I was in the city centre in Dublin yesterday and saw the 'young brother' of
this bike (as the article mention it). The guy did not ride too fast and it
seems to me that it was so unstable after all, lots of side movements etc. I
think you can't win the Tour de France with one of those :-)

Tamas



On 3/6/07, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
>
> Howard Winter wrote:
>
> > If it ever happens to you, try it and see!
>
> I've spent the first few decades of my life near and often in the Alps, so
> I had my share of snow and ice and steep roads :)
>
> >> Driving with a careful gas foot does the same thing, and does it in a
> >> more controlled way. I rather control the rpm with the gas than with
> >> the clutch and/or the motor being at its limit... :)
> >
> > But moving off from stopped you can't control the wheel RPM with the
> > throttle, because it's zero - if you engage the clutch completely it
> > will either spin the wheels or stall the engine - that's why you need
> > the clutch in the first place...  I don't know what you mean by "the
> > motor being at its limit".
>
> I didn't really write what I meant :)  I'd rather have excess torque and
> don't use it (by working the clutch) than have limited torque and run
> short
> of it. With the gas and the clutch I always felt that I had enough control
> so that I didn't have to give up control by going a gear higher than the
> wheel rpm warranted. You can turn it as you want -- there's nothing you
> can
> do in 2nd gear that you can't do in 1st gear, but there are some things
> you
> can do in 1st gear you can't do in 2nd gear (I'm talking about low, "1st
> gear" speeds).
>
> Gerhard
>
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