countdown till opening day

[Timekiller]

Yes im bored....

OPENING DAY IS... (http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=5&day=3&year=2008&hour=09&min=30&sec=0&p0=861)

[Timekiller]

only 9 million more seconds to go... woot!~

[Timekiller]

If you were to go to diablo every day that it was open (not including holiday add-ons) you would be able to ride 105 days out of the year!


Can you tell im really bored..

[Timekiller]

Oh and if you were a dumbass and didn't get a season pass to ride the 105 days, you would spend:

$3,570

edit 1 big Gatorade a day $3 ea. $315

$3,570
+$315
--------
#3,885

[Timekiller]

Say you averaged 20mi. a day...

2,100 miles / season

[Timekiller]

http://www.simplydark.com/images/emicon/dancing-goat.gif

[yuroshek]

hey why dont you do best and KILLTIME so other way?

[Timekiller]

the average MTB tire has a circf. of 81.64in
a mile = 63,360 in.

If you did do 2,100mi/season your wheel would have rotated 4,097,756 times... time for new hub bearings.

[Timekiller]

hey why dont you do best and KILLTIME so other way?

Some of this is actually interesting... to me anyway.

[captainlawndart]

you could kill some time by correcting yuroshek's english...

or you could google "cosmo bots"

[Timekiller]

cosmo bots is a bit too rich for my blood. I like A boy and his blob (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Blob)

[jcook90]

You know, some of that was actually interesting. How about total vertical/rotational distance covered by the rear axle as the suspension moves, assume average of 6 inches of movement 300 times a run.

[noescapeclothes]

You know, some of that was actually interesting. How about total vertical/rotational distance covered by the rear axle as the suspension moves, assume average of 6 inches of movement 300 times a run.

yea then calculate how much the centrifugal wheel force would be on that if you pedaled let's say 150 full rotation crank spins per run.
now that should give you plenty of time to kill to figure it out and don't just type some random numbers now, kill some time and develop some brain cells for real.

[Timekiller]

You know, some of that was actually interesting. How about total vertical/rotational distance covered by the rear axle as the suspension moves, assume average of 6 inches of movement 300 times a run.

Well in 1 run your suspension would cycle 1800in. (really 3600in. including compression and rebound)

So in a day (25 runs) 45,000 inches or 3,750 ft. (90,000" or 7500' with comp/rebound.)

or...

in a full season of 105 days... 4,725,000in. or 393,750ft. in a season
9,450,000" / 787,500'comp/reb.)

[Timekiller]

yea then calculate how much the centrifugal wheel force would be on that if you pedaled let's say 150 full rotation crank spins per run.
now that should give you plenty of time to kill to figure it out and don't just type some random numbers now, kill some time and develop some brain cells for real.

Energy forces need much more information than that...

Raidus (meters) = .3302
Velocity (meter/sec) = depends on speed
Velocity (kilometer/hour) = same as above
Mass (kg) = depends on rider
RPM (revolutions/minute) = depends on speed


Actually the amount of crank revolutions per run would have nothing to do with the formula for centrifugal force.


But if you want an answer..

if:
Raidus (meters) = .3302
Velocity (meter/sec) = 8.9408 (20mph)
Velocity (kilometer/hour) = 32.18688
Mass (kg) = 4.5359237 (10 lbs. rotational wheel mass)
RPM (revolutions/minute) = ok explination on this one...
Circf. of mtb wheel 81.64"
63,360in./mile
at 20 mph your wheel will cover 776.1 rev./mile which means your wheel will cover .333 (1/3rd) of a mile. That means your wheel is spinning at 258.4413 RPM

then:
Centrifugal force (in newtons) = 1098.0988376284552
or 246.862439953226 pound-force

[Timekiller]

by the way thats the equivalent of 1.129 average humans' (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=604088) jaw force

[FastBandit]

Osm...

[FrontRangeDH]

:imstupid:My head hurts from all this math, too many concussions I suppose

[Timekiller]

:imstupid:My head hurts from all this math, too many concussions I suppose

fun stuff.. I hated math in high school

[Timekiller]

Wow.. I just realized, no wonder the shock companies recommend an overhaul after 20 hrs. with aggressive riding. 45,000 inches a day... just think of how much energy/friction/heat we create on that poor shock.

[Timekiller]

Thats 1.5 miles of shock movement in one (20 run) day!

[FrontRangeDH]

fun stuff.. I hated math in high school

I only took one math course in college and it was easier than middle school algebra, wait it was middle school algebra, but I was 20 when I took it, oh well

Wow.. I just realized, no wonder the shock companies recommend an overhaul after 20 hrs. with aggressive riding. 45,000 inches a day... just think of how much energy/friction/heat we create on that poor shock.

I had a buddy who spoek with the Sram tech guys in whistler about his World Cup boxxer and they were suggesting rebuilds every 4 hours

[noescapeclothes]

Energy forces need much more information than that...

Raidus (meters) = .3302
Velocity (meter/sec) = depends on speed
Velocity (kilometer/hour) = same as above
Mass (kg) = depends on rider
RPM (revolutions/minute) = depends on speed


Actually the amount of crank revolutions per run would have nothing to do with the formula for centrifugal force.


