[ExI] Crazy electric scooter racing

spike at rainier66.com spike at rainier66.com
Thu Sep 30 12:38:27 UTC 2021



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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat

Subject: [ExI] Crazy electric scooter racing

>...Check out the absurdly fast 60 MPH standing electric scooters built for the eSC racing league
by Micah Toll   Sep. 29th 2021


https://electrek.co/2021/09/29/check-out-the-absurdly-fast-60-mph-standing-electric-scooters-built-for-the-esc-racing-league/

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And at least we can all watch.
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BillK

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BillK, there are pleeeenty of us who would ride one of those babies.  I wouldn't race one, but if I had a chance to get out there on a track by myself I damn sure would jump at that opportunity.  When I was 40 years younger I might even race on one of em.  Looks like a hell of a lotta fun to me.

This brings up a whole new and interesting engineering problem.  Assume guys racing eSkootrs at freeway speeds and obviously the risk of a crash is high.  How do you build some kind of protective clothing that is a step up from the Kevlar suits the bike racers wear?  Those are damn good: we regularly see the bikers crash at 150 mph and walk away.  The bikes don't, but the riders usually do.  So it might be the Kevlar suits are good enough for this application, but what if... old guys like me want to go fast on an eSkootr?  Could we make a racing suit with inflatable bladders to pad my aged but still eager hips and elbows?  How about if we race on a flat track with plenty of run-out area on the periphery so if we fall off we don't hit a damn wall.  Or what if we race them on ice or something?

spike




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