Wide Rim Weight Reduction Experiment. For Acceleration Improvement. by Brian Miller, citizen scientist. CONCLUSION: Worthwhile. For the environment of paved city street riding, improved deceleration, acceleration, and steering speed are rather beneficial; lighter rim is better. ABSTRACT: An unusually wide bicycle rim is needed for a high performance urban bicycle project. To improve [more…]
Which has less mass, steel or air? On most planets, an air bladder is much lighter than a steel spring. There are other performance parameters, but air springs are light. A suspention air fork for a bicycle can often be almost the same weight as a dead rigid steel fork. The other parameters include stiction [more…]
We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and rashness. The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, audacity and revolt. We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. As riders of the street, We are risking our [more…]