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A forum for the off topic stuff. Everything from religion to philosophy to sex to humor (see why it used to be called Buggery?). All manner of rude psychological abuse is welcome and encouraged.
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MagnusTheBuilder
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by MagnusTheBuilder » Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:57 pm
-- The Mag
2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic
2017 Chevy Silverado
1970 Chevelle SS
1951 Chevy Custom
"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which." --Douglas Adams
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Beemer Dan
- Dark Poohbah
- Location: Oregon
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by Beemer Dan » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:03 pm
Badass!! Needs a 500 double stroke motor, machine guns and a brass chicken front fender ornament!
They swore it was the correct one, but swearing doesn't make a sprocket fit where it doesn't want to. --WeAintFoundShit
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Zim
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Peyton Place
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by Zim » Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:03 pm
Looks like trouble if it falls over.
I want that horn though.
"Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing some people having a good time on motorcycles... it makes me take another look." --Steve McQueen
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DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
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by DerGolgo » Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:09 pm
Nah, penny-farthing is single-track.
One large wheel pedal-powered up front, two small wheels in the back, that's a big wheel.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
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MagnusTheBuilder
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by MagnusTheBuilder » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:31 am
I am going to argue that it is in fact a single track. The front tire is as wide as the rear tire"s", that in my book makes it a single track and therefore a modern badass penny farthing, just a really wide one. I stand by my statement.
-- The Mag
2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic
2017 Chevy Silverado
1970 Chevelle SS
1951 Chevy Custom
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DerGolgo
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by DerGolgo » Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:55 pm
MagnusTheBuilder wrote:I am going to argue that it is in fact a single track. The front tire is as wide as the rear tire"s", that in my book makes it a single track and therefore a modern badass penny farthing, just a really wide one. I stand by my statement.
But a penny farthing doesn't remain upright on it's own, whereas this (see around the 1 minute mark) may wobble sideways at the front but is kept upright by the back wheels. So while the front wheel would allow leaning, is in fact so unstable that it won't remain upright on it's own, the back wheels provide the support, consequently influencing the ride characteristics in the aforementioned big wheel manner, to wit, it cannot lean into a corner (beyond the flexing of the dodgy frame) without at least one wheel loosing surface contact.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
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by Beemer Dan » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:25 pm
I think I've ridden this bike in those nightmares where I'm lost in a crappy neighborhood and running late to work and there are poodles running everywhere.
They swore it was the correct one, but swearing doesn't make a sprocket fit where it doesn't want to. --WeAintFoundShit
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by DerGolgo » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:53 pm
Beemer Dan wrote:I think I've ridden this bike in those nightmares where I'm lost in a crappy neighborhood and running late to work and there are poodles running everywhere.
Hmm.
*splat*splat*splat*splat*
"FUCK YOU, BOSSMAN! FREE MEAT FOR THE POOR!"
*splat*splat*splat*splat*
Not the worst kind of nightmare I could imagine.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
