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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28375 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Bounce for Glory (and random Sunday pics!) Reply #1 - 07/18/10 at 14:44:32 Mother load of weird!... ... That tooltote is kinda' cool though!... ...
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28760 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Bounce for Glory (and random Sunday pics!) Reply #2 - 07/18/10 at 15:00:38 Serowbot wrote on 07/18/10 at 14:44:32: Mother load of weird!... ... That tooltote is kinda' cool though!... ... If digger could weld....
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Bounce for Glory (and random Sunday pics!) Reply #3 - 07/18/10 at 15:06:38 Was Bounce for glory photographed at Port Townsend a few years ago? I saw it compete in the Kinetic skulpture race. Phelonius
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Reply #4 - 07/19/10 at 08:45:40

Did someone manufacture "riding lawnmowers" with bicycles for frames "back when"?

The blue scoort was nice, then the streamliner,, wowzaas,, nice stuff.
I enjoyed that bunch O pics, thanks.

Ohh yea, 1st pic. WAAAy too much rolling resistance with all that rubber on the road. I wouldnt want anything to do w/ that thing.

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Reply #5 - 07/19/10 at 10:33:38

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/19/10 at 08:45:40:

Did someone manufacture "riding lawnmowers" with bicycles for frames "back when"?

The blue scoort was nice, then the streamliner,, wowzaas,, nice stuff.
I enjoyed that bunch O pics, thanks.

Ohh yea, 1st pic. WAAAy too much rolling resistance with all that rubber on the road. I wouldnt want anything to do w/ that thing.

You would be even less impressed if you saw it in a video.
The rear axle is eccentricly located.
With the axle in the one or two oclock position you jump down on the floorboard and as the axle moves to the six oclock position the vehicle rolls forward. Hop up to unweight as the axle move around to the one oclock position again and com down with your weight to repeat the cycle.
Hench the human body becomes the piston that powers it.
I have seen it achieve about 7 MPH while exhausting the rider.
The reason for the enormus tires is so that it will float when ridden into the bay.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bounce for Glory (alternative vehicle pics) Reply #6 - 07/19/10 at 18:56:01 The reason for the enormus tires is so that it will float when ridden into the bay. Thats clearly a mistake. the tires should be replaced immediately with something much smaller & then it should be ridden into the bay & left forever.
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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Bounce for Glory (alternative vehicle pics) Reply #7 - 07/20/10 at 00:06:33 Loved that last pic, and saved it. I always liked reading that cartoon (Calvin & Hobbes) in the Sunday comics as a kid, when I could come by them.
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Reply #8 - 07/20/10 at 10:12:27

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/19/10 at 18:56:01:

The reason for the enormus tires is so that it will float when ridden into the bay.

Thats clearly a mistake.
the tires should be replaced immediately with something much smaller & then it should be ridden into the bay & left forever.

As part of the competition it was ridden into th bay and out around a marker about 200 yards out. then back onto shore.
google kinetic skulpture for some far more outlandish vehicles.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bounce for Glory (alternative vehicle pics) Reply #9 - 07/21/10 at 05:09:19 Holy Cow! I went & found a video of "The thinking chair". Looks like the kind of stuff Id build. Only, I wouldnt have thot to build a worm gear & drive the way he did. Thats clever as heck. I use wire a lot, but it never occured to me to build a ring gear like that, or a worm gear, just cool stuff. thanks.
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Reply #10 - 07/21/10 at 09:39:02

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/21/10 at 05:09:19:

Holy Cow! I went & found a video of "The thinking chair". Looks like the kind of stuff Id build. Only, I wouldnt have thot to build a worm gear & drive the way he did. Thats clever as heck. I use wire a lot, but it never occured to me to build a ring gear like that, or a worm gear, just cool stuff. thanks.

Are you refering to this?
http://vimeo.com/2697369

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bounce for Glory (alternative vehicle pics) Reply #11 - 07/22/10 at 07:29:25 Yea, thats the one I saw. You do stuff like that?
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Reply #12 - 07/22/10 at 10:38:38

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/22/10 at 07:29:25:

Yea, thats the one I saw. You do stuff like that?

Every now and then. Here is one of my brain farts. It started as a block of scrap steel and some brass and bronze. I cut away everything that didn't look like a steam engine. It works fine.
http://www.bikemovies.com/movie/010701/

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