IL2tri wrote:
Math aside, my thoughts after reading all these responses is that I don’t want to be the test pilot on the first run. Of course I decided to YouTube bicycle over open manhole cover, and best I could come up with was this unfortunate fellow in a car when the math wasn’t in his favor: Crazy video. It's pretty incredible how something so simple can cause so much havoc.
FWIW the dynamics of a car situation are different in that the suspension is partial compressed by the weight of the car.
Therefore, with the unloading of the tire the spring will force the wheel toward full extension. This places the point of contact higher up the tire (effectively as if you were riding slower at the man-hole cover)
Suspension like this is good for keeping contact / control with undulating surface changes, but perhaps not so good with square-edge impacts.
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xtrpickels: Nov 30, 17 7:19