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Rolling
Resistance Rig
I
have borrower the idea for a RR test rig from the authors of The Worlds Most
Fuel Efficient Vehicle.
Theirs
looks a bit swisher than mine but the principle is the same.
The
whole rig weighs about 60kg which is approximately half the weight of loaded Quattro.
The wheels are bolted directly to the axle with no bearings.
To
do a test I pull the pole down to touch the ground and then let it go.
I
time it until it stops and average over four runs. Two tests in one direction
and two in the opposite direction.
The Rig
is being modelled by Steve who interests include fashion foreign travel and
fast bikes.
The
tests I have done so far are not that scientific as I need a more accurate
means of measuring a stop point for each test.
I
may try and fit a mercury switch or some other kind of level switch.
The
tests have also been done o...2012-2-21 17:05:23
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The year
started with very mild weather and no icy roads so I managed to cycle to work
most days and even did a couple of longer rides one with son Jonathan on his
new 64cm Trek road bike. He is a tall lad 206cm and it was the biggest
production frame I could find.
It wasnt
exactly a new years resolution but I decided to take training a little more
seriously for the coming racing season. To help with this I went onto Amazon
to see what books on training were available. The one that caught my eye was The Time
Crunched Cyclist by Chris Carmichael which suggests I can get Fit Fast and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week. I havent started reading it yet
as I bought another couple of books to further boost my newfound enthusiasm.
One of these
books is a large and colourful hard back called Mountain High which is a subtitled Europes greatest cycle climbs
and includes 50 legendary ascents. The other book I downloaded onto my new excellent
Xmas present Kindle. The Hour by
Michael Hut...2012-1-15 17:59:05
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2011 summary.
My spare time
in the early part of 2011 was largely devoted to getting Quattro going.
That Cyril
Northcote Parkinson was a smart chap and must have known some early bike
builders when he formulated his well known law that Work expands so as to fill
the time available for its completion.
I
demonstrated this perfectly in my attempt to get Quattro going before the Monza World Championships in June. A couple of laps of the car
park at work and we were off to Italy Not surprisingly Quattros debut was
not a total success but at least it was running.
Slash had
more success and won the 1 lap 1 hour and 3 hour races but did not pick up
enough points in the 50m drags 200m sprint and 1000m races to retain his World
Champion status for the fourth year. He had to be content with being relegated
to over 50 World Champ. His Beano is being updated over the winter to give him
a wider range of gears for these shorter sprint races so I wouldnt rule out a
return to t...2012-1-14 14:16:00