http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1060767 Nate Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:26:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/#comment-1060767 A bicycle is easy to balance because of the gyroscopic moment of two big wheels which resist tipping. This contraption has no spinning wheels, plus it looks top-heavy with riders on it. I imagine it would be extremely hard to balance on it. A bicycle is easy to balance because of the gyroscopic moment of two big wheels which resist tipping. This contraption has no spinning wheels, plus it looks top-heavy with riders on it. I imagine it would be extremely hard to balance on it.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1052962 nlpnt Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:55:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/#comment-1052962 Come now, how many of these actually catch on? Seriously, skis and sleds have been around for hundreds of years, someone seems to have invented a new implement for going down a hill fast every 5 years or so since at least the '20s, and of those only the snowboard has really caught on enough to last a full generation. Not the best record, but I guess the point is that the experimenting is fun :) . Come now, how many of these actually catch on?
Seriously, skis and sleds have been around for hundreds of years, someone seems to have invented a new implement for going down a hill fast every 5 years or so since at least the ’20s, and of those only the snowboard has really caught on enough to last a full generation.
Not the best record, but I guess the point is that the experimenting is fun .

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1052857 Bob Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:40:53 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/11/bicycle-tobogganing-is-new-winter-sport/#comment-1052857 Wonder how long till he eats that pipe? Wonder how long till he eats that pipe?

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