Thank you for the ideas, everyone. I'll have Graham read-through them, and I'm certain that your input will spark something. This is the brainstorming phase, and part of the process is to find external resources that can expand thinking, and ultimately horizons. The cool thing about being a sixth grader is that (speaking of curve fitting, Jim) the onset of experience curve and the erosion of innocence curve haven't yet intersected, so there's ample room to openly consider the input of others while contemplating your own ideas.
David, you're correct; it's important that the idea is his, and his alone. He initially wanted to do something with either the bicycle or baseball and velocity, and considered an experiment related to the height of the mound (for those baseball fans, 1968 is the key to that whole idea) on ball speed, but decided there wasn't a good way to insure a clear control, so he moved on. Since we live in Seattle and he rides his Surly LHT with a Burley Nomad to school everyday, Lee's idea about braking in the wet is interesting. The safety and awareness tie-in is also great, and that's relevant with all of the ideas put forward here; it's important to have air in your tires and tread as well, particularly in the wet, eh? I'm also working with a group of committed parents at Eckstein Middle School to incent safe, utility cycling to school, and my son is involved in those activities. We just secured a SDOT grant for $1000, which we're using to rehabilitate a bike cage on school grounds, and we also promote "random biker day", giving a doughnut and a cup of hot cider to every kid who rides on that , and front and back blinking lights to those who need them. We're starting a bike train project with a student from the University of Washington at another Elementary school, and basically doing everything we can to make cycling fun, socially acceptable, and even "cool". Thanks again for the ideas. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/IZ5sXurcBHgJ. 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.
