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07-31-2014, 04:37 PM
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the custom builder of the future - trained a bit to understand and run structural analysis/design programs, so that he/she can input customer parameters in body measurements, intended uses, desires into models. Create monte carlo simulation in batch mode if necessary, otherwise use the one already provided by the developer. Press a button to launch analysis and go do something else. Come back, look at results, pick some interesting cases, examine specific case results, set up another refined set of runs if necessary, run, come back, interpret output to arrive at "optimal" design (this is the value of the "builder"). Then, input specifications for frame into 3D graphene printer, wa-la, inspect/xray it for defects, box it up, send to robotic painter/finisher, go for a ride.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2333...next-big-thing
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08-01-2014, 11:19 AM
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I’d like to respond to some of the comments made on my observations on crashing in the tour.
I am not a follower of Ludd (Luddite). I embrace new technology that works. I use technology when bikefitting, such as a 10-camera motion capture system, force plates, EMG, Pedar, EKG, Pulse Ox ,Spin Scan, VO2 Testing, and others. Yes to the accusation that I am an old guy and not as fast as I used to be, I am also not as skinny. If you live long enough, you too can be an OG. As to not embracing carbon. I think it is full of potential —I work with it and other composites all the time . I am waiting for production costs to come down so that more sizes will be available to fit more cyclists properly. To the claim that I don’t like stock framesets. Not true — I own both. I just don’t like to see people riding when they are uncomfortable, inefficient, and unsafe. I’m not a fan of riding on the wheel of people who can’t hold their line. I’m even more annoyed if it’s because the bike doesn’t fit. Stem length and rise affect sizing, but they also alter handling characteristics and in conjunction with bars affect the volume of air (tidal flow). So why do I care about other people’s fit. Self-preservation. It sucks when you get taken down by someone else. If the front or back wheel has too much weight on it in a corner you become a road hazard. If it’s wet out even worse. See this year’s TDF. So to recap – I like carbon, like stock frames. I dislike seeing people on bikes as moving road hazards, including the pros. As to Christopher Froome, his position seems to work for him. If it ain’t broken don’t fix it. Happy Freedman Orthotic Consultant Bike Fitting Specialist Prosthetics and Orthotics/DME Hospital for Special Surgery 510 East 73rd Street, Suite 201
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08-01-2014, 10:44 PM
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If the pedals are turning it's all good.
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