1. Seat belt. With a total immediate stop, you're thrown forward into the fairing, then sideways when the bike falls to one side. (In my minimal-sample...
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My crash involved my front wheel coming off a narrow bike path while traveling at about 50 mph. The front wheel stopped suddenly and I was thrown into a...
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May 8, 2008 1:48 am
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50 MPH on a narrow bike path? wow. All the ones I've seen had a 20mph speed limit (or lower), and watch out for walkers near turns. Sorry you got hurt so...
50MPH ON A NARROW BIKE PATH am I missing something here? Kevin Karplus <Karplus@...> wrote: My crash involved my front wheel coming off a narrow bike...
... The path is on a long steep downhill, and the usual coasting speed is about 35 mph. The curve where I had the accident is the highest bike accident spot...
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May 8, 2008 2:14 am
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Maybe a typo (???). Maybe (I hope) he hit the "five" (5) instead of the "three" (3) key. To: ryanownersclub@...:...
Fifty (50) miles an hour !!!??? My LORD !!! Was it a vertical downhill or something ?? I've never gone over 35 mph on my Vanguard and even with big tires and...
Wow sounds like someone who designed the path didn't ride a bike:-). Mike ... From: ryanownersclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ryanownersclub@yahoogroups.com] On...
Does anybody know a reputable bike builder in the Phoenix, AZ area? I have all the parts and would like to make the move to disc brakes on my Vanguard, but I...
So ! What's new. I don't know about the states but here in the UK we have some awful paths that can't have been ridden before by anyone with any common sense...
I would suggest the option of packing up and sending the bike to Greg Peek at Longbikes in Denver. Greg is a bike builder -- he built the Vanguard for awhile...
The path was actually redesigned after about 20 years of use. Believe it or not, the path is *better* than used to be, having removed a very sharp turn at the...
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A quick way to add at least one disc brake on a Ryan would be to just get a new fork with the disc brake mountings on it. I did this a few years ago for our...
A quick way to add at least one disc brake on a Ryan would be to just get a new fork with the disc brake mountings on it. I did this a few years ago for our...
So, I'm following up on a mechanic's recommendation from last winter, that my hub bearings really should be replaced, especially the rear ones. No problem to...
IIRC, it's simply pressed in. The axle may have a step flange, but the bearing should pop out easily enough. Tom, aka bikeolounger, with a '96 _____ From:...
I recently purchased a Vanguard from a fellow in Sisters, OR. The label on the rear vertical tube indicates that it was made in Eugene. It has the stacked RR...
Photos of the head tube and the chain stays would be nice if you can do them. <\ _\@ __\\____% (*) (*) Gary B. Herbst ... From: jwdub1 <jwdub@...> To:...
Hi John: For replacement steering tubes, contact either Greg Peek at Longbikes in Denver, CO (303) 986-9300, or Peter Stull in New York State (who now makes...
Hi Everyone, This is a question mainly for European riders. Is there anyone goimg to Cycle Vision 2008 in Amsterdam in 3 weeks. I haven't been for a while and...
Thanks for the response Gary, I'll see about getting the pictures, but I'd have to e-mail them to you or someone else to post. I haven't been able to use the...
John, Your Vanguard sounds very similar to mine. I have a red 1992 Vanguard with dual brake mounts on the chain stays and on the front fork. Our bikes...
John: Chris makes a good suggestion on the steering tube 'insert'. (Hi Chris, howya doin' ? Saw you a couple times recently on your way home, if that was you...
Thanks for the suggestion Chris and your second, Geoff. Apparently Longbike has the 5/8" tube. I'm going to measure it this afternoon to confirm the...
This afternoon I discovered a crack in my 1993-ish Vanguard front fork, just below the steering tube attachement point. Does anyone out there have an extra...
I just picked up my Vanguard from the local bike shop where they put on a new (used) front fork. By the time they had removed it, the fork had cracked all the...
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