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Re: Seat Stays
Posted by 'QuickOldTimer' on 15 Feb 2010 @ 18:45

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If you take a look (I know you won't be able to, so you'll just have to take my word) at the cover picture of the December 1971 issue of Karting magazine, you will see a nice picture of (in my opinion) the second best kart driver of all time Francois Goldstein. You will probably be surprised to see that he is using an additional seat stay on the brake side (can't see the other side). He is doing so because back then, kart chassis suffered from a number of design deficiencies which would have been lessened by extra stays. It was a practice that died away as the manufacturers improved their chassis. You would also find that karts back then used considerable negative camber to good advantage, whereas these days karts often benefit from positive camber. This is because of design deficiencies in modern chassis. The point that I'm trying to make here is that nothing is new, and that sometimes the original theory is forgotten. I'm not about to spell it all out in detail (why should I give it away), but I just wanted the original poster winger93 to realise that just because the winners are doing something, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's contributing to their success or that they understand the theory behind it.

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when to use seat stays by 'winger93' (14 Feb 2010 @ 22:51)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 9:16)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'Ballhatchet' (15 Feb 2010 @ 9:30)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 9:45)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'Ditch' (15 Feb 2010 @ 10:06)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'alanrr' (15 Feb 2010 @ 11:26)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 11:38)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'GillardKid' (15 Feb 2010 @ 12:22)

Re: when to use seat stays by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 12:40)

QuickOldTimer by 'MrvanEs' (15 Feb 2010 @ 14:50)

Dave, do you ever get fed up with...... by 'alanrr' (15 Feb 2010 @ 15:36)

Re: Dave, do you ever get fed up with...... by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 16:06)

Re: Dave, do you ever get fed up with...... by 'alanrr' (15 Feb 2010 @ 17:13)

Re: QuickOldTimer by 'davidmc' (15 Feb 2010 @ 15:47)

davidmc by 'MrvanEs' (15 Feb 2010 @ 17:03)

Re: davidmc by 'Traxtar' (15 Feb 2010 @ 17:20)

Traxtar... by 'MrvanEs' (15 Feb 2010 @ 17:54)

Re: davidmc by 'vizard' (15 Feb 2010 @ 17:21)

Re: Seat Stays by 'QuickOldTimer' << You are here!

Re: Seat Stays by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 19:04)

Re: davidmc by 'davidmc' (15 Feb 2010 @ 17:54)

Re: davidmc by 'deangwigan' (16 Feb 2010 @ 10:26)

Re: davidmc by 'SimonS' (17 Feb 2010 @ 9:56)

Re: davidmc by 'BanzaiBoy' (17 Feb 2010 @ 13:39)

Anyone fancy answering 1509's question on.... by 'alanrr' (17 Feb 2010 @ 14:15)

Re: Anyone fancy answering 1509's question on.... by 'PaulGarnerTKM' (17 Feb 2010 @ 17:21)

Thank goodness! by 'alanrr' (15 Feb 2010 @ 18:24)

Re: Thank goodness! by 'Traxtar' (15 Feb 2010 @ 20:16)

Re: Thank goodness! by 'drewdt3' (15 Feb 2010 @ 20:49)

Re: Thank goodness! by 'QuickOldTimer' (15 Feb 2010 @ 20:52)

Oh good! The Chuckle Brothers spotted... by 'alanrr' (15 Feb 2010 @ 21:55)

Shucks! Was one of them SEAT STAYS? (nt) by 'alanrr' (16 Feb 2010 @ 0:33)

The thing is, how come the two EXPERTS..... by 'alanrr' (16 Feb 2010 @ 0:38)

Slick sticker kit maybe helps you win? (nt) by 'alanrr' (16 Feb 2010 @ 0:44)

It's your name on the kart, ain'it? Yeahhhhhhhh! by 'alanrr' (16 Feb 2010 @ 0:48)

I'm off to bed, what time do they unlock you? by 'alanrr' (16 Feb 2010 @ 0:53)

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