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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Generation XYZ on November 21, 2023, 08:37:24 AM
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Not what your thinking Lance... But, after the YR accident last week, would it not be safer and more practical to have a composite frame race bike opposed to metal, not just for weight but safety measures as well.
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I was so excited for this topic.
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Not what your thinking Lance... But, after the YR accident last week, would it not be safer and more practical to have a composite frame race bike opposed to metal, not just for weight but safety measures as well.
I don't believe so. In a perfect world composite frame bikes would be great--however they are expensive, and, in a crash, they shatter--which could end up being fatal in a harness horse race. I remember when wheels had carbon spokes to make them lighter and if a horse foot hit it--they shattered, collapsed-- and were banned.
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I was so excited for this topic.
ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 I had to mention you. Happy Thanksgiving my man.
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I don't believe so. In a perfect world composite frame bikes would be great--however they are expensive, and, in a crash, they shatter--which could end up being fatal in a harness horse race. I remember when wheels had carbon spokes to make them lighter and if a horse foot hit it--they shattered, collapsed-- and were banned.
I wasnt aware they tried composite with wheels interesting.
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Lance your free to take this thread next level now.
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Maybe we should go back to the "Single Shafts".
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Maybe we should go back to the "Single Shafts".
Why would you want one shaft when you could have two. I’m just glad they don’t go back to wood…sometimes when a wood shaft gets wet it gets soft.
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Tom Harmer is working on a new bike. I am sure it will be state of the art.
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How about something simple like a seat belt to keep the driver from getting thrown.
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Why would you want one shaft when you could have two. I’m just glad they don’t go back to wood…sometimes when a wood shaft gets wet it gets soft.
Sometimes wood swells. ngc3
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I think sulkies would need seat belts to prevent the catapulting of a driver, but that would create a whole different set of hazards.
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need Rops/seatbelt