Rear Steer photos

Bill, you've finally displaced limey Lew as having the most interesting bike
shoes, his bare spd feet. Dian clipped in with the spd pumps is pretty
ingenious.:o)

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I have placed some photo of the rear steer bike on my earthlink page.

They aren't too good. Blame the Prof.
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Well, thats quite an honor, being upstaged by that fine Lady.

Thanks, Harv.

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Bill, you've finally displaced limey Lew as having the most interesting

bike

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shoes, his bare spd feet. Dian clipped in with the spd pumps is pretty ingenious.:o)

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I have placed some photo of the rear steer bike on my earthlink page.

They aren't too good. Blame the Prof.
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See, we're a pretty classy bunch on this board. Next thing we'll probably
see is Cletus riding around in spd cowboy boots.
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Well, thats quite an honor, being upstaged by that fine Lady.

Thanks, Harv.

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Bill, you've finally displaced limey Lew as having the most interesting

bike

Quoted message said:

shoes, his bare spd feet. Dian clipped in with the spd pumps is pretty ingenious.:o)

"Bill Patterson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have placed some photo of the rear steer bike on my earthlink page.

They aren't too good. Blame the Prof.
--

Demand and drive elegant lightweight fuel efficient vehicles.

See some Bikes At:

home.earthlink.netindex.htmlOpen ↗

Class and Helicopter

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I have placed some photo of the rear steer bike on my earthlink page.

Hey! Nice pic, bike looks great!

But I wonder how well it handles at slow speeds. Is it more of a handful than a regular DF then?

When I was a kid I could start my DF 10spd rolling down a hill. The front wheel would automagically
make the minute turns necessary to keep the bike upright. It would go forever on a downhill.
Intuitively, I expect that this bike wouldn't work that way. Is this correct?

Are there any benefits from rear-steer?

The rear steer is NOT a hands free bike and it doesn't self correct. I think that it's a good
starting point for further developement.

Front drive rear steer is an excellent simple design for a low racer or streamliner. None can be
ridden at present.

Rear drive works well, but has problems for the low fast crowd. Routing a long chain back to the
rear wheel is a pain. Also the chain weight might be a problem.

Current righ speed faired bikes normally use a twist chain front drve.There is a simpler
(lighter" system.

Moving bottom bracker front drive is the simplest front drive front steer. Only Tom Traylor has
built a fairing that moves with the front fork. I'm not sure how it would work at Battle Mtn. at 80
miles an hour.

The high speed community would love a simple front drive with it's short chain. Such a system
demands fewer design compromises for the rest of the bike.

So the dream of the high speed guys is a rear steer system that works easily for all. I'm afraid we
are far from success on that front.

Bill Patterson "away from home"

Please clue me in on the definition of moving bottom bracket. Does this mean that the bottom bracket
turns with the fork assembly but is otherwise in a fixed relation to the front axle, etc.?

Thank you

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The rear steer is NOT a hands free bike and it doesn't self correct. I think that it's a good
starting point for further developement.

Front drive rear steer is an excellent simple design for a low racer or streamliner. None can be
ridden at present.

Rear drive works well, but has problems for the low fast crowd. Routing a long chain back to the
rear wheel is a pain. Also the chain weight might be a problem.

Current righ speed faired bikes normally use a twist chain front drve.There is a simpler
(lighter" system.

Moving bottom bracker front drive is the simplest front drive front steer. Only Tom Traylor has
built a fairing that moves with the front fork. I'm not sure how it would work at Battle Mtn. at
80 miles an hour.

The high speed community would love a simple front drive with it's short chain. Such a system
demands fewer design compromises for the rest of the bike.

So the dream of the high speed guys is a rear steer system that works easily for all. I'm afraid
we are far from success on that front.

Bill Patterson "away from home"

One could always go head-first and view the oncoming scenery with a mirror... nah. No-one would ever
be that insane ;-)

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Originally posted by Dave Larrington
One could always go head-first and view the oncoming scenery with a mirror... nah. No-one would ever
be that insane ;-)

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The Eivie team at Battle Mountain- which set the European HPV record.

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