

I'm not surprised you didn't do well in the race. All the photos are of you
doing a very impressive track stand in front of the same bush. The blurred
spokes are obviously Photo-Shopped :-)

My thoughts also - note the identical leg positions in all the Stinger
photos ;-)

Tony

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By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

<url:http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/public.nsf/Documents/Cyclefest>

Guy

Nice family shots.

That recumbent, how do you get on with front wheel 'heel strike'?
Looking at the side view photograph your foot looks mighty close to
the front wheel, and it 'looks' as though it would be difficult to
avoid. I've got 'heel strike' on the brain at the moment [what a sad
man], as I'm at the stage where I'm looking to attach the boom to the
frame of my homebuild. I want the BB/seat height to be about the same,
higher than the Tour Easy style but not as high as
'feet in the sky rides', I could do with a bit of blood left in the
legs! The seat is be adjustable, but the boom won't be.

Is it a case that you often get heel strike with SWB but just 'get
used to it', remembering that for most cycling needs the steering is
not rotating that sharply much of the time?

Garry

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Is it a case that you often get heel strike with SWB but just 'get
used to it', remembering that for most cycling needs the steering is
not rotating that sharply much of the time?

Never had heel strike on my bent. I think it's more of a problem with
low-racers (or low-er racers!). Heel strike was a major issue for me
when I test rode the Toxy ZR.

Jon

garryb59 said:

That recumbent, how do you get on with front wheel 'heel strike'?

I avoid sharp turns while pedalling :-) Seriously, I ride it every day
commuting, I've only once or twice had heel interference problems, always on
low-speed turns, and it's never caused me to crash.

Quoted message said:

Is it a case that you often get heel strike with SWB but just 'get
used to it', remembering that for most cycling needs the steering is
not rotating that sharply much of the time?

That seems like a fair assessment to me. The risk is always there - or the
possibility, rather - but other riders of SWB bikes don't report problems,
and I don't experience them, so probably the rider just compensates.

I wouldn't turn sharply on that bike anyway, one more reason why I keep to
the roads :-)

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

By way of light relief, here are some pictures from Cyclefest 2004:

<url:http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/public.nsf/Documents/Cyclefest>

Guy

Ermmm, Guy? What's that funny thing on top of your head. It wouldn't
be a magic beanie would it? Surely not!

Tony ;-)

Just zis Guy said:

I wouldn't turn sharply on that bike anyway, one more reason why I keep to
the roads :-)

Quite. Although heel strike is possible on my SMGT, the only place I
have ever experienced it (except while doing a U-turn) is the point
where my local cyclepath crosses the local steam railway. I have to do
a 90 degree left turn, pass through two 3' wide gates, then do a 90
degree right turn. It took me several months doing it twice daily just
to learn to do it without putting a foot down:
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(And no, I probably don't have a higher resolution picture handy).

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