Comments on: Mountain Bike Like a Cheetah http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gear/mountain-bike-like-a-cheetah/ Mountain bike news, trails, travels, and dirt. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:59:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: rudiment http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gear/mountain-bike-like-a-cheetah/comment-page-1/#comment-6592 rudiment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:08 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=5001#comment-6592 This would be hell on your chest. You cant have your weight resting on your upper body while breathing heavy. I give someone 1/2 hour before their neck is sore from looking up the trail. But if the design were altered a bit to sit slightly more upright, closer to the stance on a crotch rocket, then it could be good at least for road riding. This would be hell on your chest. You cant have your weight resting on your upper body while breathing heavy. I give someone 1/2 hour before their neck is sore from looking up the trail.

But if the design were altered a bit to sit slightly more upright, closer to the stance on a crotch rocket, then it could be good at least for road riding.

]]> By: Action2 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gear/mountain-bike-like-a-cheetah/comment-page-1/#comment-6583 Action2 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:20:37 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=5001#comment-6583 Yikes. Coupla problems for mountain biking from what I can see, most related to weight transfer. If you want to climb hard you have to pedal all the time. You'd lose too much momentum cycling the pedal action forward here and you wouldn't be able to put your weight on the single back tire enough to get traction. Downhill is the same problem in reverse. Also, how do you maneuver in the twisty stuff when you need to be turning right and leaning left around a bunch of trees when you're haulin' after a long downhill? Thump! Finally, two words: Deep Mud. I'll stick to my puttering old hard tail. In terms of new ideas though, it's a start. Yikes. Coupla problems for mountain biking from what I can see, most related to weight transfer. If you want to climb hard you have to pedal all the time. You’d lose too much momentum cycling the pedal action forward here and you wouldn’t be able to put your weight on the single back tire enough to get traction. Downhill is the same problem in reverse. Also, how do you maneuver in the twisty stuff when you need to be turning right and leaning left around a bunch of trees when you’re haulin’ after a long downhill? Thump! Finally, two words: Deep Mud. I’ll stick to my puttering old hard tail. In terms of new ideas though, it’s a start.

]]> By: trek7k http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gear/mountain-bike-like-a-cheetah/comment-page-1/#comment-6574 trek7k Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:33 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=5001#comment-6574 I hear ya. I think I'd like to have a full face helmet to ride one of these. Still, even at slow speeds I think you'd get a pretty good rush on this thing! I hear ya. I think I’d like to have a full face helmet to ride one of these. Still, even at slow speeds I think you’d get a pretty good rush on this thing!

]]> By: element22 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gear/mountain-bike-like-a-cheetah/comment-page-1/#comment-6572 element22 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:38 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=5001#comment-6572 For some reason I am a bit afraid of that...Having my face close to the ground as it is wizzing by things like ohhh rocks, boulders and branches is something that I can't say I look forward too. For some reason I am a bit afraid of that…Having my face close to the ground as it is wizzing by things like ohhh rocks, boulders and branches is something that I can’t say I look forward too.

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