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On Jan 6, 9:07*pm, Tēm ShermĒn °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote: On 1/6/2011 2:08 PM, aka Tom Paterson wrote: * [...] What is it about recumbent riding, anyhow?[...] 1. Comfort 2. Lower aerodynamic drag (on a bike designed for performance) 3. Demonstrates the ability of the rider to ignore derision from the ignorant. Now Tom... --D-y |
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On 1/6/2011 10:25 PM, A. Muzi wrote:
wrote: On Jan 6, 9:07 pm, Tēm ShermĒn °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI $southslope.net" wrote: On 1/6/2011 2:08 PM, aka Tom Paterson wrote: [...] What is it about recumbent riding, anyhow?[...] 1. Comfort 2. Lower aerodynamic drag (on a bike designed for performance) 3. Demonstrates the ability of the rider to ignore derision from the ignorant. Now Tom... --D-y he left out #4, about 0.5 Prius' worth of smugness. Not smugness, just joy at being able to ride in comfort. -- Tēm ShermĒn - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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Tēm ShermĒn °_° wrote:
On 1/6/2011 2:08 PM, aka Tom Paterson wrote: [...] What is it about recumbent riding, anyhow?[...] 1. Comfort 2. Lower aerodynamic drag (on a bike designed for performance) 3. Demonstrates the ability of the rider to ignore derision from the ignorant. You forgot another 5 entries for "Comfort"... I have nice saddles that fit me well on my wedgies and I don't find I get saddle sore too badly, but the real difference for me is for my hands, arms, shoulders and neck. Those wouldn't be problems on a bike with a bolt-upright riding position, but with #2, lower drag in mind, I wouldn't want to tour all day on one of those! On the touring front (my 'bent is a tourer and that's what I use it for) another plus is that done right a 'bent will take luggage better. On mine (an HPVel Streetmachine GT) I can get the real weight between the wheels and under me where the only effect on the handling is gluing me to the road better. Banana bags (as made by Radical and now Ortlieb and others) are bigger and easier to pack than trad panniers, and /much/ better for long items like tent poles. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On Jan 7, 9:05*am, Peter Clinch wrote:
Tēm ShermĒn °_° wrote: On 1/6/2011 2:08 PM, aka Tom Paterson wrote: [...] What is it about recumbent riding, anyhow?[...] 1. Comfort 2. Lower aerodynamic drag (on a bike designed for performance) 3. Demonstrates the ability of the rider to ignore derision from the ignorant. You forgot another 5 entries for "Comfort"... I have nice saddles that fit me well on my wedgies and I don't find I get saddle sore too badly, but the real difference for me is for my hands, arms, shoulders and neck. *Those wouldn't be problems on a bike with a bolt-upright riding position, but with #2, lower drag in mind, I wouldn't want to tour all day on one of those! On the touring front (my 'bent is a tourer and that's what I use it for) another plus is that done right a 'bent will take luggage better. *On mine (an HPVel Streetmachine GT) I can get the real weight between the wheels and under me where the only effect on the handling is gluing me to the road better. *Banana bags (as made by Radical and now Ortlieb and others) are bigger and easier to pack than trad panniers, and /much/ better for long items like tent poles. Pete. -- Peter Clinch * * * * * * * * * *Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 * Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 * * * * * * *Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net * *http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ You ride a recumbent on public roads in the UK, Pete? Is there something special about the area around Dundee, or are particularly fearless? -- André Jute |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:25:48 -0600, AMuzi wrote:
wrote: On Jan 6, 9:07 pm, Tēm ShermĒn °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI $southslope.net" wrote: On 1/6/2011 2:08 PM, aka Tom Paterson wrote: [...] What is it about recumbent riding, anyhow?[...] 1. Comfort 2. Lower aerodynamic drag (on a bike designed for performance) 3. Demonstrates the ability of the rider to ignore derision from the ignorant. Now Tom... --D-y he left out #4, about 0.5 Prius' worth of smugness. Realy, #4 should be 'Because we are better than you' and smugness is a side effect. |
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 01:24:23 -0800 (PST)
Andre Jute wrote: You ride a recumbent on public roads in the UK, Pete? Is there something special about the area around Dundee, or are particularly fearless? Works for me too. Do you see a problem with UK roads? Mike |
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On 07/01/2011 09:24, Andre Jute wrote:
You ride a recumbent on public roads in the UK, Pete? Is there something special about the area around Dundee, or are particularly fearless? Neither. I don't find the 'bent any harder or more obviously risky than any other bike. If anything it's safer because people tend to give me more space (the oft-cited "WTF factor"). Being fearless isn't a good strategy for staying in one piece. I know the other traffic can hurt me /badly/, so I ride in a manner that helps ensure I don't collide with any of it. Same basic style and road manners on a 'bent as a wedgie, except I'm more likley to err on the side of caution when choosing between sitting in a queue or riding past it (my urban bikes are a Brommie and a Moulton which are both a /lot/ more maneuverable than a Streemachine, as well as having better pilot view). The 'bent is my touring bike, so it goes well beyond the local area. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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