On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 6:48 PM, hsmitham <hughsmit...@gmail.com> wrote:
What is this planing? Never heard of it? Patrick please explain or anyone who knows of this phenomenon. Read back issues of Bicycle Quarterly. Or perhaps someone who has experienced it can explain -- Ryan W, Steve? Generally, it is when the flex of the frame somehow complements your pedaling style, flexes in sync with your pedaling, and "gives back" so that you get maximum speed from a given effort. The term is nautical and per Jan (I know less of motorboat planing than bicycle planing) refers to the way motorboats with a certain type of hull rise out of the water at a certain speed so that only the rear part of the hull is in the water, thus minimizing drag. Again, I read of it with interest, but can't say I've experienced it. From all the talk about it, I gather it relates to weight and pedaling style in correlation with frame flex (a heavy masher would require a stiffer frame to "p'ane" than a light spinner). Me, what I experience, without ever measuring it (but I've experienced it consistently for years) is that certain bikes that fit in a certain way encourage effort in a way that other bikes, even if lighter, don't. My erstwhile tank of a stout tubed Herse, with mediocre tires, felt that way (though I sold it because other aspects didn't please me). The Ram and the two customs feel that way (the Ram new since 4/13, is now perfectly set up, after I recently re-adjusted the bar tilt. Now it feels exactly like the customs, 4/99 and 3/03 respectively. That tells me something about setup as well as design -- ie, that a certain saddle setback behind bb, a certain reach to the bar, a certain drop to the bar, "feel" right and seem most apt to make use of my admittedly meagre output. Note that this "right setup and design" are undoubtedly relative to my sort of riding -- generally short and relatively (very relatively) energetic. Meandering on: butt back, hips well behind bb -- KOPS be damned, bar low but not very low, hands light on ramps, hoods, hooks, slow cadence with weight on pedals -- as I said in another post, this seems to sum it up: http://www.velominati.com/tradition/lemaster-of-the-v-locus/ Patrick "blah, blah, blah, blah, AND blah, blah blah, etc, etc" Moore -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, N -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
