Pat, Ladd
Glad to see you're back! -- from your MOST extensive trip.
In re bad puns -- "Sorry"? if we had to apologise for them I'd have
no time for anything else.
Always wondered about penny-farthing braking, but assumed you'd feel
you were nosediving & let up on the pedal.
Anyway, good to have you back.
Fair winds,
Russ
PS Wanna help me bring a 37' sailboat from Bermudah to CT?
Dint really think so. You're smarter than moi, & I must be as crazy
as people say.
On Mar 14, 2010, at 2:40 PM, pj.ladd wrote:
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> long distance Kolb flyers, if you have lots of extra money ""
>
> Hi Thom,
> thanks for putting that clip on. Very interesting concept but the
> `penny farthing` small wheel behind design very smartly gave way to
> the `safety bike` design, more or less as we know it now for a very
> good reason. When you put the brake on you nosedived into the
> ground. I see that the guy has fitted ABS but I doubt if that is
> enough to stopthe nosedive.
> The design as far as the folding capacity is concerned was very neat.
> I ride a folding electric bike and it certainly is useful. I can
> stick it in the car when travelling and the power takes the sting
> out of the hills to a certain extent. If you don`t turn the pedals
> in my model you get no power so you can`t just sit there. You have
> to exercise but with the pedals turning the power assist kicks in.
> There is a much more upmarket version than mine which folds into a
> small and light enough pack to take on a train.
> Unless this guy has come up with a breakthrough in battery power I
> think he is re inventing the wheel. bad pun. Sorry.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pat
>
>
