Right, because the action of the water shows the video is being played backwards. Because of that, all motions you see in the video were actually their reverse in real (non-fun workplace) life.
Lee SF, CA On Nov 18, 9:47 am, Aaron Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe he was filmed riding the retro-direct bike forwards and > they're playing the video backwards, or did I miss someone saying that > already? Aaron > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 2:01 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, here's a real brain-tweaker. A retro-direct bike cannot be rolled > > backwards under any circumstance. You have to pick up the rear wheel > > to back up the bike. Wrap your head around that. > > > On Nov 12, 4:15 pm, erik jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i finally understand. > > >> e > > >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:51 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Either you're missing something or I'm missing what you are saying. > >> > The key for retro direct is that there have to be two independent > >> > freewheel mechanisms because when one is driving the wheel, the other > >> > one is freewheeling backwards. You can't just use two cogs on one > >> > cassette, because that cassette body cannot simultaneously be rotating > >> > forward and backward. > > >> > On Nov 12, 3:33 pm, erik jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > for the cheapest route, why not match chain differences between the two > >> > > front chainrings across a typical cassette? then you wouldn't need to > >> > > do > >> > > much other than wrap the chain and maybe replace the unused cogs with > >> > > spacers. > > >> > > ie. 46x34 front matched to 16x28 rear > > >> > > maybe i'm missing something, but that seems like it'd work. > > >> > > ~erik > > >> > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Z I <[email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > I saw these being used in one of the youtube videos on this. This is > >> > > > a > >> > > > good resource.. $75 seems pretty steep though. Unless you compare it > >> > > > the two-cog White Industries freewheel Riv sells! I guess that's what > >> > > > an "An eccentric bike nerd building a retro-direct bike" has to pay. > >> > > > A > >> > > > 26T sounds just about right. > > >> > > > I'm going to root around amongst the bike parts at the bike co-op and > >> > > > see if I can put some sort of large freewheel together myself first. > >> > > > At least for the first attempt. > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> > > > To post to this group, send email to > >> > > > [email protected] > >> > . > >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > >> > <rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > >> > > > . > >> > > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > >> > > -- > >> > > oakland, ca > >> > > bikenoir.blogspot.com > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > >> > . > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> oakland, ca > >> bikenoir.blogspot.com > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
