A funny thing happened at the velodrome, or ... why helmets are a good thing!

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:01:21 +1100
warrwych <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> my experience with bouncing objects was a loose tyre off the back of a
> ute tray on a windy bit of country road, going up a hill. The tyre
> bounced once or twice (cant remember to be honest) before bouncing
> onto the passenger side corner of bonnet of the car I was in and
> heading off down the side of the hill. Left a nice dent in the panel.
> Needless to say, the 2 guys in the ute were missing some major areas of
> brain cells.
>

I've seen the same thing, but on a very large vintage car/bike run up
the old freeway to the Eagle on the Hill in Adelaide.

Some car near the front lost a wheel, and cars and bikes all the way
back were swerving trying to avoid it without hitting anyone else!

I was in a racing sidecar at the time, feeling rather vulnerable, but
it missed me.

Got itself a fair head of steam up with some serious bouncing before
it hit a fence.

Zebee

 

[Snuffy]

As the ute slid to a halt all I could do was sit there with my
uncle and watch as the tyre overtook us,

Similar experience towing my brother's boat once. Left wheel came off while we were at considerable speed. I felt the car pull left and heard the loud CLANG, so I pulled up by the side of the road and watched as the wheel overtook us.

It's a rather disturbing feeling....

 

[Plodder]

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"Zebee Johnstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In aus.bicycle on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:01:21 +1100
> warrwych <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > my experience with bouncing objects was a loose tyre off the back of a
> > ute tray on a windy bit of country road, going up a hill. The tyre
> > bounced once or twice (cant remember to be honest) before bouncing
> > onto the passenger side corner of bonnet of the car I was in and
> > heading off down the side of the hill. Left a nice dent in the panel.
> > Needless to say, the 2 guys in the ute were missing some major areas of
> > brain cells.
> >
>
> I've seen the same thing, but on a very large vintage car/bike run up
> the old freeway to the Eagle on the Hill in Adelaide.
>
> Some car near the front lost a wheel, and cars and bikes all the way
> back were swerving trying to avoid it without hitting anyone else!
>
> I was in a racing sidecar at the time, feeling rather vulnerable, but
> it missed me.
>
> Got itself a fair head of steam up with some serious bouncing before
> it hit a fence.
>
> Zebee

Yup - I felt very vulnerable once when riding a motorcycle behind a flat-bed
truck and a wooden glut fell off the back. The glut landed end-on on the
road and bounced up and over me, landing on the bonnet of the car behind me.
Whew...

me

 

[John Pitts]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:07:33 +0800, Plodder wrote:
> Yup - I felt very vulnerable once when riding a motorcycle behind a flat-bed
> truck and a wooden glut fell off the back. The glut landed end-on on the
> road and bounced up and over me, landing on the bonnet of the car behind me.

What's a "glut", apart from being too much of something?

Of course, anything coming off the back of a truck at me would be too much
of it...

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John

 

[Richard Sherratt]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:35:52 +1100, DaveB
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Yes, I discovered that one day when the wheel of the ute I was driving
>came off. As the ute slid to a halt all I could do was sit there with my
>uncle and watch as the tyre overtook us, then bounced over a fence into
>a paddock and off into the distance. Took quite a walk to retrieve it.

My late Fil was heading off on summer holidays with the family towing
a trailer containing the tents and other camping gear. Unfortunately,
a trailer wheel came off at about 210km/h and went bounding off into
the forest. It took several hours to find it.

Who tightens your nuts?

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Richard.

 

[Bleve]

Richard Sherratt wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:35:52 +1100, DaveB
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Yes, I discovered that one day when the wheel of the ute I was driving
> >came off. As the ute slid to a halt all I could do was sit there with my
> >uncle and watch as the tyre overtook us, then bounced over a fence into
> >a paddock and off into the distance. Took quite a walk to retrieve it.
>
> My late Fil was heading off on summer holidays with the family towing
> a trailer containing the tents and other camping gear. Unfortunately,
> a trailer wheel came off at about 210km/h and went bounding off into
> the forest. It took several hours to find it.
>
> Who tightens your nuts?

