Ray (R.D.) sent me these pictures and
description of his compact low racer. He raced this low-racer at the 1999 HPRA races on
the Indianapolis velodrome last year. He's made some changes to it, including the nose
cone, since then.
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The front wheel has a roller brake and a 13-24 cluster, this
will probable change due to a lot of drag from the early version of roller brake. |
| R.D. came up against a hill with a bad knee so now it has a
few more gears. He started out with a 2 chain set up. Then went to the limited gear range
set up. Now he has a 2 chain set up again. He uses a free hub with only 2 sprockets to
transfer from chain to chain. A flexible Sachs 52 chain works well. He could get away with
a stiffer chain on top. Out front is a triple ring mountain bike crank sporting hyper
drive c. |
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The "K feeder Enterprises Inc." nose cone. This
nose cone is actually made to keep squirrels from climbing up the pole a bird feeder is
mounted on. It has a 1" mounting hole in the center of it. While not a perfect
aerodynamic creature, it does make a chilly day tolerable. The whole thing with PVC and
hose clamp mounts was under $25.00 USA. If you have some time to kill or are wondering
what your ride would be like streamlined, R.D. recommends a test ride with this on.
Recipe: Go to hardware store and find a bird feeder protector.( He tried to get a clear
one but it turned out to be cone shaped) Then make your way to the PVC area in the store
and collect a T connector that will fit your BB (This is for SWB). Next you will need a
1" outside dia. piece to pound into the hole in the Kfeeder. Then one foot of pipe
that fits the T connector and one foot of pipe with a 1" inside diameter. R.D. used 3
hose clamps to assemble this. The hardest part was cutting and shaping the T connector to
slip onto my BB=bottom bracket. Check out Mounting instructions for the WISIL HPVers Nose Cone Kit for a better vision of bubble mounting |