New Shimano Automatic Transmission

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:51:29 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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http://preview.tinyurl.com/34qp2s

Noticed this bit:

"...161 million Americans who haven't ridden a bicycle since they were
children."

Anyone know the figures for cycle-friendly countries?

Tony Raven said:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/34qp2s

The only thing new is the add campaign. Zzzzzzzzzzzz........

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On 16/03/2007 17:51, Tony Raven said,

Quoted message said:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/34qp2s

"The biking industry is mired in a slump. The sector happily rode a wave
of popularity in the 1980s and '90s when mountain biking and road racing
were the rage,"

Really? I thought mountain biking was still "the rage", both here and
in the USA.

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Paul Boyd said:

Really? I thought mountain biking was still "the rage", both here and
in the USA.

Bugger - I thought fixed wheel audaxing was the rage... have I bought
the wrong bike??

Tony B

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Quoted message said:

Paul Boyd said:

Really? I thought mountain biking was still "the rage", both here and in
the USA.

Bugger - I thought fixed wheel audaxing was the rage... have I bought the
wrong bike??

Tony B

Yes. Real men use one wheel ;-)

Tony B said:

Quoted message said:

Bugger - I thought fixed wheel audaxing was the rage... have I bought the
wrong bike??

and vernon responded:

Quoted message said:

Yes. Real men use one wheel ;-)

One *fixed* wheel, I might add.

And on that note, here's me in the Bath Chronicle 12 years ago (read
the T-shirt):
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Bugger - I thought fixed wheel audaxing was the rage... have I bought the
wrong bike??

Quoted message said:

Tony B

Yes. Real men use one wheel ;-)

Can't argue with that...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8600389151928430302

Tony B said:

Paul Boyd said:

Really? I thought mountain biking was still "the rage", both here and
in the USA.

Bugger - I thought fixed wheel audaxing was the rage... have I bought
the wrong bike??

What is the point of a fixed wheel bike? It may just be my naivete but
I'm sure that I'd just die quite quickly on such a thing.

Cheers,
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Tony Raven said:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/34qp2s

Apart from the horrible styling of the components, is this any different
to the Cyber Nexus range?

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Ekul Namsob said:

What is the point of a fixed wheel bike? It may just be my naivete but
I'm sure that I'd just die quite quickly on such a thing.

It gives me a big grin.

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Ekul Namsob said:

What is the point of a fixed wheel bike?

It's easier than riding a broken wheel bike.

Quoted message said:

But isn't it rather harder downhill? Or do you have to do that with your
feet splayed?

That's true, there is an element of resistance/effort required from
the rider when descending, relative to the steepness of the gradient.
Whether you regard this as a good or bad thing is down to personal
preference. After all, the method involving the least effort would be
to take the car, or avoid the journey altogether.

I have heard of people splaying their legs, but I think you'd have to
be brave - you loose control/balance and re-attaching your feet to the
spinning cranks could be... tricky?

Better to let your legs spin at a high cadence without really putting
any power down, this is good for suppleness, and forces you to adopt a
smooth style - else you jerked around in the saddle.

Regards,

Duncan.

On 17/03/2007 13:24, Sniper8052(L96A1) said,

Quoted message said:

Surely if the wheel is fixed it won't go round and round in the normal
way one would expect on a cycle; I would have to drag it everywhere! - 🙂
Have I got this wrong?

Entirely possibly :-)

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Paul Boyd said:

On 17/03/2007 13:24, Sniper8052(L96A1) said,

Quoted message said:

Surely if the wheel is fixed it won't go round and round in the normal
way one would expect on a cycle; I would have to drag it everywhere! - 🙂
Have I got this wrong?

Entirely possibly :-)

Depends on your frame of reference. The wheel's fixed, but the frame
and the rest of the universe rotates around it.

Al C-F said:

Paul Boyd said:

On 17/03/2007 13:24, Sniper8052(L96A1) said,

Quoted message said:

Surely if the wheel is fixed it won't go round and round in the normal
way one would expect on a cycle; I would have to drag it everywhere! - 🙂
Have I got this wrong?

Entirely possibly :-)

Depends on your frame of reference. The wheel's fixed, but the frame
and the rest of the universe rotates around it.

But wouldn't the resultant centripetal forces at the saddle and handlebars make
it rather hard to ride?

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Tony Raven said:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/34qp2s

Apart from the horrible styling of the components, is this any different
to the Cyber Nexus range?

Interesting to note that the Trek version is called the 'Lime'. Is this
because they didn't want to call it the 'Lemon'?

Note also the lack of any visible brakes or brake levers. Presumably a back
pedal brake in the rear hub only?

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In article <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven
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http://preview.tinyurl.com/34qp2s

"Our surveys showed people didn't necessarily want fitness or
competition. They told us they loved riding as kids and would ride as
adults if they could do it again in a carefree way."

Kids are fit (or used to be - apparently there's a bit of a crisis going
on these days) competitive and carefree. They run around having fun,
try to out-do their friends, don't have much in the way of external
pressures and aren't averse to risk-taking. Trying to instill those
qualities into unfit stressed paranoid adults is going to take more than
a silly bicycle. Of course if they rode a proper bicycle they would be
fitter, less stressed and have a better outlook.

Duncan Smith said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Bugger - I thought fixed wheel audaxing was the rage... have I bought the
wrong bike??

Yes. Real men use one wheel ;-)

Can't argue with that...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8600389151928430302

Looks like braking would be an "interesting" exercise...

TL