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Post by UK Gravity Sports Asscociation on Jan 7, 2011 19:08:01 GMT
Some really useful articles on this site (click 'articles' on top menu) www.tonyfoale.com/Esp. the stuff on balancing, slip angles and steering geometry ! |
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Post by danv on Feb 12, 2011 21:39:35 GMT
if anyone wants a frame building, give me a shout
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Post by woody on Feb 13, 2011 8:30:57 GMT
I had thought of building a frame from scratch , but i read somewhere that you have to use a standard commercially available BMX frame , have i got this mixed up ?
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Post by danv on Feb 13, 2011 9:07:11 GMT
I know of no rules saying that you have to use a bmx frame.
if I did ,I would ignore them anyway.
purpose built frames are the future. eg Brett Philips bike.
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Post by Scottish Cartie Association on Feb 13, 2011 12:50:47 GMT
I remember reading that somewhere too, although I can't remember when or where.
Have you ever thought of building a sidehack frame?
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Post by Organgrinder on Feb 13, 2011 17:06:06 GMT
I am fairly certain that Cadwell's rules specified using a standard BMX frame as the basis of a gravity bike to make the class as accessible as possible. I don't know whether they still have that requirement
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Post by danv on Feb 15, 2011 15:53:04 GMT
there is no rule to say you have to use a stock bmx frame. just checked applehead rules and they don't mention bmx frames. Thank goodness. In my opinion it would limit the development of gravity bikes in the future if you HAD to use a stock BMX frame.
bmx frames are a great starting point but don't limit us. we have wheel size, max length and weight etc and that is enough to keep it accessable.
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Post by djmogy on Feb 16, 2011 20:06:11 GMT
Hi, we did have a rule about using a standard BMX frame in the first years of running at Cadwell just to get people in to the sport by keeping it simple. We scraped that last year as well as no fairings. I would like to see one class like soapbox/sidecars where you can build what you want as long as its safe and race as one class. I don't think we need to have different classes like there used to be. With the extra events this year hopefully the sport will grow as it is a great entry level into gravity sports.
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