210?!

Who takes his keys and throws them in the river?

 

[Skewer]

Definitions of Glut on the Web:
<<http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&lr=&defl=en&q=define:Glut&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title>>

* A large wooden splitting wedge, usually shop-made.
<<http://countryworkshops.org/glossary.html>>

"A glut is a wooden wedge, the sort of thing a pioneer would make when
working in the wilderness having carried no metal except a gun and an axe"
<<http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/homestead/2005-June/005172.html>>


John Pitts wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:07:33 +0800, Plodder wrote:
>> Yup - I felt very vulnerable once when riding a motorcycle behind a flat-bed
>> truck and a wooden glut fell off the back. The glut landed end-on on the
>> road and bounced up and over me, landing on the bonnet of the car behind me.
>
> What's a "glut", apart from being too much of something?
>
> Of course, anything coming off the back of a truck at me would be too much
> of it...
>


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[Richard Sherratt]

On 19 Dec 2006 03:09:29 -0800, "Bleve" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>Richard Sherratt wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:35:52 +1100, DaveB
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Yes, I discovered that one day when the wheel of the ute I was driving
>> >came off. As the ute slid to a halt all I could do was sit there with my
>> >uncle and watch as the tyre overtook us, then bounced over a fence into
>> >a paddock and off into the distance. Took quite a walk to retrieve it.
>>
>> My late Fil was heading off on summer holidays with the family towing
>> a trailer containing the tents and other camping gear. Unfortunately,
>> a trailer wheel came off at about 210km/h and went bounding off into
>> the forest. It took several hours to find it.
>>
>> Who tightens your nuts?
>
>210?!

In Germany on an autobahn. Completely legal with a light trailer and
quite normal.

>Who takes his keys and throws them in the river?

Where does this crazy idea that 200 km/h is fast come from?

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Richard.

 

[Plodder]

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> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:07:33 +0800, Plodder wrote:
> > Yup - I felt very vulnerable once when riding a motorcycle behind a
flat-bed
> > truck and a wooden glut fell off the back. The glut landed end-on on the
> > road and bounced up and over me, landing on the bonnet of the car behind
me.
>
> What's a "glut", apart from being too much of something?
>
> Of course, anything coming off the back of a truck at me would be too much
> of it...
>
> --
> John

A glut is one of those pieces of wood used to put under a load on the back
of a truck to enable a forklift to remove the load. It's about a 3x3 lump of
wood about 4 foot long...

me

 

[John Pitts]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:12:08 +0800, Plodder wrote:

> A glut is one of those pieces of wood used to put under a load on the
> back of a truck to enable a forklift to remove the load. It's about a
> 3x3 lump of wood about 4 foot long...

Nasty. Not the sort of thing you want to see bouncing down the road at
you!

Thanks for the definition - I'd never come across that term before.


--
John

 

[Terryc]

TimC wrote:

> Dynamical instabilities.

Well adjusted braking, but you would want a aerodynamic trailer (from
all directions).

 

[hippy]

I look down, there's a cricket ball rolling down beside me into the
middle of the track. I look up, the cricket field next to us, everyone
there is looking at me, the umpire calls out, rather loudly "Six!".

Geez man, you're such a trouble maker!
Good thing you weren't riding at the time, eh?
Did you wander on over and throw your bike at the batsman?

hippy
- In England so I'm definitely safe from 6's

 

[cfsmtb]

hippy
- In England so I'm definitely safe from 6's

5th Test - England: 5/251

Nice to see you posting on a.b again! BTW - that Dinotte lighting sure looks the goods, ie: a 5W on AA batteries. Reading through the specs now, a very tidy unit indeed.

 

[hippy]

5th Test - England: 5/251
Nice to see you posting on a.b again! BTW - that Dinotte lighting sure looks the goods, ie: a 5W on AA batteries. Reading through the specs now, a very tidy unit indeed.

Yeah, I just felt like I wasn't wasting enough of my time on the UK forums so I'd pop back here and see how y'all are doing..

Oh, and I have a much faster 'net connection now which makes posting to a.b (or cyclingforums as my ISP doesn't do nntp) passable.

