Now I'm intrigued. How does one accurately compute one's Reynolds number? Addition? Multiplication? Present machines only? Is it a current thing, or a cumulative effect? How does one arrive at the number when different Reynolds tubes are used in the same frame set?
Semi-vintage trivia to go with above - this topic brings to mind Flann O'Brian's novel The Third Policeman. Written in 1939, it was unpublished until 1967, though the author stole bits from it for other novels over the years. F O'B (aka Brian O'Nolan) wrote a lovely passage on the dangers of riding bicycles for too long that includes one of the finest expositions of atomic theory ever written. There are also numerous references to assorted numbers used to compute things. Strangely, savagely Irish book that I highly recommend for those of us who spend way too much time venerating velos.
1970s bike trivia - the ONLY reference to the above book I have ever seen was in an old Bike World article written by a gentleman who informed me a couple of years ago that he now would deny ever writing for that publication. I won't name him, therefore - but if anyone wishes to speculate about who wrote articles on how to keep Simplexes working, or "Last Sprint at the Earth Games," well, ...
Russ Fitzgerald rfitzger@emeraldis.com Greenwood, SC
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