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Is it because the HANDBRAKE was invented first and the guy thought...Hang on ..square wheels don't need a handbrake...I'll go bust...

                   

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Maybe if i just round em off a little bit :shock:

                                                                     

ARRRGH  ya beat me to it pshome :-D  :-D

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gotta be a trailer-queen

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Wot i wanna know.

If when a wheel rotates the top of it travels twice as fast over the ground as the bottom...

Why not put them on upside down so you can go twice as fast.

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^^ Thanks for the headache!

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Wot i wanna know.

If when a wheel rotates the top of it travels twice as fast over the ground as the bottom...

Why not put them on upside down so you can go twice as fast.

 

wheel would overtake you causing sudden deceleration injury to car and driver.

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Wot i wanna know.

If when a wheel rotates the top of it travels twice as fast over the ground as the bottom...

Why not put them on upside down so you can go twice as fast.

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I once had a bike with a 'dyno hub' [the dynamo was built into the spoked centre] = 20" wheels Raleigh.

 

I was miffed cos I knew that if you fit a 'rub on tyre' dynamo [to any diameter tyre] it runs at road speed = good light.

 

My Raleigh was spectacularly 'dim'.. Like me :)

 

 

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Wot i wanna know.

If when a wheel rotates the top of it travels twice as fast over the ground as the bottom...

Why not put them on upside down so you can go twice as fast.

gee, where do we start, that is completely and utterly crazy and obviously goes against the laws of physics, swapping the wheel over would make absolutely no difference whatsoever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move to Australia and it would work though, that's why they used to import our cars.

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wheel would overtake you causing sudden deceleration injury to car and driver.

How ? it's still connected to the car...so if it's trying to overtake you it's taking the car with it,so the front of the car will always be ahead of the front wheels.

the problem comes in trying to stop.....but that's were the good old reliable ships anchor/essex thingy comes in handy.

Connected to a bungy cord so as not to Snatch. :shock:

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I once had a bike with a 'dyno hub' [the dynamo was built into the spoked centre] = 20" wheels Raleigh.

 

I was miffed cos I knew that if you fit a 'rub on tyre' dynamo [to any diameter tyre] it runs at road speed = good light.

 

My Raleigh was spectacularly 'dim'.. Like me :)

 

 

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Even dimmer if your wheels were the full 26"

noseypoke Rank: Citroen Ami

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I once had a bike with a 'dyno hub' [the dynamo was built into the spoked centre] = 20" wheels Raleigh.

 

I was miffed cos I knew that if you fit a 'rub on tyre' dynamo [to any diameter tyre] it runs at road speed = good light.

 

My Raleigh was spectacularly 'dim'.. Like me :)

 

 

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Solution...turn the wheel inside out.thus putting the hub as the rim....tyres would be cheaper to,till the wheel barra boys get wind of it :shock:

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Also.If you were travelling on Concorde at twice the speed of sound,do you hear the audio on the in flight movie after the plane has landed.....

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noseypoke Rank: Citroen Ami

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Also.If you were travelling on Concorde at twice the speed of sound,do you hear the audio on the in flight movie after the plane has landed.....

No surely you'd get all the soundtrack in the first five seconds of the movie, ..."Titlebecauselikeyousaidyourtravellingattwicethespeedofsoundendfadeout".

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No surely you'd get all the soundtrack in the first five seconds of the movie, ..."Titlebecauselikeyousaidyourtravellingattwicethespeedofsoundend"

Sound travels much slower than light.

Tamworthbay Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Sound travels much slower than light.

what about at night?
pshome Rank: Renault 16

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Also.If you were travelling on Concorde at twice the speed of sound,do you hear the audio on the in flight movie after the plane has landed.....

That's why there was no in flight entertainment on the Concorde and applauding the captain for a half decent touch down was only allowed after landing.

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Always wondered why I can never catch :-D up to bit of road where my headlights hit,?

Just thought it cos I drive a Mini.

Figured I had no chance in daylight.

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REAL...."I do want to know this".... Question!

 

Read somewhere that Concorde 'stretched' [in flight] about 15CM - ok.. really???

 

Like:-

 

1. Why

2. How

3. Rivets didn't pop over a lifetime???

 

Is This Troo

 

 

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The stretching was caused by the passengers pushing aginst the seat in front in the extremely tight cabin.

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

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^^^ Ha Ha Ha... [falls off Raleigh 20" wheel bike laughing]......

 

 

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*... so, really???

 

Goggle is Urr Friendded

 

".. 4. Concorde could stretch anywhere from 6-10 inches during flight because the heating of the airframe was so intense. ..."

 

Ahhh............ 8)

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Not just Concorde.

Most large aircraft are longer in flight than on the ground.

I used make the wiring looms and you had to leave a bit extra. :-)

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Also.If you were travelling on Concorde at twice the speed of sound,do you hear the audio on the in flight movie after the plane has landed.....

 

Nope, you would be subjected to the sounds of the in flight movie of the plane infront ....

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Anyone ever wondered WHY wheels are round ??

 

Another example of the tyrannical European Union regulations that we can now break free from. 

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