The Dinotte is indeed very, very tidy and oh sooo sexy so as to fit in with oh-so-fashionable London.. it'd bloody wanna be too at £150 plus batts, etc.
It was just too nice to pass up

Have you seen the pics of their tail-light??
Click to expand the 2nd image on the left:
http://www.dinottelighting.com/DiNotte_Lighting_Ultra_Tail_Light.htm

hippy
- "oh someone wont you please tension my chain"

 

[hippy]

> On 19 Dec 2006 03:09:29 -0800, "Bleve" >>
>210?!
<snip snip wood chip>
>Who takes his keys and throws them in the river?[/color]

Where does this crazy idea that 200 km/h is fast come from?

How often do you hit 200kph on your bike?
How often do you reach 200kph in your car in Aus?
How many people on this forum drive on bahns?
My car, when I had one, couldn't even reach 200kph

Conclusion: 200kph is fast.

hippy

 

[adam85]

warrwych wrote:

> > Thanks mum!
>
> heh you're welcome youngster!
>
> and I did forget to add, well done on not being bowled out Bloody
> lucky it wasn't lower on your noggin.

Bloody unlucky to have it happen in the first place! But yes, good
that it hit the lid, not the scone. Not that I haven't had the odd
cricketball hit in the past, but that was in the face, not the temple,
and cheekbones are remarkably strong.

That is a freaky story Bleve! I dunno about cheekbones being super strong, I've seen a guy top edge a medium pace delivery into his cheekbone which shattered. Very ugly. So count yourself lucky!

ADam

 

[Bleve]

adam85 wrote:
> Bleve Wrote:
> > warrwych wrote:
> >
> > > > Thanks mum!
> > >
> > > heh you're welcome youngster!
> > >
> > > and I did forget to add, well done on not being bowled out
> > Bloody
> > > lucky it wasn't lower on your noggin.
> >
> > Bloody unlucky to have it happen in the first place! But yes, good
> > that it hit the lid, not the scone. Not that I haven't had the odd
> > cricketball hit in the past, but that was in the face, not the temple,
> > and cheekbones are remarkably strong.
>
> That is a freaky story Bleve! I dunno about cheekbones being super
> strong, I've seen a guy top edge a medium pace delivery into his
> cheekbone which shattered. Very ugly. So count yourself lucky!

I have a rather thick skull, it seems (maybe I am a tracky after all?)

 

[Richard Sherratt]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:28:27 +1100, hippy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Richard Sherratt Wrote:
>>
>> > On 19 Dec 2006 03:09:29 -0800, "Bleve" >>
>> >210?!
>> <snip snip wood chip>
>> >Who takes his keys and throws them in the river?
>>
>> Where does this crazy idea that 200 km/h is fast come from?
>>
>
>How often do you hit 200kph on your bike?[/color]

Not yet.

>How often do you reach 200kph in your car in Aus?

Never, because it's illegal.

>How many people on this forum drive on bahns?

Irrelevant.

>My car, when I had one, couldn't even reach 200kph

Irrelevant.

>Conclusion: 200kph is fast.

Unsupported.

It's fast for some people. But if you've been taught how to drive at
that speed and many other vehicles around you are doing that speed,
and you get a flash and a blue light from the polizei for driving too
slowly at 200, then it's not fast.

Everything is relative.

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Richard.

 

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> May I add my voice to those espousing caution. I had an off
> a couple of years ago where I hit my head gently (I thought)
> on the tarmac. After staunching the bleeding knee, elbow and
> ankle, I took a moment to check the helmet. A slight scratch
> and dent on the exterior plastic shell. However, the structure of the
> helmet had cracked all the way through in three places. It
> was still held together by internal framing. If your lid absorbed
> most of the energy of a flying cricket ball, it may well have
> invisible internal damage and its ability to absorb the energy
> of an impact may be significantly compromised.
> DeF.

Just curious, DeF - was the foam compressed, or just split? If the
latter, presumably it wouldn't be much use in a serious crash. Let us
know what make it was, we'll know to avoid that brand in future!

Cya,

Lo