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How Fast Can You Corner while Riding Through Fallen Leaves?

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Old 09-21-15, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeyBoyAz
way colder than that, else the leaves wouldn't have fallen yet.
Indian summer!

Of course the sunscreen should increase your speed across pavement.
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Carbon bikes get better traction through the leaves.
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Originally Posted by Lazyass
Carbon bikes get better traction through the leaves.
Assuming you use the winter formula carbon paste.
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I think it MUST depend on how long the string is, too.
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Is the corner in Celsius or Fahrenheit?
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Cornering speed over wet leaves was a key selling point for me when deciding to go with 23mm rims instead of traditional 19mm's.
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Originally Posted by dtrain
Cornering speed over wet leaves was a key selling point for me when deciding to go with 23mm rims instead of traditional 19mm's.
Did you get disc brakes? Tubeless??
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Originally Posted by datlas
Did you get disc brakes? Tubeless??
Tireless...at least they didn't come with tires. Am I missing soemthing?
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
African or European leaves ??
That's a difficult question to swallow.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
That's a difficult question to swallow.
Chapeau!
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
Not tubulars, Doofus, tubeless. Can't you keep things straight?
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Close enough.
Iceberg, Goldberg; same thing...
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Originally Posted by RPK79
Is the corner in Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Degrees or radians ?
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What about a cold early morning ride where the leaves are actually frozen?

Of course, in that situation the leaves wold not be wet so this may not apply.
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75 MPH. No sweat.
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Originally Posted by Doug28450
What about a cold early morning ride where the leaves are actually frozen?

Of course, in that situation the leaves wold not be wet so this may not apply.
It would still make me nervous.
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Originally Posted by rmfnla
Iceberg, Goldberg; same thing...
Hey, I know that joke.
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Assuming the coefficient of x=(1/2)V+PX90 with a constant of K and the wheels have .012 nm contact with the surface.
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
African or European leaves ??
Laden or unladen?
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Depends.








Were you wearing some?
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Originally Posted by Wheever
Laden or unladen?
Box laden? Or Bin Laden?
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Im proud of you all, not one serious answer, and some good jackassery ones.
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Im proud of you all, not one serious answer, and some good jackassery ones.
We really cranked it up to 400 watts for this one, didn't we?
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Not quite this fast-

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Thought bt was up to this, I like the change of pace.
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