In article <
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[email protected] (Carl Fogel) wrote:
> Ted Bennett <
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> news:<tedbennett-
>
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> >
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2004/04/05.html
> >
> > (Yes, I know it's actually a trike.)
>
> Dear Ted,
>
> Since no one else has responded to your magnificent link,
> I'll step up and admit that I desperately want to ride
> this bike.
>
> I also want to know whether those square wheels stand on
> their corners or on their flats and whether tubulars or
> clinchers would be best kind of tires.
>
> As for their claim that no one can think of a road shaped
> shaped like a tire, I'm puzzled by their failure to see
> that we ride with circular tires on a spherical planet and
> watch motorcycles whizzing around inside globular mesh
> cages at circuses on round tires.
>
> Thanks for a wonderful link,
>
> Carl Fogel
Glad you like it, Carl. With respect to square tires, it's
notoriously difficult to inflate anything and obtain flat
sides and square tires.
The best solution may be to do away with the square wheels
and special roadway, and employ a rack and pinion. There
should be no more traction problems even for the strongest
of us. As long as we ride only in straight lines, that is.
--
Ted Bennett Portland OR