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Michael Press
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<[email protected]>,
"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael Press wrote:
> > In article
> > <[email protected]>,
> > "Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Jobst Brandt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As I said, it would get away from writing endless definitions of a
> > > > bicycle to thwart making this a technical event instead of an athletic
> > > > event. We have the HPVA for the technical side of the sport already.
> > > > The ideal is to level the playing field while at the same time not
> > > > interfere with athletic competition....
> > >
> > > This is an OPINION of what is ideal.
> > >
> > > There is no inherent reason why a competition that allows technical
> > > freedom is better OR worse than one that restricts equipment to the
> > > same standard.
> > >
> > > Jobst Brandt appears to believe that the "ideal" bicycle design was
> > > arrived at on April 1, 1934, and no further improvement is possible.
> >
> > In a time when cycling was game for innovation,
> > where are the recumbents?
> > <http://www.antiquemaps.de/cycling.html>
>
> <http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2005/02/the_first_recum.html>?
There's one.
> Kirkpatrick Macmillan's first bicycle had a semi-recumbent riding
> position:
> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Mccallvelos.jpg/451px-Mccallvelos.jpg>.
>
> The bicycle and second rate professional rider Francis Faure breaking
> Oscar Egg's long standing hour record, leading to the UCI banning
> recumbents: <http://www.cyclegenius.com/images/faure.jpg>.
I agree that it should not be banned. I want to see
them compete against upright bicycles. What about the
UCI rule banning structures to reduce air resistance?
>
> There are some more that appear in books, but are not easily (if at
> all) found on the WWW.
--
Michael Press
<[email protected]>,
"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael Press wrote:
> > In article
> > <[email protected]>,
> > "Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Jobst Brandt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As I said, it would get away from writing endless definitions of a
> > > > bicycle to thwart making this a technical event instead of an athletic
> > > > event. We have the HPVA for the technical side of the sport already.
> > > > The ideal is to level the playing field while at the same time not
> > > > interfere with athletic competition....
> > >
> > > This is an OPINION of what is ideal.
> > >
> > > There is no inherent reason why a competition that allows technical
> > > freedom is better OR worse than one that restricts equipment to the
> > > same standard.
> > >
> > > Jobst Brandt appears to believe that the "ideal" bicycle design was
> > > arrived at on April 1, 1934, and no further improvement is possible.
> >
> > In a time when cycling was game for innovation,
> > where are the recumbents?
> > <http://www.antiquemaps.de/cycling.html>
>
> <http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2005/02/the_first_recum.html>?
There's one.
> Kirkpatrick Macmillan's first bicycle had a semi-recumbent riding
> position:
> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Mccallvelos.jpg/451px-Mccallvelos.jpg>.
>
> The bicycle and second rate professional rider Francis Faure breaking
> Oscar Egg's long standing hour record, leading to the UCI banning
> recumbents: <http://www.cyclegenius.com/images/faure.jpg>.
I agree that it should not be banned. I want to see
them compete against upright bicycles. What about the
UCI rule banning structures to reduce air resistance?
>
> There are some more that appear in books, but are not easily (if at
> all) found on the WWW.
--
Michael Press