Rene, >From the tandem list:
-- tandem@hobbes: The Internet Mailing List for Tandem Bicycle Enthusiasts -- Post to: tan...@hobbes.ucsd.edu (include your real name ) How to subscribe: http://hobbes.ucsd.edu/tandem/info.html Posting Guidelines: http://hobbes.ucsd.edu/tandem/guidelines Recent Messages: http://hobbes.ucsd.edu/tandem/MostRecentMessages.html Julian Westerhout Bloomington, Il On Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 11:26:43 AM UTC-5, René wrote: > > Right. The Santana article pointed that out and their argument was that > whereas the hard braking risk on a regular bike is for the rider to go over > the bars, on a tandem is for the front wheel to slide under if locked, > which has catastrophic results. > > I'm going to look for that tandem group. Do you have an address? > > René > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 5:27 AM Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Well, for sure you aren't going to lift the back wheel off the ground! >> >> >> On 04/23/2017 08:23 AM, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> > This topic has been raging on the Tandem@hobbes list for the entire >> > winter. It's been physicist vs physicist and I am not about to jump >> > into the argument. A lot depends on the kind of riding you do. One >> > thing I will offer for those new to the tandem world. Because of the >> > added rear weight in a tandem the rear tire has better adherence and >> > therefore provides more braking power than the rear brake of a half >> bike. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
