Sheldon Brown/Harris Cyclery site
12-05-23, 01:59 AM
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You neglected to address the fact that your calculated speed is about half of the level-ground bicycle speed record -- again proving that Brown was entirely wrong.
Now ride down a hill.
And again, for those remedial readers in the audience, that is the speed of complete hydroplaning, of both wheels. The huge majority of riders will not remain upright long enough for the heavily-loaded rear to plane, so the effective speed is lower.
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12-05-23, 06:25 AM
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Are you completely dense?
First of all, the record speed on a bicycle exceeds 92 mph, so your attempted proof failed miserably -- recall that the claim you are defending is that hydroplaning a bicycle is "absolutely impossible" in Brown's words.
More to the point, see if you can manage the arithmetic for lower pressures.
First of all, the record speed on a bicycle exceeds 92 mph, so your attempted proof failed miserably -- recall that the claim you are defending is that hydroplaning a bicycle is "absolutely impossible" in Brown's words.
More to the point, see if you can manage the arithmetic for lower pressures.
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12-05-23, 06:47 AM
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Of course, you don’t need a license to be silly. Though, I suspect there are a number of people who wish you did.
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12-05-23, 06:49 AM
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Or, if you ride like these folks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuYz18avkX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU6KbN7smTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5BZ_oNyXdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URULwddvHbE
Among many, many others who didn't have a camera pointed at them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuYz18avkX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU6KbN7smTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5BZ_oNyXdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URULwddvHbE
Among many, many others who didn't have a camera pointed at them.
12-05-23, 07:45 AM
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Again. It's the pressure UNDER the tire, not the pressure in the tire that does the lifting.
Again. It's is the difference between loss of traction (common) and the riding a pressure wave sufficient to lift the craft/vehicle/wheel/whatever.
Again. In the normal conditions of riding a bicycle the conditions to ride a pressure wave to lift the bicycle to ride on the surface of the water are not met. Ie "impossible"
Here is a hydroplaning event:
Here is a similar demonstration of planing upon the hydro:
If you can show a video of a bicycle, doing a thing similar to the above successfully, I will yield the position and proclaim the mighty Sheldon wrong.
TC1 Have you considered putting us all on ignore? Every single last one of us. Please.
Again. It's is the difference between loss of traction (common) and the riding a pressure wave sufficient to lift the craft/vehicle/wheel/whatever.
Again. In the normal conditions of riding a bicycle the conditions to ride a pressure wave to lift the bicycle to ride on the surface of the water are not met. Ie "impossible"
Here is a hydroplaning event:
Here is a similar demonstration of planing upon the hydro:
If you can show a video of a bicycle, doing a thing similar to the above successfully, I will yield the position and proclaim the mighty Sheldon wrong.
TC1 Have you considered putting us all on ignore? Every single last one of us. Please.
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12-05-23, 08:00 AM
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Enough of this silly back and forth bickering.
Thread closed.
Thread closed.
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