Beyond Tomorrow Street Surfer

Terry Collins said:

Anyone planning on spending $1,000 to dicky their knees?

Admitting to ignorance, have a link or description?

cfsmtb said:

Terry Collins said:

Anyone planning on spending $1,000 to dicky their knees?

Admitting to ignorance, have a link or description?

http://www.beyondtomorrow.com.au/stories/ep32/streetsurfer.html

Skewer said:

cfsmtb said:

Terry Collins said:

Anyone planning on spending $1,000 to dicky their knees?

Admitting to ignorance, have a link or description?

http://www.beyondtomorrow.com.au/stories/ep32/streetsurfer.html

They streetsurfer seems to come from WA, since they show some promotional
pictures of the streetsurfer which are taken at the Hillarys marina - not
too far from my neck of the woods.

Hmmm... its not much of a commuter, so I'll just have to learn how to do
wheelstands on my road bike!

Vince

Terry Collins said:

Anyone planning on spending $1,000 to dicky their knees?

I had a go on one of these at the BIKEShow in 05

I was really cautious at first, expecting to go for a spill but in fact after watching the sales guy whizz about and him encouraging me to throw it about soon got the hang of it.
One word. AMAZING!
If only 'normal' bikes could corner like this!!!
It's like it's on rails. the harder you throw it at a corner the better it does.
Quite freaky at first as you think everything will go wrong but was quietly very impressed.
The obvious downside is the very small wheels making it susceptible to bad surfaces/bumps etc but on smooth surfaces hard to beat.
Would make a very good learning tool for kids to transition from training wheels to 'normal' riding

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Quoted message said:

Terry Collins said:

Anyone planning on spending $1,000 to dicky their knees?

I had a go on one of these at the BIKEShow in 05

I was really cautious at first, expecting to go for a spill but in fact
after watching the sales guy whizz about and him encouraging me to throw
it about soon got the hang of it.
One word. AMAZING!
If only 'normal' bikes could corner like this!!!
It's like it's on rails. the harder you throw it at a corner the better
it does.
Quite freaky at first as you think everything will go wrong but was
quietly very impressed.
The obvious downside is the very small wheels making it susceptible to
bad surfaces/bumps etc but on smooth surfaces hard to beat.
Would make a very good learning tool for kids to transition from
training wheels to 'normal' riding

I'll have to try one, but they looked lame. WOW - you can ride down stairs?
What, just like other bikes? WOW - you can pedal while cornering? Odd, so
can I. WOW - they have elastomer suspension which outperforms other bike
suspensions by some high percentage? <chortle>. WOW - you lean when
cornering? That's a novel idea.

OK, it did have some good features, but I'd rather have a real bike.

And how can it be a *bi*cycle with five wheels? A quincycle?

Tony F
feeling cynical and grumpy - especially because it was a cheesy clip episode

On 2006-04-13, tony f (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Quite freaky at first as you think everything will go wrong but was
quietly very impressed.
The obvious downside is the very small wheels making it susceptible to
bad surfaces/bumps etc but on smooth surfaces hard to beat.
Would make a very good learning tool for kids to transition from
training wheels to 'normal' riding

I'll have to try one, but they looked lame. WOW - you can ride down stairs?
What, just like other bikes? WOW - you can pedal while cornering? Odd, so
can I.

I had an interesting episode pedalling while cornering on the fixie
lastnight.

I get up to 65km/h on my local hill, then have to use the turning lane
and turn, at the bottom. I often come in quite hot, so use the brakes
at the last minute, and stop myself from slamming into the gutter (I
don't beleive I still haven't found the right line to take in that
corner, after 4 years -- I think there's just too many variables on
any given day, such as "where is the pile of broken glass today?"😉.

I found out lastnight it's best not to take risks when learning to
ride a fixie. I came in just as hot as usual, but when my instinct
was to stop pedalling, the bike just kept on pedalling for me, with me
still clipped in. Sure washed some speed off, and I relaxed after
only half a revolution or so, but I damn near shat my pants.
Strangely enough, despite the hiccup while cornering on what I thought
must be the edge of traction, I kept upright, and made it around the
corner.

Fun!

And this morning, I found fixies aren't good when you are tired. Too
many hills in my area to struggle up!

--
TimC
I bet the human brain is a kludge.
-- Marvin Minsky

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:56:41 GMT, "tony f"
<[email hidden]> wrote in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

OK, it did have some good features, but I'd rather have a real bike.

And how can it be a *bi*cycle with five wheels? A quincycle?

To quote the Australian road rules:

"bicycle" means a vehicle with 1 or more wheels that is built to be
propelled by human power through a belt, chain or gears (whether or
not it has an auxiliary motor), and:

To para phrase Humpty Dumpty - The bi part means exactly what the law
wants it to mean neither more nor less.

Regards
Prickles

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On 2006-04-15, Spiny Norman (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:56:41 GMT, "tony f"
<[email hidden]> wrote in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

OK, it did have some good features, but I'd rather have a real bike.

And how can it be a *bi*cycle with five wheels? A quincycle?

To quote the Australian road rules:

"bicycle" means a vehicle with 1 or more wheels that is built to be
propelled by human power through a belt, chain or gears (whether or
not it has an auxiliary motor), and:

Which incidentally, presumably means unicycles aren't actually allowed
on the roads, and nor are penny farthings.

Quoted message said:

To para phrase Humpty Dumpty - The bi part means exactly what the law
wants it to mean neither more nor less.

To paraphrase someone presumably famous, the law is an [censored].

--
TimC
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TimC said:

On 2006-04-15, Spiny Norman (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

To para phrase Humpty Dumpty - The bi part means exactly what the law
wants it to mean neither more nor less.

To paraphrase someone presumably famous, the law is an [censored].

I think they said "ass", as in "Don't you think I have a cute ass?"
"Yes, it has such lovely brown eyes and silky tail"

P

--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

TimC said:

Which incidentally, presumably means unicycles aren't actually allowed
on the roads, and nor are penny farthings.

since when do PF's have one wheel? or were you referring to lack of brakes?

On 2006-04-15, flyingdutch (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

TimC said:

Which incidentally, presumably means unicycles aren't actually allowed
on the roads, and nor are penny farthings.

since when do PF's have one wheel? or were you referring to lack of
brakes?

"1 or more wheels that is built to be propelled by human power through
a belt, chain or gears"

Neither a belt, chain, nor gears are involved in either.

--
TimC
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do do = by by to to while while(until) until(end);

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 03:58:24 GMT, TimC
<[email hidden]> wrote in
aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"bicycle" means a vehicle with 1 or more wheels that is built to be
propelled by human power through a belt, chain or gears (whether or
not it has an auxiliary motor), and:

Which incidentally, presumably means unicycles aren't actually allowed
on the roads, and nor are penny farthings.

NO because the next line says

(a) includes a pedicab, penny-farthing, scooter, tricycle and
unicycle; but
(b) does not include a wheelchair, wheeled recreational device,
wheeled toy, or any vehicle with an auxiliary motor capable of
generating a power output over 200 watts (whether or not the
motor is operating).

Humpty was right.

Regards
Prickles

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