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Subject: Re: Gravity Bike Rules

Author:
Chris

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Date Posted: 16:01:55 02/12/03 Wed
In reply to: MadMac 's message, "Re: Gravity Bike Rules" on 14:47:20 02/12/03 Wed

>John,
>
>Why are there rules against Disc brakes in the Stock
>class. there are no advantages to speed. But for
>safety there is nothing better than disc.

The main for this year is to keep the costs down there are not many of us at the moment.Keeping things stock will also help build up the 3/4 fairing class which we need to do.

>For exsample No rim heat wich causes expantion
>Blowouts. And in the rain. Disc brakes are effected
>very little by the rain. But Rim brakes become very
>sticky making it almost impossible to feather the
>speed,

We dont have 5 mile long roads to run stock bikes down so there is less problem with rim heat most races are less than a mile long.

>In All Gravity Bike Rules I have seen so far. The
>Organizations are not putting limits on safety
>features like stearing dampeners and Disc Brakes. The
>only things that are regulated in the stock class are
>expensive features that assist in speed increase. IE
>Suspention.

We dont have a problem with dampers as they are cheap,if you start fitting disc brakes you are going into hundreds of pounds.

>I Hope BGSA does not decide to ban Disc brakes or
>dampeners in the stock class. I understand people who
>say disc cost lots of money. But you don't have to
>spend it you can go rim brakes and for those who do
>get the disc brakes will not have a speed advantage
>against a more entry level rim brake stock bike. But
>they will be a lot safer to ride. can you imagine
>using rim brakes on your motorcycle.
>
>What do you guys think?
>
>I only make a point of this because when I raced the
>Bainbridge Ohio World cup I was on a borrowed bike
>with rim brakes. because of the rain I was unable to
>use the brakes without them locking out and putting me
>into a slide. this resulted in me hitting a Haybale at
>around 45mph. I was OK but it could have been worse.
>The rest of the event I was carefull to not reach a
>speed that I would need to brake for in the hairpin
>turn. Not the way to win a race.
>
>I would also like to see BGSA events announced on
>GravityBike.com so all the G-Bikers know what is
>happening in the UK. Can anyone help us out.
>
>Mad Mac

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Gravity Bike Rules	MadMac	17:42:13 02/12/03 Wed
Re: Gravity Bike Rules...and an offer! -- Derek, 12:58:37 02/13/03 Thu Re: Gravity Bike Rules...and an offer! -- MadMac, 01:22:57 02/14/03 Fri