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1gear

You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« on: 25 January, 2010, 06:41:37 pm »
and play the violin whilst doing it. You travel around doing it. How do you do it?



On one of these ofcourse!!!!


Saw this in town on Saturday, soon as i saw it i looked at the bike, then saw the person standing on the rope.
Bit different i thought 8)
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Moloko

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #1 on: 25 January, 2010, 06:48:09 pm »

A Birdy?  How apt for him.   ;D
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bobb

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #2 on: 25 January, 2010, 07:14:03 pm »
Rope's a bit slack.....
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Zoidburg

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #3 on: 26 January, 2010, 11:41:05 am »
Not as good as the now sadly departed and completely barking Xylophone Man.

Nottingham has not been the same since.
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1gear

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #4 on: 26 January, 2010, 03:45:31 pm »
Quote from: Zoidburg on 26 January, 2010, 11:41:05 am
Not as good as the now sadly departed and completely barking Xylophone Man.

Nottingham has not been the same since.

I used to have him as my picture on another forum. The guy was amazing. He did an interview, which was an interesting read.
Take it you live/lived in Nottingham then?
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Zoidburg

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #5 on: 26 January, 2010, 03:49:18 pm »
Hahahahahahhahahahahahah.....

I go by many names...some call me Zoiders...the people of the tundra call me phil...others...

Anyway.

The Xylophone chap lived in a large house in Rud IIRC and he was actually quite a rich man, used to have his own building company or something before he made friends with the goblins and pixies.
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1gear

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #6 on: 26 January, 2010, 08:04:33 pm »
Quote from: Zoidburg on 26 January, 2010, 03:49:18 pm
Hahahahahahhahahahahahah.....

I go by many names...some call me Zoiders...the people of the tundra call me phil...others...

Anyway.

The Xylophone chap lived in a large house in Rud IIRC and he was actually quite a rich man, used to have his own building company or something before he made friends with the goblins and pixies.

Your a weird man, i didnt actually ask your name


 ;)
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Riggers

  • Mine's a pipe, er… pint!
Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #7 on: 10 February, 2010, 04:00:41 pm »
I call him Zoiders.
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Certainly never seen cycling south of Sussex

pcolbeck

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #8 on: 21 February, 2010, 11:16:37 am »
Why doesn't the frame collapse ? I could see it working if each end had a triangular brace on the ground apex pointing away from the tight rope and then a cable running from the top round the brace and along the ground and back up the other end but the setup in the picture seems held up my magik.
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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Gaseous Clay

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #9 on: 21 February, 2010, 04:50:19 pm »
The supporting ropes disappear out of the picture but you can see them, under tension, at each corner of the frame.
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Gruff

Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #10 on: 21 February, 2010, 05:19:52 pm »
Quote from: Gloppy on 21 February, 2010, 04:50:19 pm
The supporting ropes disappear out of the picture but you can see them, under tension, at each corner of the frame.

I think it's just one rope. Anchored low down at two ends on convenient street furniture, then the two cross braces are being used like washing line poles supporting the rope in the air.
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Speshact

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Re: You do tight rope walking on the street.....
« Reply #11 on: 21 February, 2010, 05:34:58 pm »
That's an old mate of mine, Kwabana Lindsey, on the slackrope.

Unlike a tightwire, which is under great tension, the slackrope can be fixed to a couple of trees or lamposts, or just held by few (trustworthy) people.
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