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The same 1/8th of a mile straight down under gravity with no atmosphere would take 6.4 seconds with a top end of over 140 miles/hour. Awesome as your 'vette is, it's not quite as awesome as gravity.
Speed skiing courses typically have a 400 metre acceleration zone, followed by a 100 metre timing zone. The record is a little over 156 mph.
How would the Vette do if the 1/8 mile was in a vacuum? .. -- assuming of course the Vette had an air tank to power the motor. -- do you think it could/ can beat gravity ..???
Also -- are we not talking ski resort speeds? - not closed courses? and I thought the snowboard record was 125 mph -- if not someone should tell Volkl.
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Do as Bordy says and buy products from a company who cares about the alpine riders and designs new and improved products every year. Bomber has updated their bindings and have come out with other products and what do we get from the 'other' binding mfr? The same ol' binding year after year after year
+2 on the above comment
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A couple of thoughts I have on these high speed numbers.. again not questioning you data -- you read the device and that is what it says.
But look at it this way -- I know it is not a very fair comparision and maybe apples and oranges thing. But think about.
A stock Corvette like mine - and yes it does go fast - scary fast -- but the stats are this. In an 1/8 of mile standing start, it takes a little over 8 sec and hits a top speed of 89 mile an hour. Acceleration is awesome - well above mother earth's of 32.2 ft/sec/sec. Given a ski slope -- lets use Snowbird Big Emma -- is about 1300 ft vertical.. maybe about 2100 - 2200 feet long. The Corvette would hit about 75 mph at about 600 feet of distance or 28% of the Big Emma run distance. So what I am hearing above is that speed could be hit somewhere around the mid point of Big Emma on a snowboard -- without the help of >350 horsepower. I say the mid point because you would need to start stopping somewhere and a snowboard does not have ABS.
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Lots of spots around Park CIty, Snow Bird have the pitch to hit 70 at will, even at stratton...(Flatton) we could get into the high 60s. My fastest recorded speeds have happened on the prepped DH course at Snow Basin after Mens events after the upper pitch into the compression. I have gotten after it, after womens events also but they dont use the upper pitch so there isnt the same speeds. I am sure 70 p-lus is also easy in several spots in Aspen, I once had a Jacket rip from flapping there, but have never brought a gps there.
I think the current straight line record is like 125mph on a board. And around 156 on skiis. During Down hill event you are still turning and looking for speed. If there wasnt a course to follow speeds would be much higher. A couple of my kite buddys are Downhillers. Thoose guys just try and get big to be faster becuase you can still go faster on many of the courses, but you need to maintain control to edge.
The G meter was floating around at a race in CO one year I think it was Fins. He tried to sell them on the website here for a while.
I ride much differntly then Most carvers, Turning just aint what it used to be some days, Plus my gear is made to go faster then most, with huge radius, race board contruction in bigger lengths then most ride. Oh right and I will point it straight down anything........ As always come ride with me anytime to see what I am about..
not questioning your data...again just curious to the dynamics here.
How long in seconds do you think you are running at 70 MPH on a run?
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62.8 on flat ground.. Lots of day in the 70s and 80s on hills though, Via multiple gps readings. I think 2.2G as well via the g meter..
Bordy -- just curious what run on what ski slope did you hit these speeds? or where? Just curious to the length of the run, time it takes to come up to 70 mph (acceleration cant be all that great ) and then of course slow down and stop to get back on the chairlift. I am asuming you are in units of MPH -- not KPH.
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Miltie -- I will buy it
email sent
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using my road bike as a reference -- which I hit 45 going downhill -- I would say maybe 40 on mysnowboard.
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Look at the shipping cost... $3499.00 for a set of tail lights..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251159736562&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
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<Al ,this ?? Very impressive device!! Deadly!!
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Bryan -- PM sent to you.
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if i might make a suggestion, give archery a go.
Close -- I designed this Broadhead... watch a video under media.
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Unbroken, arrived yesterday..no need for trip to library...:)... currently on chapter 11...
