Posted by Dean Hoffman on June 25, 2005, 11:05 pm
I saw a bike going down the road recently with something I had never
noticed before. It looked for all the world like a set of training wheels.
The side view looked like they had some sort of aerodynamic cover. A
distant view from the back showed something definitely sticking out past the
turn signal stalks. Some sort of parking aid maybe? Who makes such a
thing?
Dean
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Posted by blazing laser on June 26, 2005, 3:35 am
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:05:55 -0500, Dean Hoffman
> I saw a bike going down the road recently with something I had never
>noticed before. It looked for all the world like a set of training wheels.
>The side view looked like they had some sort of aerodynamic cover. A
>distant view from the back showed something definitely sticking out past the
>turn signal stalks. Some sort of parking aid maybe? Who makes such a
>thing?
I saw a gizmo like that advertised for Gold Wings, to aid in parking
and also low-speed manouvering, like in a parking lot. They are sort
of like retractable landing gear, two small wheels that come down on
either side of the bike to hold it upright. I got the impression that
they go up and down automatically based on speed, but perhaps there's
a switch on the handlebars.
I thought it was a cool idea, but it reminded me why I don't ride a
Gold Wing.
Posted by Nate Bargmann on June 27, 2005, 11:24 am
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:35:54 -0700, blazing laser wrote:
> I thought it was a cool idea, but it reminded me why I don't ride a
> Gold Wing.
Make me wonder why they just don't get a trike conversion and get it over
with...
- Nate >>
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the pessimist fears this is true."
Posted by blazing laser on June 27, 2005, 1:04 pm
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:24:01 -0500, Nate Bargmann
>On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:35:54 -0700, blazing laser wrote:
>> I thought it was a cool idea, but it reminded me why I don't ride a
>> Gold Wing.
>Make me wonder why they just don't get a trike conversion and get it over
>with...
Aww, that's no fun. 8^< What good is a bike you can't lean in turns?
Might as well be in a car.
Posted by Nate Bargmann on June 27, 2005, 3:28 pm
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:04:38 -0700, blazing laser wrote:
> Aww, that's no fun. 8^< What good is a bike you can't lean in turns?
> Might as well be in a car.
That's why I don't "get" trikes either. Although, I did see a segment on
SpeedTV last winter about a trike conversion that uses a complex set of
links so the "bike" can lean and the rear wheels stay vertical. The
advantage of this system was lost on me. I figure they'd be as well off
with a Mini Cooper convertible--if such a thing exists.
- Nate >>
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the pessimist fears this is true."
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>noticed before. It looked for all the world like a set of training wheels.
>The side view looked like they had some sort of aerodynamic cover. A
>distant view from the back showed something definitely sticking out past the
>turn signal stalks. Some sort of parking aid maybe? Who makes such a
>thing?