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Originally posted by Willum
Ok see here's where we start diving into unknown territory.

You never will have 150lbs of load with a 150lb rider. Following what I did. 666.4 newtons is the full force of the rider, multiply that by the cosine of the angle of tilt. your answer to that is your horizontal angle of force. Try it, follow what i did, just change the angle and you'll see how the force increases as the angle decreases.

Figuring out how torque, rpm, and theoretical force all come together... that's where i'm having a problem.

Uhhh.. I can add....? OK, wanna give us that in laymans? please?
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