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Subject:Re: it's friday CST (UTC - 6 hours) - Now Physics
From:Ry
Date:Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:27:59 -0600

sorry i should have read the rules, I plead ignorance but not innocence.
-Ry
http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> "But I've never understood the physics of how he can jump the bike like
> that without pushing off the ground with his feet"
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> The best explanation is demonstrated in the old B. Kliban cartoon (featured
> in either "Cat" or in "Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head") showing
> how the anti-jump muscles work.  Contracted, they keep you on the ground.
> Relaxed, you just float away.
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> Science at work for you!
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> Stephen
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> --- On Fri, 11/19/10, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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> From: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: it's friday CST (UTC - 6 hours) - Now Physics
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:17 AM
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> The skills of the guy on the bike are nothing short of amazing!
> But I've never understood the physics of how he can jump the bike like that
> without pushing off the ground with his feet.  Same thing with skateboarders
> who do similar tricks.
> Since it is Frydae, perhaps one of the list resident geniuses could explain
> it.
> Thanks, Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
> --- On Fri, 11/19/10, Ry <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> From: Ry <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: it's friday CST (UTC - 6 hours)
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, November 19, 2010, 1:00 AM
>
> uh uh,
> i know what you're thinking,
> did he fire six shots or only five,
> well to tell you the truth i forgot myself in all this excitement but being
> that this is the 44 magnum,
> the most powerful handgun in the world,
> and it could blow your head clean off,
> you have to ask yourself one question,
> do i feel lucky,
> well do you....punk?
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw&feature=youtu.be&hd=1
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> -Ry
> http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln
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