[ExI] Crazy electric scooter racing

[William Flynn Wallace]

 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.
spike

spike - are you sure you're an introvert?  Maybe you had better retake
those tests.    bill w

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 7:41 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
> BillK via extropy-chat
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> Subject: [ExI] Crazy electric scooter racing
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> >...Check out the absurdly fast 60 MPH standing electric scooters built
> for the eSC racing league
> by Micah Toll   Sep. 29th 2021
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> 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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> ...
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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?
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> spike
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