Re: [RBW] railbiking video

2019-03-10 Thread Eric Floden
IIRC there used to be a railbike location which catered to the blind. Oregon maybe? On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 18:18 Matt D <99m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Al, the rolling resistance has got to be very low if you use smooth tires > or metal rims. I think all you would really need is a hard rubber lip on

[RBW] railbiking video

2019-03-10 Thread Matt D
Al, the rolling resistance has got to be very low if you use smooth tires or metal rims. I think all you would really need is a hard rubber lip on the inside of a wider fatbike-width rim to really do it right. There's no uphills or downhills because the maximum grade a train can handle is 3%

[RBW] railbiking video

2019-03-05 Thread A. Nostuh
This is a lost style of cycling with a forgotten history. It needs to come back! There are very few people today who still practice it. I wonder what the rolling resistance is like. Thanks for sharing. Al in Saratoga -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[RBW] railbiking video

2019-03-05 Thread Mike Packard
Perhaps not exactly, precisely on topic, but it seems like something folks here would enjoy. The nature, music, and glimpse of a clicky friction shifter put it over the top for me. Maybe a max-fat GBW could ride on the ties between the rails. "Extreme Railbiking"