...so far...educational...addictive read...tugs at the heart strings...holding my breath...heart racing..heart nearly stopping...and the book is only warming-up:eek:
...I think a health warning should be written on front cover;)
Great - glad you are enjoying it.. RE: the author ,, if you like her get her other book -- Seabisuit.
Yes I am a very addicted golfer..unlike any other sport. this one you get to play against yourself and like snowboarding you continually improve with each turn or each green.
I thought it was a dumb game until I tried it at 50 yr old... and now play 4 or so times a week.
enjoy the rest of the book. Let me know what you think when you finish.
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Hi c5 Golfer
Nice reply, apologies if I made it sound that you were just interested in blood and gore:o I do agree it really can be about the writer but at least you immerse yourself in some reality;) I have to admit in the Dean Koontz Dark Rivers of the Heart, the nutter CIA bloke went around shooting people in a totally strange fashion but the writer got you to understand why and there was even some evangelical type logic to it....
...as for his 'relationship' with his 'girlfriend'...this was a crazy story line but again the writer gets you to understand why they're together....chuffing fascinating...:)I am not particularly well read and my history is rubbish but as stated before it's good to be introduced to new material...so I will be virtually following your trail across western America too
What's the latest gossip then ....:p
no apology needed -- no offence taken -- just thought I would add why I like some of the stuff. I also like some of the Koontz but could not get into Dark Rivers. One of my Favorites of his is "The Watchers"
A good one on USA western Indians... "The Last Stand"
If you read a bunch of Western USA books about the 1700-1900's you understand why we have such a facination with firearms in this country. Seems nothing was done until a trigger was pulled.
But then if you want more enjoyable reads -- 50 years of the Corvette by Lifffingwell is recommended.
No gossip here.. just trying to win a few more golf tournaments - won 2 so far -- 5 more coming up in Sept.
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Floboot
The remorse question.. I think the guy Bird was a nut but also programmed by his country’s beliefs all thru his life, especially when young. If I made more comments about him and many others like him, this thread would go political, which would not be good.
I agree on the religion comment you make. Would include this.. if he had not found what he found in meeting Billy Graham, he might have found the Bird, killed him which was his quest at the time, and then found himself back in a Japanese prison – I was so afraid that was going to happen as the book described his life. That would have been very very sad.
Yes on the savagery of the Empire of the Summer Moon, but that is not why I like it. I am fond of the 1800-1900 era of the western USA. That period of time shaped our nation as we know it today. Since I travel thru that Western part so often – I feel one should know its history to appreciate the lay of the land. Like standing on the hill at Custer’s Last Stand looking out at the Greasy Grass, , seeing all the trooper grave stones where they fell and visualizing what both sides went thru during that fateful period of time. Sad we treated the Indians so terrible at the time – and vice versa – but we did not know any better. It was all about the $$$ -- which is the same today… the names have changed but the ruthlessness has not.
comment on V Bugliosi – I don’t read his stuff because the murders or tragedy – I like his stuff because of the law proceedings and his cunning use of the court system. Not many lawyers can convict a guy with circumstantial evidence – he did.
I better go and see who has cellulite around here.. Enjoy the day
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Hi c5Golfer
Strangely enough, I had heard about Seabiscuit but not paid any attention really...but I shall now..it's always good to be introduced to new material:biggthump...it was a guy at work that got me reading Dean Koontz... at the time I couldn't stop reading John Grisham books.. he was probably sick of me coming into work talking about mass torts :rolleyes:...
....come to think of it, there could possibly be a mass tort against the central banks recent base-rate fixing scandal...I'll email John... see what he thinks...:rolleyes::rolleyes:
With regard to the video of Louis and the guard no I have not watched it yet..I shall spend some time tonight having a look on YouTube...but just now from a glimpse I ain't quite in the mood re hear about the torture...
