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27-06.-2008, 02:10 PM
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Re: RTL: Ranking for non-geared teams
mscalisi wrote: > > > With a freewheel UPD, you can come straight down. It's possible that > you fall slightly backwards. My hypothesis about what happened to you > is that your leg came down at a slightly awkward angle ahead of your > body weight, and then had all the force of your body push into at 30kmh > > > Had you simply had a regular UPD, you would have fallen forward and > gotten scraped up, but not forced your leg into an awkward position. > There was nothing awkward about the leg position. It was the perfect angle for snapping it in half. My body was not in front of my leg, it was behind it. This gives you a rough idea: _____/O______ Try this- ride a bike really fast. Now tilt to the side and plant your leg at about 45 degrees into the ground at 30km/hr. -- GizmoDuck The Uninam Tour 2008.....Hanoi to Saigon!!! www.uninam.net The SINZ Unicycle Tour 2007....South Island, New Zealand www.sinzuni.org The Induni Unicycle Tour 2009. Unicycle Tour of India. Email me for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GizmoDuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/794 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70892 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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28-06.-2008, 02:37 AM
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Re: RTL: Ranking for non-geared teams
I think I'll take your word, and not try the experiment. Still, do you think your leg would have broken had you simply UPD'd on a single-speed unicycle at that speed? The reason I bring this up is that I once had a UPD where my uni went into freewheel mode when shifting from low to high at speed (maybe 10mph). I landed awkwardly, and it was much more painful than UPD's I've had at much faster speeds on a single speed. (I've come off going 17mph before). I imagined that your UPD was like mine, except going much faster. For this reason, I no longer attempt to shift from low to high faster than 5-7mph. Shifting the other direction has never been a problem. GizmoDuck wrote: > There was nothing awkward about the leg position. It was the perfect > angle for snapping it in half. My body was not in front of my leg, it > was behind it. This gives you a rough idea: > > _____/O______ > > Try this- ride a bike really fast. > > Now tilt to the side and plant your leg at about 45 degrees into the > ground at 30km/hr. -- mscalisi ><> Unicycle for (reducing the) Buddha <>< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mscalisi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4961 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70892 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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28-06.-2008, 02:37 AM
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Re: RTL: Ranking for non-geared teams
I think I'll take your word, and not try the experiment. Still, do you think your leg would have broken had you simply UPD'd on a single-speed unicycle at that speed? The reason I bring this up is that I once had a UPD where my uni went into freewheel mode when shifting from low to high at speed (maybe 10mph). I landed awkwardly, and it was much more painful than UPD's I've had at much faster speeds on a single speed. (I've come off going 17mph before). I imagined that your UPD was like mine, except going much faster. For this reason, I no longer attempt to shift from low to high faster than 5-7mph. Shifting the other direction has never been a problem. GizmoDuck wrote: > There was nothing awkward about the leg position. It was the perfect > angle for snapping it in half. My body was not in front of my leg, it > was behind it. This gives you a rough idea: > > _____/O______ > > Try this- ride a bike really fast. > > Now tilt to the side and plant your leg at about 45 degrees into the > ground at 30km/hr. -- mscalisi ><> Unicycle for (reducing the) Buddha <>< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mscalisi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4961 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70892 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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