"Arms up. Wave 'em like this. That's it.
Core strength is very important for a bicyclist."
Core strength is very important for a bicyclist."
You want the good news? The tubular tires I glued on stuck in spite of some ride-to-failure testing that I did this morning at 'Cross practice. Jim Langley is onto something with his old school gluing method.
You want the bad news? The rear rim didn't exactly stick. Can you say Taco Tico? I rode it into the runup at a sprint, slung it a bit sideways, and the wheel just crumpled. Bummer.
But like I said - the glue held. Sweet.
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I was going to do more than this, but came across this video of a guy who built a trebuchet to..
Well, you have to watch it. All I can say is I'm stopping here, because nothing I could do or say would be impressive after you watch this video.
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It's a bit fancier than the trebuchet I built with my physics lecturer for the 1st year class I teach. We did manage to build something one man can carry which is capable of sending a cricket ball 80 feet, but a hatchback is something else indeed.
BM
P.S. I blogged last weeks race meet. And I'm off again tomorrow for a 2 day 2 carnival road trip.
I love how Hugh is completely straightfaced and unemotional. "It's difficult to get hold of dead horses because people are sentimental about horses in England." I love how he made the holes in the car.
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