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Maurice Wibblington
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On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:44:52 +0100, "Jeremy Parker"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> and that seats should be higher. (I had wondered why some
>cyclists
>> >> seem to have seats way higher than I would have expected - I
>thought
>> >> that maybe they had exceptionally long legs!)
>
>Does Sheldon say why? I think the reason is some regulation by the
>American Consumer Products Safety Commission, worried by riders
>leaning over while going round a curve, being too stupid to stop
>pedalling, thereby hitting their pedal on the ground (I doubt if the
>CPSC has even heard of a fixie)
He reckoned on the trend by cycle manufacturers to build the bottom
bracket higher off the ground these days
http://sheldonbrown.com/standing.html
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> and that seats should be higher. (I had wondered why some
>cyclists
>> >> seem to have seats way higher than I would have expected - I
>thought
>> >> that maybe they had exceptionally long legs!)
>
>Does Sheldon say why? I think the reason is some regulation by the
>American Consumer Products Safety Commission, worried by riders
>leaning over while going round a curve, being too stupid to stop
>pedalling, thereby hitting their pedal on the ground (I doubt if the
>CPSC has even heard of a fixie)
He reckoned on the trend by cycle manufacturers to build the bottom
bracket higher off the ground these days
http://sheldonbrown.com/standing.html
M