Dan H.
Feel free to try to ride one.
http://bicyclerepairman.us/ordinary.jpg
Did. The one in the pic is a 54". it was about 100 years old, weighed about
70 lbs. and I rode it around Sauvies Island one time. There is a little peg
above the rear wheel for your left foot. Push up to as much speed as you
can get with your right foot, vault into the saddle, find the pedals and
start pedaling for your life. Keep in mind each pedal stroke must be
counter acted upon with your upper body or it will turn. [you don't see any
scrawny looking Wheelmen in those old photos] Going 15 mph. on one of these
feels like 50. If you went down a hill, you would die. If you tried to
ride one around Mount Tabor, you would die. Iv'e seen movies of ordinaries
being raced on board tracks. If you tried to ride one on Alpenrose, you
would die.
Wheelmen of the 1800s were tough!
Don't nobody say anything about helmets. Say anything you want about my
knickers.
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From: Mike Murray
To: markjgi-@yahoo.com ; dar-@yahoo.com ; ob-@topica.com
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] question about 650c wheels in TTs
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This is correct. There is nothing in the OBRA rules which would prohibit
use of an "ordinary" as opposed to a "safety" design bicycle, other than the
requirement for a freewheel, which the ordinarys don't usually have. For
fixed gear events they would qualify but they would still need to have a
brake on the front wheel, in addition to having the front wheel controlled
by the fixed. Of course some ordinary designs had a small wheel in the
front rather than the rear in which case that would need to be controlled
with a brake.
Since on an ordinary the size of a gear is limited by the length of your
legs they are limited to gears less than 50 inches or so, unless the rider
is exceptionally tall. Feel free to try to ride one.
Mike Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J. Ginsberg [mailto:markjgi-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 13:38 PM
To: mike.m-@obra.org; dar-@yahoo.com; ob-@topica.com
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] question about 650c wheels in TTs
so then I CAN race my penny farthing on saturday at Mt. Tabor so long as I
can get a front brake on it!
well, the pedals control the front wheel, so is that good enough to be a
brake?
and FWIW there are also State legal requirements for bicycles that on riden
on public streets . . .
Mark Ginsberg
and NO I am not racing tomorrow, and NO I do not own a penny farthing
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650c wheels are legal for any type of road or track events. For UCI event
both wheels need to be the same size. This is not currently true for USCF
but will be in a few years. OBRA does not lock step accept stupid rules
from either USCF or UCI. Currently OBRA does not have any rule regarding
wheel size.
Mike Murray
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Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 07:48 AM
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Hi all,
I have heard different things about this question: are 650c wheels legal
in individual and group time trials? The USA cycling handbook seems to
suggest that anything goes for wheel diameter, but I also seem to
remember someone saying that 650c wheels are illegal, at least for road
racing. Does OBRA adopt the same policy as USCF race in this regard?
Thanks for any information,
Derek
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