Solving the bicycle problem

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

Are you kidding? This guy and his /invention/ are crazy! Could you see
one of those things rolling down a main road? And people look at
bicycles as road hazards!

Ken
--
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

Terry Morse said:

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

He's channeling Eli Whitney? --D-y

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

Wierd, when I stopped by the shop last fall, they sold me the comfy
fast bike.

What a huckster in the video. He might as well be proclaiming the
benefits of spoon-guard.

http://www.rathergood.com/spoonguard/

landotter said:

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

Wierd, when I stopped by the shop last fall, they sold me the comfy
fast bike.

What a huckster in the video. He might as well be proclaiming the
benefits of spoon-guard.

http://www.rathergood.com/spoonguard/

Well that guys invention or whatever you want to call it, is just
slightly more useful than spoonguard. Not much but a little. It's just
another take on a human powered vehicle. I am SURE its going to go
nowhere real fast. History has shown that bi-cycles are the way things
will be now and in the immediate future. There is a very small market
for other types of hpvs. If he gets any funding / investors it will be a
miracle if he is a good inventor and has other inventions perhaps he can
use some of the profits from those other invention to fund that rolling
cage contraption, more like a Rube Goldberg machine than anything else.

Ken
--
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

NO.

From the web site:

"Gearing that allows an operator to rotate the wheels four times each
pedal cycle, or at a 1:4 ratio while at the comfortable cadence rate
will produce a speed upwards of 50mph."

"The conventional bicycle is unstable and dangerous on the road. The
rider is vulnerable in traffic no matter how experienced. It is the
height of danger to be balanced on two inch-wide tires with nothing
between the driver and road objects."

--
Ted Bennett

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?
--
terry morse - Undiscovered Country Tours - http://www.udctours.com/

You would think one of his friends would sit him down and give him a
reality check. he was correct about one thing..bicycles replacing
horses. Yep, cheaper, lighter, easier to ride.

Ted Bennett said:

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

NO.

From the web site:

"Gearing that allows an operator to rotate the wheels four times each
pedal cycle, or at a 1:4 ratio while at the comfortable cadence rate
will produce a speed upwards of 50mph."

The 50mph claim seems to just be based on it having a really high gear.
Assuming 100rpm at the pedals, any normal bike can get that gear: it just
needs a 79t chainring and 11t rear.

Jim Higson said:

The 50mph claim seems to just be based on it having a really high gear.
Assuming 100rpm at the pedals, any normal bike can get that gear: it just
needs a 79t chainring and 11t rear.

A 384" gear no less, and on the misconception that a cyclist could
cruise faster if he could somehow bring more muscles into play than
just those of the legs. The upper body is just dead weight on a
conventional bicycle, claims the designer. And to eliminate that dead
weight he's produced a human powered vehicle that weighs 200 lbs. Don't
worry, this is only a prototype. He's going to get the weight down by
using lighter materials. Then he's going to add turbines and flywheels.
Unless this is an elaborate joke it seems the designer has
misunderstood just about everything there is to misunderstand about the
mechanics of cycling.

On his web site it declares that one of the development goals is to
lose the front wheel. That should make the braking very interesting.
:-)

--
Dave...

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

Where would you park it? It's huge.

Zog The Undeniable said:

Where would you park it? It's huge.

Around the other bikes at the bike rack.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

I notice this guy never showed how it performs when braking. Does it have
brakes?? haha

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Ted Bennett said:

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

NO.

From the web site:

"Gearing that allows an operator to rotate the wheels four times each
pedal cycle, or at a 1:4 ratio while at the comfortable cadence rate
will produce a speed upwards of 50mph."

The 50mph claim seems to just be based on it having a really high gear.
Assuming 100rpm at the pedals, any normal bike can get that gear: it just
needs a 79t chainring and 11t rear.

Maybe you are onto something. With a 200t chainring and a 6t rear, I should be able to beat a Bugatti Vyeron! Probably
need to upgrade the tyres though.

Mike

Jim Higson said:

Ted Bennett wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

NO.

From the web site:

"Gearing that allows an operator to rotate the wheels four times each
pedal cycle, or at a 1:4 ratio while at the comfortable cadence rate
will produce a speed upwards of 50mph."

The 50mph claim seems to just be based on it having a really high gear.
Assuming 100rpm at the pedals, any normal bike can get that gear: it just
needs a 79t chainring and 11t rear.

Yebbut, despite the "comfortable cadence", no one can pedal any ordinary
bike up to 50 mph, never mind that thing.

Yes, I know that faired recumbents can get well past 50.

--
Ted Bennett

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I notice this guy never showed how it performs when braking. Does it have
brakes?? haha

I think it steers with brakes, and the video shows some quite large disk
rotors. With the steering wheel in front to keep it from rotating nose-down
under braking, it may stop pretty well.
Kerry

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Zog The Undeniable said:

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

This new contraption:

1. is fast,
2. has no saddle.

http://www.bodyriteltd.com/

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

Where would you park it? It's huge.

Stick wings that flap on it, and it'll
be an ornithopter. Park it in a hangar.

cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Quoted message said:

Inventor is looking for a "few million" in investor money. Any
takers?

He has figured out how to promote it anyway... there are articles all
over the web. I'm happy that people like to make junk like this... but
it is truly absurd to think that it has any practical value. Surely
there are a few smart people at NASA? If they wanted a human powered
vehicle for low g and rough terrain, then a normal bicycle with fat
tires would work *much* better.

Odd that a 50mph tricycle is never seen going faster than a person can
jog...

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I notice this guy never showed how it performs when braking. Does it have
brakes?? haha

It won't need'em!

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I notice this guy never showed how it performs when braking. Does it have
brakes?? haha

It won't need'em!

what?

Terry Morse said:

Interesting new machine, inventor claims to solve the problems with
the bicycle:

1. bicycles are slow,
2. saddles are bad.

Saddles are bad? What other form of exercise lets you SIT DOWN while
you exercise?