Friction

Today I did experiments involving friction.

First involved the coefficient of friction of tyre rubber on
wet tarmac. At 71kph on a slight left hander there isnn't
enough friction to keep a tandem where it should oughter be.

Second involved lycra on wet tarmac. When sliding down the
road on yer raes, lycra wears through _very_ quickly.

Which leads us quickly to the third experiment, involving
skin and tarmac. This lasts about the same time as lycra,
but hurts more.

And I got a hole in my brand new Altura jacket. Can they
be patched?

Tim

 

Which one, the lycra shorts, yer raes, or your brand new Altura jacket?

 

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 01:16:41 GMT, Cipher
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Tim Hall wrote:
> > Can they be patched? Tim
>
>
>
>Which one, the lycra shorts, yer raes, or your brand new
>Altura jacket?

All three can be patched, but it would probable be a waste
of time to ask a doctor to conduct a painful skin graft
operation on a patch of skin which will probably self repair
in a week or two.

 

Sounds like a nasty bit of research was undertaken there

Good job the "experiment" did not extend to seeing what the friction co-efficient was of bone on tarmac and how long it needed to be in contact with the road surface before the body was brought to rest

Get your arse patched up with band-aid. As for your jacket - a good stripe or two of duct tape will do the job

 

in message <[email protected]>, Tim Hall
('[email protected]') wrote:

> Today I did experiments involving friction.

<snip/>

Ouch.

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no difference.

 

"Tim Hall" <[email protected]> wrote in
message > And I got a hole in my brand new Altura jacket.
Can they be patched?

Sorry to hear of your crash. I cut my Gore jacket in my
first crash last month and looked in the yellow pages under
"Clothing Alterations". Found several places there that
will repair clothes.

--
Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

 

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> At 71kph on
>

Jeez! I feel for ya.

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