But if you want an answer..

if:
Raidus (meters) = .3302
Velocity (meter/sec) = 8.9408 (20mph)
Velocity (kilometer/hour) = 32.18688
Mass (kg) = 4.5359237 (10 lbs. rotational wheel mass)
RPM (revolutions/minute) = ok explination on this one...
Circf. of mtb wheel 81.64"
63,360in./mile
at 20 mph your wheel will cover 776.1 rev./mile which means your wheel will cover .333 (1/3rd) of a mile. That means your wheel is spinning at 258.4413 RPM

then:
Centrifugal force (in newtons) = 1098.0988376284552
or 246.862439953226 pound-force

is that calculated using a 2.4 tire or 2.5 tire? :brows: i wanna know exactly what resistance measuring you used so i can calculate which tires are better. hahahaha i was just kidding on the centrifugal force, just giving you sarcastic challenges!

[Timekiller]

This is kinda interesting The physics of mountain biking (http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_fall2003.web.dir/Brandon_Locke/MTBHomepage.htm) No real world numbers or anything, just references to physics.

haha found this too (http://www.big-boards.com/board/832/)... its the statistics for nsmb.com post activity.

and the stats (http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/mountain/stats/index.htm) for whistler/blackcomb mountain

and a few funny quotes from mtbmilitia (http://mountainbikemilitia.com/murphy.html#down)

-If you can’t make it up the hill, it’s not because your bike sucks it’s because you’re fat & lazy.
-Tube Math: tubes needed for any given ride = the number of tubes you have + one.
-The more you hear the term "freeride" the more it will cost you to ride.
-When someone says the trail you’re on is a deer-path, remind them that deer don’t have wheels.
-Trip math: Number of miles actually ridden +4 ½.
-Just shut-up and ride.

[Timekiller]

is that calculated using a 2.4 tire or 2.5 tire? :brows: i wanna know exactly what resistance measuring you used so i can calculate which tires are better. hahahaha i was just kidding on the centrifugal force, just giving you sarcastic challenges!

no prob.. broskee :monkeydance:

btw... panaracer fire XC's are the best tire, there is no mathematics for that. They have stripes to prove thier holyness and gnarlyness.

http://www.pricepoint.com/images/styleImages/D_320%20PANFC3.jpg

[Timekiller]

btw... noescape, nice work.. I tried to get into screenprinting. I dont have the patience for that $hit. Now I just do my basics with ThermoFlex

[noescapeclothes]

btw... noescape, nice work.. I tried to get into screenprinting. I dont have the patience for that $hit. Now I just do my basics with ThermoFlex and mathematics and physics indeed.

[downhillbkr247]

if ANYTHING has racing stripes, then it must be the BEST! now that is just common knowlege!

[NJMX835]

Ok nerds, hand over your milk money or it's wedgie time! :bonk:

[!!!HUCK YOU!!!]

:help:ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The math!!!!!!!!!!! Stop the math!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dead:

[Timekiller]

Ok nerds, hand over your milk money or it's wedgie time! :bonk:

Haha... I was never the "nerd" in school. I kinda didn't do anything. at all. :twitch:

[Timekiller]

Im going to figure out the force requred by the gondola using:
2 riders per cart (170lbs. each)
40 carts per side
gondola distance
slope of the mountain
6 minutes to get to the top

[jcook90]

Force as in torque at the drive wheels? You might also want to make it harder for yourself and figure out the force used in the detachment and moving system off the cable. Also, time is irrelevant in this case, because force has to do with just moving it. If you wanted to find the energy then time would be useful.

This'll just be a lot of potential energy, plus it cancels out with the chairs moving down, so technically all you have to deal with is rider weight.

Good luck!

[dirttastesgood]

Answer- eleventy billion

[Timekiller]

Force as in torque at the drive wheels? You might also want to make it harder for yourself and figure out the force used in the detachment and moving system off the cable. Also, time is irrelevant in this case, because force has to do with just moving it. If you wanted to find the energy then time would be useful.

This'll just be a lot of potential energy, plus it cancels out with the chairs moving down, so technically all you have to deal with is rider weight.

Good luck!

Yup.. I realized last night I wanted to figure out the energy used. And I know the kinetic energy going up turns into potential energy at the top, then returns with negative kinetic energy, so the weight of the cars, cable, ect. cancles out. :clapping:

[Timekiller]

Im going to say there is 80 total carts. The mass of the carts cancel out.
The degree of the slope is 32º
Average rider = 175lbs. X2 = 300lbs.
Average bike weighs 35lbs. X2 = 75lbs.
Total mass on cart = 375 lbs.
Time to get to the top = 6 minutes.
Distance to get to the top is 1962.56
That means the cart travels at 5.5ft/sec or 3.75mph
The rate of change is 1.89 ft^/ft> so it moves at 8.75ft/sec.

