Op 24-1-2010 11:52, Tom Sherman °_° schreef:
Jay Beattie wrote:
On Jan 23, 5:01 pm, Tom Sherman °_°
wrote:
Jim A wrote:
Andre Jute wrote:
BIKE FIT FOR NON-RACERS
I really can't be bothered with crouching down to go a bit faster -
it's
a pain in the neck, literally.
I find 35° from the horizontal to be a good compromise between comfort
and reduced frontal area.

You're right a shorter top tube would help. I'm not so sure about the
lower bottom bracket, as I don't like to worry too much about
striking a
pedal when going round a corner.
The BB 45-cm above the ground is plenty of clearance, since the bike
will lose traction on dry pavement before the pedal could strike.

Yikes, that's a circus bike -- usual BB height is 10-11 inches on a
road bike, and not 17.5. Is this one of those recumbent jokes? You
need a special emoticon when you are doing recumbent jokes. -- Jay
Beattie.

Sometimes I forget that some riders like the "horsey" position.


Maybe you should look around. The vast majority prefer that position and
with reason.

Lou