New Year weight loss plans ???

Montblack wrote:
After some assembly, you ended up riding on top of the closed suitcase. Cool idea. Gas powered, IIRC.

I can picture it. That would be cool...

The Monk

("Flyingmonk" wrote)
After some assembly, you ended up riding on top of the closed suitcase.
Cool idea. Gas powered, IIRC.

I can picture it. That would be cool...


On top of the 'upright' closed suitcase - you're essentially sitting on the
handle. Like riding a miniature horse - with wheels.


Montblack

"Morgans" wrote:

"Mark Hickey" wrote

(draw
a line through the steering axis, and if the wheel's contact point
with the ground is behind the axis, it's stable).

A bike is not in agreement with your statement. Yet it is stable. Any idea
as to why?

Actually, it is... the steering axis is canted (usually by 16-18
degrees). Remember what matters is the relationship between the
steering axis (a line drawn through the center of the head tube, or
fork's "steer tube"), and the point the front wheel touches the ground
(not where the steering axis crosses the wheel, which is ahead of the
steering axis line). Don't get misled by the centerline of the fork's
blades, which can be canted to the front, putting the axle ahead of
the steering axis - it's the contact patch that counts.

It's a lot easier to visualize if you're looking at a bike - the
steering axis line passes clearly ahead of the front tire's contact
patch (by 2.5 - 3" on most bikes). In effect, this produces the same
kind of results that a shopping cart's rear wheels does - the front
wheel wants to "trail" behind the steering axis. It can also get you
in trouble when you hit a very steep bump or get the rear wheel up in
the air a bit (since the contact patch can end up ahead of the
steering axis, and can take the bars out of the rider's hands if
he/she isn't paying attention).

Mark "and I always hate it when that happens" Hickey

"Mark Hickey" wrote

Don't get misled by the centerline of the fork's
blades, which can be canted to the front, putting the axle ahead of
the steering axis - it's the contact patch that counts.

Got it.
--
Jim in NC

The meat part is interesting. I guess this is the ongoing debate. I'm
not sure how the biology works (whether our bodys are better off eating
fruit or meat as the current debate argues). However, I will say that
after eating a 10oz lean steak I am done, and have no desire to eat for
at least 10 hours. If I eat turkey or fruit (of about the same cals)
I'm ready to eat again in an hour. Maybe there is something to the meat
diet thing??

Dunno. But after eating fruit for this long, a ten-ounce steak now gives me
terrific indigestion.

In fact, if I eat a lot of rich, fatty foods -- beef, pastries, whatever --
it will be a "3-Rolaid" night...

IMHO, that's my body telling me something important.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Just curious Jay, how does this diet affect your energy level? I eat a
lot of fruite and vegetable, but I also eat a whole lot of meat and
grain also.

The Monk

I regularly do some pretty stupid things on mountain bikes (scars to
show for it) but wouldn't be tempted to actually use one of the
motorized scooters (aka "gopeds") for transportation.

Maybe you should try one. I probably have several thousand miles on mine,
and it is by far the most convenient thing to carry as simple ground
transportation in a small plane. I've used it on all kinds of terrain and
it's no more prone to "endoing" than any bike I've ridden; the CG is way too
low to do that - you'd get thrown off the front if anything (which hasn't
happened to me).

Then again, "I ain't skerd" to ride anything. My favorite bike is the penny
farthing with a 4' front wheel. Now THAT thing will endo!

Just curious Jay, how does this diet affect your energy level? I eat a
lot of fruite and vegetable, but I also eat a whole lot of meat and
grain also.

I eat all the fruit I want for breakfast and lunch. Apples, bananas, pears.
Throw in a low-fat yogurt, and some flavored rice cakes, and that's pretty
much my entire diet for the day...

....until dinner, when I eat what most people would consider an entirely
"normal" evening meal. It may contain meat, sour cream, beer -- pretty much
anything. Tonight it was a PB&J sandwich, bowl of beef vegetable soup, and
some chips, washed down with a Killian's Red. Yesterday it was a Hardee's
mushroom & Swiss burger with fries and a malt.

Although I would prefer to make lunch my "big" meal of the day, I've found
that the evening meal is more likely to be a social event, and people just
don't seem to understand when I whip out an apple at a dinner.

Energy. My energy level has never been higher. In fact, when I fall
off this diet (as I did at Montblack's over T-Giving, and at my
sister-in-laws over Xmas), I feel sluggish and dim. Aside from the weight
loss and blood pressure correction, the main advantage of the fruit diet is
that I feel much sharper after eating fruit then I do after eating a big,
fatty meal.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Energy. My energy level has never been higher. In fact, when I fall
off this diet (as I did at Montblack's over T-Giving, and at my
sister-in-laws over Xmas), I feel sluggish and dim. Aside from the weight
loss and blood pressure correction, the main advantage of the fruit diet
is that I feel much sharper after eating fruit then I do after eating a
big, fatty meal.


(MOA) Mall of America ....wait for the links

http://www.mallofamerica.com/about_moa_tenant_profile_objectname_Johnny_Rockets _S370.aspx
Ask for Monica ...and the onion rings ...and the shakes.

http://www.mallofamerica.com/about_moa_tenant_profile_objectname_Healthy_Expres s_S126.aspx
This one didn't make the cut that day. That's ok, we had turkey waiting back
home :-)

(Necessary Aviation Content)
http://www.mallofamerica.com/about_moa_tenant_profile_objectname_ACES_Flight_Si mulation_E340.aspx
Too spendy, in time and money. Give me 10 minutes for $10 and I might do
it - once. They wanted, maybe, $50 for 30 minutes.


Montblack
Hope the links hold

"JohnH" wrote:


I regularly do some pretty stupid things on mountain bikes (scars to
show for it) but wouldn't be tempted to actually use one of the
motorized scooters (aka "gopeds") for transportation.

Maybe you should try one. I probably have several thousand miles on mine,
and it is by far the most convenient thing to carry as simple ground
transportation in a small plane. I've used it on all kinds of terrain and
it's no more prone to "endoing" than any bike I've ridden; the CG is way too
low to do that - you'd get thrown off the front if anything (which hasn't
happened to me).

The COG of the scooter is really low - it's the fact that the COG of
the rider is about belt-height that bothers me - that and Newton's
insistence that an object in motion... ;-) Any obstacle that the
front wheel hits taller than halfway up or more to the axle is likely
to cause "bad things to happen". If there was some suspension it
would be a bit less likely to spontaneously separate the rider from
the vehicle.

Then again, "I ain't skerd" to ride anything. My favorite bike is the penny
farthing with a 4' front wheel. Now THAT thing will endo!

And those things produce the mother of all endos (starting with your
head about 10 feet above mother earth). Never rode one, but would
love to some day.

Mark Hickey