" I guess that not many people are trapped inside of burning motorcycles."
I guess you've never ridden a 70's era Harley. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mar 6, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >>> I've done the Haleakala (around 10,000 feet @ the top) down hill on Maui >>> several times (used 'Cruiser Bob's outfit) several years ago - and am >>> pretty sure we went at least 30mph in spots. We were required to wear full >>> face helmets as used in auto racing. >> >> Motorcycle helmets are better for protecting you against a single very large >> impact, > > They should have provided motorcycle helmets, especially since it's a > downhill ride. My guess is that what Ken really wore was more like > this: http://www.bellsports.com/cycling/helmets/dirt/drop which is a > glorified foam hat with a chin guard. (Don't get me started on the > inadequate crap that passes for a bicycle "helmet".) > >>> They had 'mega brakes' installed on some heavy duty frame bicycles. > >> Sounds like a downhill bike. Full suspension, disk brakes and a bit heavier >> than standard mountain bikes. > > Nope. Think about the bike you might have used to deliver newspapers. > Heavy, balloon tires, single speed, coaster brake, upright > handlebars. Now, remove the fenders, swap out the steel rims for > aluminum and add hand-operated calipers front and rear. That's the > typical Haleakala downhill bike. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > __o > _'\<,_ > (*)/ (*) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
