“Female Composer” for Brant
A Hundred Dollar Drawing. But what a broad (haha, broad) category! I narrowed it down to female composer Hildegard von Bingen.
“Recycled Recumbent” for AD
I put a lot more work and time into this than I typically do for Hundred Dollar Drawings, but I am a fan of recumbents, and Recycled Recumbents, and of course Velocipe Cycladia, the goddess of bikes and cyclists.
“Daemon Rocket” for Cath
“Rock Licker” for Joe
Velomobile shifting diagrams
I made these to illustrate the difference between shifting a Rohloff vs. conventional derailleur/cassette system in a velomobile going at speed. According to Doug Davis at Bicycle Evolution, some novice velonauts desire Rohloffs because they offer a very wide gear range, but the larger gaps between gears make them less efficient at speed. He has data about watts and gear inches and rotations per minute, but I merely tried to convey the drama of having to upshift too fast in a 60+ pound tub:
For contrast, the illustration below represents a more narrowly spaced conventional rear cassette setup, like what I have on my Mango:
Maybe we’ll talk about this, and other recumbent nerd stuff, on the next Laidback Bike Report.