...I admire and respect Louis already..what a guy:cool:
My current book is.. Arnold Schwarzenegger..The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding...hahahaha...true tho'..Guy at work lent me this on long-term-loan:biggthump I am built like a skeleton and have decided ..ENOUGH!.. I now need real muscles:eplus2:..he's being a bit of a personal trainer to me...so this book is more about looking at PICTURES than reading:p...so INSPIRATIONAL too...this is now my main Summer sport...:)..much to the revulsion of most people at work.. who cringe at the thought of a female with muscles:lol:
Anyway, thanks for heads-up on Louis Zamperini...my second Summer hobby (the recovery phase of bodybuilding;))....who are your favourite authors? What are you reading at the moment?
p...llleaze don't tell me Hello magazine:o
video -- must see is -- http://www.keynotespeakers.com/zamperini/video.php
reading right now -- Empire of the Summer Moon -- true story of Quanah Parker and the Comanches during the 1800s in Texas.
Fav autors of mine are for novel -- Lee Childs -- who writes about a wondering guy Jack Reacher - who alway encounters trouble without looking for it, and the bad guys always get their due in the end. A movie is in the making now of one of his -with Tom Cruise -- bad choice for the character in the book IMHO - staring as the good guy. Good series if you like that stuff.. getting more than even with the bad guys outside of the law. :-) Also like Clive Cussler.
Koontz is great, S King used to be great...
true law type books -- goods one by Vincent Bugliosi-- he is the best.,
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C5Golfer....Unbroken is now Amazon ordered...sounds like an inspirational book...cheers:)
Great --- did you watch the interview videos on Louis and the Prison guard..? they are on the web when you do the search of his name,
Hopefully this is not a thread jack.. since we are talking books here..
If you like that -- also read Seabiscuit.-- by the same author. She does a wonderful job on both.
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C5 Golfer, this Unbroken book recommendation is it the one to do with the Olympic runner re WW2? :)
Has anyone started a SNOW watch thread for this season yet? I am now weather watching:biggthump
yes -- Louis Zamparini.. do a search on his name --
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if you want a good book -- read "Unbroken"
eye opener..
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Hey everyone!
I have a question. I am restoring my 30+ year old bmx bike and I need some help. Most of the goodies on the bike are coming very clean with Mothers Mag Wheel polish and good ol' elbow grease. But unfortunately, the wheels have been the hardest hit by father time.
The hubs are fine. And the spokes and nipples are a lost cause and will be replaced. But the Araya 7X rims, which are chrome plated alloy, are all pitted, flaking and generally look terrible. I would rather reduce, reuse and recycle(no pun intended) and re-chrome just the rims.
I have called a bunch of places in my area with little success. And the success that I've had has been an astronomical amount of money to do the work.
So my question is : Does anyone work in the chrome plating field or have any contacts in the field that I could get ahold of to help me with my pet project?
Much appreciated!
Just an idea... go to this site and check out plating at home with Electroless Nickel. it would look very nice if you prep the surface nice. can be bright or satin -- I think your choice. appearance wise not much difference in chrome or nickel.
I do a lot of design for clients that we use electroless nickel.. we like it. ( it is done at a plating shop -- not this home process )
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Well, the other day, Mary my wife and I went into town and visited a shop.
When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
We went up to him and I said, 'Come on, man, how about giving a senior
citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called
him an “*******” . He glared at me and started writing another ticket for
having worn-out tires.
So Mary called him a “**** head”. He finished the second ticket and put it
on the windshield with the first.Then he started writing more tickets.
This went on for about 20 minutes.The more we abused him, the more tickets
he wrote.
Just then our bus arrived, and we got on it and went home.
We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired.
It's important at our age.
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I remember those days.. - like a worms eye view of the ocean.. you get to see the blue sky but nuttin below the horizon.
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get Wilier Cento 1 and dont worry about -- I love mine.. and it is almost wall art
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It kinda dates me but my first car was a 1930 Chevy...2 door sedan. paid $75 or so for it.. but it ran and got me to school. Upgraded to a 56 Chevy a year later.
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...as for his 'relationship' with his 'girlfriend'...this was a crazy story line but again the writer gets you to understand why they're together....chuffing fascinating...:)
fastest you've gone?
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Ahh-- now I get it - you want a head start. So you want to start at the top of a ski run already going 40mph -- we'll then, I totally agree all is possible,
I wonder how my Corvette would do in a vacuum, on a 1/8 mile run with a running start of 60 mph at the start line..