Bah humbug, who invented these silly things with two wheels on them? Coming
out of work on friday I noticed my back tyre on my bike was totally flat, so
instead of a nice 15 minute ride home I had a 50 minute walk instead.
Walking home the thought crossed my mind that I can ride with one wheel, but
here I was with one and a half wheels but totally incapable of riding
anywhere. Such a waste!
Phil, just me
“Cattle Prods solve most of life’s little problems” – but a pump came in
handier for this one…
Phil, I was a couple miles down the Pearl River when my Cannondale failed on me. Last time I ever rode it- over a year ago. Damn things are just untrustworthy, unnatural abominations.
Someone once told me that a twin engine airplane that is fully loaded is
twice as likely to go into an UnPlanned Dive due to engine failure than a
single engine plane, since both engines would be required to keep the full
weight in the air. It seems that the same is true of b*kes versus yikes.
The effect is even more pronounced if you consider that flats are more
likely to happen on the rear wheel of multi-wheeled vehicles. The front
wheel can flip up things like a sheet metal screw that was previously in a
safe point down position.
Doug
“Phil Himsworth” <phil@flippet.neeeet> wrote in message news:aah1pt$d05$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk…
> Bah humbug, who invented these silly things with two wheels on them?
Coming
> out of work on friday I noticed my back tyre on my bike was totally flat,
so
> instead of a nice 15 minute ride home I had a 50 minute walk instead.
> Walking home the thought crossed my mind that I can ride with one wheel,
but
> here I was with one and a half wheels but totally incapable of riding
> anywhere. Such a waste!
>
> Phil, just me
> –
> “Cattle Prods solve most of life’s little problems” – but a pump came in
> handier for this one…
>
>
In article <aah1pt$d05$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>,
Phil Himsworth <phil@flippet.neeeet> wrote:
)Bah humbug, who invented these silly things with two wheels on them? Coming
)out of work on friday I noticed my back tyre on my bike was totally flat, so
)instead of a nice 15 minute ride home I had a 50 minute walk instead.
)Walking home the thought crossed my mind that I can ride with one wheel, but
)here I was with one and a half wheels but totally incapable of riding
)anywhere. Such a waste!
The solution is obvious. Swap the good tube into the rear, or
“bottom” wheel, and wheelie it home. The second wheel is ornamental
anyway, isn’t it?
-Tom
> Someone once told me that a twin engine airplane that is
> fully loaded is twice as likely to go into an UnPlanned
> Dive due to engine failure than a single engine plane,
> since both engines would be required to keep the full
> weight in the air.
I hope this isn’t true on any airplane I ever ride in. I know the commercial
jets of today are generally able to fly on one out of two engines. I think
the Boeing 777 can actually take off on one engine, based on the idea of the
other one failing on takeoff.
The problem with bikes is that it’s hard to ride them on one wheel if the
other one gets a flat.
Tom Holub <doosh@inl.org> slipped me a tenner and said,
> The solution is obvious. Swap the good tube into the rear, or
> “bottom” wheel, and wheelie it home. The second wheel is ornamental
> anyway, isn’t it?
I was thinking more drastic; saw off all the extraneous pointless bits like
the spare wheel, brakes, gears and whathaveyou, and you’ve got a much more
efficient cycling machine.
Phil, just me
“Cattle Prods solve most of life’s little problems”
Well,
someone said that twin engine airplanes are twice as likely to fail as single engine planes, but this is untrue, you see with a twin engine plane, if one engin fails, it can still fly, but on a single engine plane, if the engine fails, you have to glide into a crash landing ( or a road or airport if there’s one nearby) they can actually glide pretty far. i agree with you on unicycle’s sheer simplicity. there is so little to break or go wrong on them, that one of the reasons i like them so much anyways, if i were out on the road and flatted, i would prefer to be on a uni because they’re lighter and easier to carry than a bike.
> someone said that twin engine airplanes are twice as likely to fail as
> single engine planes, but this is untrue, you see with a twin engine
> plane, if one engine fails, it can still fly, but on a single engine
> plane, if the engine fails, you have to glide into a crash landing ( or
> a road or airport if there’s one nearby) they can actually glide pretty
> far. i agree with you on unicycle’s sheer simplicity. there is so little
> to break or go wrong on them, that one of the reasons i like them so
> much anyways, if i were out on the road and flatted, i would prefer
> to be on a uni because they’re lighter and easier to carry that bike.
Actually, someone said FULLY LOADED twin-engine airplanes are twice as
likely to fall, which is true.
