Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - I want to build this:

http://www.consolati.com/hpr/pan97.jpg

I have $5K I can put toward the project, anyone else want to chip in? ;)

More info: http://www.consolati.com/hpr/hpr.html

Holy crap. Where you gonna put it? I've been thinking of moving....

:D

And I want you to build that. :)

awe god that looks like fun.

Build it and they will come. :)

build it and they will fall, too.

new york city. CMWC '05. it will be there. so will i.

Where is the loop?

I may be in????

I may also have the possible location/land available.

Let me know.

L8R

Dude... land must be within 15 minutes of my house ;)

I wonder how much that would actually cost to build...

Give me dimensions and I'll do a budget estimate! Although with Hurricane Charley ripping through the area, the price of wood is going to skyrocket again!

L8R

oops, found them in the link,.

Give me some time to throw some #'s together.

L8R

16 feet riding width and 410 feet riding length. No clue on how much wood for the support.

Heck, I'll just email the guy and ask!

L8R

plywood is very expensive right now, maybe you could poor epoxy over something for the surface? Where are you at I would go in on it.

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WTF?

Again, WTF?

Like we aren't bombarded with enough ads all day long. Blaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.

Yes, but will it enlarge my penis?

Probably not, but if you make a few careful alterations to your frame pump you could be golden with the ladies.

Yes, but will it enlarge my penis?

I find it hard to believe the pic of that track didn't...

Hey you in Minneapolis! Your bars are still open! What are you doing on the internet?

I'm at work. I drink in the morning.

Sure, I will loan you the money. I've done so many colostomy surgeries this year that I have been making an obscene amount of money.

My wife, Hizzan Azman, will require me to charge you interest of 15% a year, though. My daughter Biahn Azman is going to MIT next year, and I am looking for solid investment returns.

My brother, Uppyor Azman once borrowed much money from me without interest, making my father, Yurran Azzman quite mad with me.

it'd be better if it didn't have an overpass.

tim

it'd also be better if it was a mobius strip.

it'd also be better if it was a mobius strip.
I'm not sure I understand exactly how that would work, but that would be so cool.

please build it in atlanta, puhleeeeezzzzeeeee.

it'd also be better if it was a mobius strip.
How the hell would a one sided velodrome even ****ing work?! Are we forgetting gravity and electronegativity. :^)

I'll ride a moebius strip, but we have to have it in space, we have to ride with magnetic wheels, and the track has to be steel.

I'll ride a moebius strip, but we have to have it in space, we have to ride with magnetic wheels, and the track has to be steel.

or tracks like on rollercoasters

hey hey. this is getting out of hand. All I wanted to see was some gnarley crashes at the crossroads. All this talk about negating the laws of quantum physics and general relativity should be moved to the tri-geek forum. I heard they're using the findings of string theory to develop new aero-bars that create a gravitational field thats greater in front of the bike than in the back so it actually pulls the bike forward.

tim

or tracks like on rollercoasters

But how do you pass with rollercoaster tracks...? :)

But how do you pass with rollercoaster tracks...? :)

there are as many tracks as there are riders but on strategic positions there are
switchblades like on train tracks and they can be activated with a remote on the
handlebar. so you block your opponent from passing until the next switch.

just got this email ffrom Squid, organizer of the '05 CMWC in NYC:


We are working on the 8. It has turned into its own project, not gonna
happen for CMWC but it is gonna happen!
-Squid

so, NYC it is, apparently...

I heard they're using the findings of string theory to develop new aero-bars that create a gravitational field thats greater in front of the bike than in the back so it actually pulls the bike forward.


holy ****, that would be totally possible!
Although it would be more like altering/adjusting the current field as opposed to creating a new one.
holy ****, I'm a geek!

The only downside to one of these, as I see it, is that they are incompatible with tall bikes (http://tallbike.net/).

Joe, I'd help! I can build stuff too...

since when is broken thumb an accomplishment?

Oh I like it, yes I do. I have a hammer, too!

']since when is broken thumb an accomplishment?


When it was the nieghbors thumb that got broken by my hammer that I was using...





two houses away... :)

So for fun I talked to the wood guy at Home Depot, he quoted me $5,400 for the plywood (7,000 sq feet), and an estimated $8,000 - $10,000 for the rest of the project.

So $15K for materials, 72 cases of beer and 84 pizzas for the builders over two weeks of free labor, I am looking at $17,500 tops...

Not bad ;)

sounds like a Burning Man project to me...

So for fun I talked to the wood guy at Home Depot, he quoted me $5,400 for the plywood (7,000 sq feet), and an estimated $8,000 - $10,000 for the rest of the project.

So $15K for materials, 72 cases of beer and 84 pizzas for the builders over two weeks of free labor, I am looking at $17,500 tops...

Not bad ;)

or, you could just wait 'til next year and take a trip to new york when they get theirs done... :)

When it was the nieghbors thumb that got broken by my hammer that I was using...





two houses away... :)

If you ever get to Chicago, don't bring any hammers, kindly.

If you ever get to Chicago, don't bring any hammers, kindly.

Sure, sure.

Working on an October trip right now.

The track has been used before and those who are in the messenger scene in the North east has seen it. Yes g force is a bleep . Just like the tracks Dale Hughes designs it is a wild thing to watch. I will be there in NYC to see it..

S/F,
CEYA!

ask donald trump: he's got the loot!

Does anyone want to build one on the West coast?
~Oni