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Trentus
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I've heard some person has plans to build a MASSIVE, and I mean MASSIVE disk that is TILTED at
an angle on a huge hill, and motorise this disk so that it rotates, and get people to pay to
ride "down" the upward moving side of the disk so that they have a never ending downhill ride.
And if they do ride faster than the disk then they get carried back to the top on the other side
of the disk.
This idea intriques me, as in theory the bike isn't actually moving, so do the technicalities change
re. balance, etc. And what happens when you go over the jumps etc, the bump is actually passing up
under you, you aren't actually moving and have a speed of 0, so do you get much air, etc. etc.
Also how does moving from the inner circle to the outer circle affect the ride, because the outside
of a disk moves faster than the inside of the disk, so the speed the ground is moving underneath you
would change, so your speed would need to change, and the only way to do that might actually be to
PEDAL down the hill.
In the winter he intends to make it a never ending downhill ski slope as well. But I suspect the
cost to build this thing would make it VERY VERY expensive to ride on, and I know one won't be built
near me, as we have irregular winters, and WAY WAY WAY TOO SMALL a population of bikers who'd ever
consider paying for riding.
But the whole idea seems intriquing.
an angle on a huge hill, and motorise this disk so that it rotates, and get people to pay to
ride "down" the upward moving side of the disk so that they have a never ending downhill ride.
And if they do ride faster than the disk then they get carried back to the top on the other side
of the disk.
This idea intriques me, as in theory the bike isn't actually moving, so do the technicalities change
re. balance, etc. And what happens when you go over the jumps etc, the bump is actually passing up
under you, you aren't actually moving and have a speed of 0, so do you get much air, etc. etc.
Also how does moving from the inner circle to the outer circle affect the ride, because the outside
of a disk moves faster than the inside of the disk, so the speed the ground is moving underneath you
would change, so your speed would need to change, and the only way to do that might actually be to
PEDAL down the hill.
In the winter he intends to make it a never ending downhill ski slope as well. But I suspect the
cost to build this thing would make it VERY VERY expensive to ride on, and I know one won't be built
near me, as we have irregular winters, and WAY WAY WAY TOO SMALL a population of bikers who'd ever
consider paying for riding.
But the whole idea seems intriquing.
