The ongoing development of the RoadToPista brackets, the Aero Hump Pocket, the Mini125RD portable folding bicycle and other stuff.
I have this here cycling jersey that I do not want to sew on. That would cover the reflective Dainese logo. Since, with the years, I have learned to appreciate those Dainese products, I have decided that for that jersey I had to insist harder with developing...
OK, I have never had rotation problems on the Roadtopistas mounted by me. I have always made sure to snug those screws to the max torque. However, when I have designed it did decide to allow to bolt in an M6 side screw that would have reduced to 0 the...
The 3D printed version of the modded NASA 3D fabric worked, functionally, VERY WELL! Hopefully, with the right TPU (a good lucid 95 ShoreA seems the best) they should be crashworthy and enable skidding over the asphalt you normally never want to touch. I...
NOW AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276656920026 ChipSPK Cyclist Protection Protector Hip Shoulder pads Hip and Shoulder Protections for Road Cyclists CHipSPK cyclist hip and shoulder protection kit Shoulder and or Hip protector kit for road...
I just got these links: http://bobbynumark.tumblr.com/post/113068558417 http://aoiind.blogspot.jp/2015/02/mini125rd-modification.html https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.854154914647158.1073741827.145581418837848&type=3 This one is the best Mini125RD...
The invention of my buddy Toshiya has won a race. The Starless superlight headset top cap without star nut kit. Unfortunately I can't find any link on the internet about this product: https://www.cyclowired.jp/lifenews/node/269701 Info about Starless...
Aero Hump Pocket , I have finished the development. It works perfectly. I have been wondering where the pros were carrying the rain coat. After some tv watching it became clear that the pros were giving the rain coat back to the assistance cars. The spring...
Loris Reggiani, 1992, WGP250 Aprilia. Early Aero Hump Prototype: Loris Reggiani, 1995, WGP500 Aprilia. Mature Aero Hump Prototype: 1995, WGP125 & 250 Pilots (Kazu Sakata, Haru Aoki). Early Aero Hump Prototype Examples: 2014, Myself, in front of my house,...
I have stumbled on this article: From the Japanese Magazine "Motorcyclist" December 1993, Page 286: It does say that one of the new things in 1993 has been the appearence of leathers with an hump (Kobu Tsugi Tsunagi!). It explains that the purpose is...
More to come....... The purpose is to find a polyurethane (PU) 6" wheel capable to offer a ride comfort similar to pneumatic tires but with the PU roll capabilities. http://www.micro-mobility.com/ Speed+ Soft hub wheel concept. Good idea. It works. Only...
I have lapped at Monza with a Mini125RD_MaxSpeed! It was during a propulsioneumana.it meeting. It has been immediately clear that those recumbents were pulling away from me. Here I am loosing them. My fastest lap has been 11'36", with an average speed...
I have reached 250 km on the 6" skywaywheel . Results: The wheel does provide a comfort ride similar to pneumatic wheels. Rolling friction is excellent. Only problems are wheel wear and side drift. Wear is due to the 65A soft compound. It would need an...
I went to the Milan to Venice fixed bike randonnee with my Mini125RD Max Speed prototype. This randonee is in two stages, Milan to Peschiera and Peschiera to Venice. I took part only to the second stage (Peschiera to Venice). This randonee is intended...
I have been doing some experiments to carry around the Mini125RD as a backpack. It seems to work better then expected. After some trials, it turned out that the best solution is just a simple 50mm strapping, with some buckles to enable adjusting. I just...
I have been testing the Oxelo 125mm wheel. Everything OK. I have given 1 bike to my buddies of MDEbikes to use it at a pit bike at Eurobike and Expobici shows. They come back saying, "your bike has been tested, man, those where tricks,... that minibike...
This one is an interesting modification: The Bike is a SMALL SIZE MINI125RD (Mini125RD_s). We made either 1 or 2 prototypes. I have forgotten. 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 https://twitter.com/hiacefreak/status/1319593285149622272 https://twitter.com/i/status/1319593285149622272...
I have tested also the Rear Fork Booster. In this case it became clear immediately that the bike was torsionally stiffer. Something that can be actually measured. All of the sudden my TVT92 frame that I consider too flexy was as stiff as a late model...
Another invention of my buddy Toshiya : The FORKBOOSTER. Basically a set of adapters that , as you can see, do something that should not do anything. But they were telling me that they helped out with the handling of the bike, especially downhill. I was...
This one will be a long development. It is about reducing the viscous aero friction. Therefore advanced complex aero marginal gain. The idea was to buy the https://nullwinds.com/ kit. But the cost and the weight turned me off. But than I had a JUGAADDD...
Luigi Masetti was the most famous Italian cycle tourist from 1880 to 1900. During all his trips, he witnessed the wave of migration that occurred around the early 1900s. In that case, they were primarily Italian migrants. Luigi Masetti fut le plus célèbre...
http://www.atdynamics.com/trailertail/ I should inspire myself from this website. Basically it is a similar thing but for trucks. It is Add-On. It reduces aero drag (5%). Just it doesn't carry stuff.
I have already about 350 city km on on them. I am testing ROAD2PISTA adaptors made out of aluminum. So far they are doing better then steel. They are about 100g lighter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://w29h.com/biciclaggio/ProductsBuyNowBiciclaggio_0...
Here some pictures of the Mini125RD_s. It is an experiment to make a smaller Mini125RD for 120cm to 160cm size people.
This one happen to be the last Mini125RD built and sold of the batch produced in 2010.
