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Long hard shafts...
« on: November 21, 2023, 08:37:24 AM »
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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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2023, 10:20:25 AM »
I was so excited for this topic.

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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2023, 10:44:04 AM »
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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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2023, 11:13:00 AM »
I was so excited for this topic.

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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2023, 11:14:01 AM »
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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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2023, 07:27:12 PM »
Lance your free to take this thread next level now.
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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2023, 07:52:08 PM »
Maybe we should go back to the "Single Shafts".

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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2023, 11:29:13 PM »
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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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2023, 11:38:12 PM »
Tom Harmer is working on a new bike. I am sure it will be state of the art.

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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2023, 11:58:53 PM »
How about something simple like a seat belt to keep the driver from getting thrown.

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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2023, 12:35:20 AM »
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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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2023, 10:04:23 AM »
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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Re: Long hard shafts...
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2023, 10:36:30 AM »
need Rops/seatbelt

 

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