Now, F=MV or:
F=(375)(8.75)=3281.25ft-lbs=.0012357716kWh
That is the energy consumed to move one set or riders up on the lift. Let's say there is an average of 100 riders/day @20 runs
so 2000 trips/day
Also the lift runs for 420min./day which is 35 revolutions/day that would mean there is 57.14 riders on the lift at any given time.
so 29 carts full at one time
29X.0012357716kWh=.0358353kWhX35revs=1.26kWh/day

and... 1.26kWh/day X average rate of $.10/kWh = $12.60 to run the lift one day. Run 105 days in the season $1323.00

This does not account for wind or friction. And almost everything in this equation is an educated guess. And I believe that mechanical advantage(gears on the drive of the lift) have nothing to do with the amount of energy expended. If you have a low or high gear ratio, the same energy is used, just more quickly or longer.

[Timekiller]

I've been thinking all day and I find it hard to believe it onlt costs $12.60 a day to run the lift.. I think i goofed up.

[dirttastesgood]

You did, the answer is eleventy.

[jcook90]

Make it easier on yourself and just work in Kg.

Going off your work tho, to get one chair to the top, PE=mgh=(170kg)(9.8)(311m), joules required to move one chair to the top, assuming its frictionless except for the drive mechanism, is 518126J
518126J / 360sec = 1439 watts per 2 riders, so about 700 watts per rider, x 2000 riders per day = 1400000watts in 7 hours (diablo last year was 9-4 right?) so 200000watts/hour, $.10kw/hr, and it comes out to $20,000 per day. Hmm. I think we're both wrong

[Timekiller]

Im going to say that at 32º the load is then halved, so 187.50lbs.
F=ma=(187.50)(5.5)=1031.25ft.-lbs.
So it takes 1031.25ft.-lbs. to move the cart up with 2 riders and 2 bikes.
W=FD=(1031.25)(1992.65)=2054920.3ft-lbs.=.77391606kWh
So it costs $.08/trip up the mountain.
Using the average of 2000 trips/day it costs $154/day to run the lift
or $16,170/season

Also, just so you know the:
potential kinetic energy is 485.814kgm
gravitational potential energy is 528410.43kgm

[jcook90]

This is way too much math

[Timekiller]

http://atdpweb.berkeley.edu/brokenlogic/images/nowai.jpg

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[jcook90]

http://atdpweb.berkeley.edu/brokenlogic/images/yarly.jpg

[dirttastesgood]

http://www.orlyowl.com/upload/files/YA-RLY.jpg

[jcook90]

http://atdpweb.berkeley.edu/brokenlogic/images/nowai.jpg

[dirttastesgood]

http://www.htloz.net/forums/grill/ya-wai.jpg

[Timekiller]

uh oh...

http://www.simplydark.com/images/emicon/dancing-goat.gif

[downhillbkr247]

OH SNAP! :o

[jerseydirt]

Three Dayssssssss!!!!!!!!!!! Yeahhhhhhhh!

[Timekiller]

digging up some old shiv!!! nice!

[bmxracer62]

:banana:2 days till total nirvana!:banana:

[jerseydirt]

yeah i remembered timekillers thread and thought it would be appropriate.

[FOXROX]

16500 seconds to go!

[road2nowhere]

actually only 14820 to goo

[road2nowhere]

actually -60 on that

[road2nowhere]

NO!! subtract 120 off the 12820 and thats how much there is

[road2nowhere]

im sorry, theres roughly 14820 to go

[FOXROX]

your so wrong! its 13390!

[Huck Banzai]

http://atdpweb.berkeley.edu/brokenlogic/images/nowai.jpg


.....

[road2nowhere]

maybe my calculator is broke. i did throw it all the wall the other day. or, maybe i jsut cant to math.

[Timekiller]

80,490! (seconds)

[G-RockMurray]

I was talking about going to diablo on my radio show (The Morning G with Matt & Erin on Jersey's Rock Alternative G-Rock 106.3/106.5 www.grockradio.com)
sorry gotto get the plug in!
and alot of riders were checking in getting all pumped up....gonna be a good year!
fyi that 600$ im getting back from the govt. is all going to the gas to diablo fund.

[WhoRyder]

fyi that 600$ im getting back from the govt. is all going to the gas

That's EXACTLY George Douche's Plan!

Wife and i are getting back 1500 and it's going into SAVINGS.....! I'm hiring a bunch of illegal aliens to push my car to Diablo!

[FOXROX]

damn! i wish i lived further away so i could do that !

[Iridemtb]

Weather is looking just a little bit better for tommorow :wait:

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USNJ0531?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared

[Timekiller]

oh boy, looks like I should start putting my bike back together.. http://icons.iconator.com/615/ICONATOR_41778b3740d0e1eadc668c8ba542b99b.jpg

[daisycutter]

is they are predicting rain for next weekend too.

[Runner]

11h 31m 30 seconds

[AzToJrse]

11h 31m 30 seconds

happy to see some made it through 2nd grade math.

[Huck Banzai]

Accuweather is the bomb. Weather.com sucks the nards.

Friggin pessimsic inconsistent, changes hourly -- HOLY CRAP!

Yeah accuweather tells me what I want to hear, but its also more believable because it doesnt do an about face every 6 hours.


I hope my faith is well placed! (Actually I hope my VPFree is well placed, but I digres.)

and its 11h20m24s