Re: Coker Iddle-ing, Possible?



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I'm riding a super heavy stock steel rim coker on an original coker tire
and it's super hard to idle. I assume that the new fangle lightweight
cokers are much easier to idle.


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Seager wrote:
> I'm riding a super heavy stock steel rim coker on an original coker tire
> and it's super hard to idle. I assume that the new fangle lightweight
> cokers are much easier to idle.

Well mine is a steel frame and the TA tire is way heavier than the
traditional coker "button" tread, so my set up is definitely heavier
than the new cokers.

But yes, the heavy wheel mass and size makes ideling not only
difficult, but highly impractical; especially with short cranks! But
what the heck, it's still fun to try!:p


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Cokers like to be idled -very- slowly. The problem I think most people
have is believing that their Coker will behave just like their 20 or 24
when idling. The wheel is too massive. The rotational inertia is much
larger and so it becomes very difficult to make it change direction
quickly. I can idle at traffic lights but I have to realize that if I'm
on a back roll in the middle of an idle when the light changes, it's
going to be a while before I'm going forward again.


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MuniAddict wrote:
> Edit: Fun to try...unless it's 110 degrees outside!:eek::eek::eek:


That changes everything!


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Seager wrote:
> I'm riding a super heavy stock steel rim coker on an original coker tire
>



Brother??!?

150mm Cranks?


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