01-31-2007, 11:23 AM
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#12 (permalink)
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| | Re: Drag racing on bicycles.
Some of the 'Musclebikes' (Sting-Rays, etc) of the 1960s and 1970s
actually had a "Drag Brake".
It was a lever on the top tube which held the rear caliper brake on.
There are pictures in our on-line
Picture Database. There were also bicycle drag parachutes, like
today's dragsters use.
Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
http://OldRoads.com
On Jan 30, 12:13 pm, "SlowRider" <jrogers80...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, you bring back memories. When I was a kid, my buddy and I used to
> drag-race our bikes across parking lots from a standing start. I had
> a Sturmey Archer 3-speed (internal gears) and he had a flashy 5-speed
> with a derailleur. I always won.
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> In all the times we raced he never figured out that for drag racing
> it's best to start in a low gear. He was so enamored with his 5
> speeds that he always started in top gear. I usually left him at the
> starting line. I thought he'd figure it out after the first couple of
> races, but he never did. Maybe it's because he couldn't see what gear
> I was in.
>
> -JR
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