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Old 10-08-2018, 12:27 AM   #132 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
800 calories at McDonalds? That's a between meals snack compared to what I normally consume when I visit (which is only about once per month, sadly).

I had thought about commuting on a hoverboard back when my drive was 6.5 miles and I was suffering a tire puncture every other ride on my bicycle. I think I finally determined that my tubes were meant for wider tires, and so they were getting pinched somewhere. Stores simply don't carry presta tubes in the narrow size required by my tires.
What size wheels were you running? 700c tubes are widely available in 18-23mm.

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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
What cornering on three wheels might look like:



Somewhere along the line I picked up the notion that as long as the rear wheel tracks behind whichever front wheel is on the outside of the curve, there's no leverage for upsetting. [right/wrong?]
Here's my version:

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