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Do Recumbents Crash More Than Regular Bikes?
I am overweight (250 lbs, probably a little less back when I owned the
Vision) but the bike shop owner knew this when he sold me the bike. I am one of those people who is in the "fat but fit" category. This means that when I buy a piece of athletic equipment, it actually gets used. I had concerns about the Vision seat from day one but the shop told me that it would not be a problem. I had dealt with them before so I trusted them. For the first year it wasn't a problem. The seat coming undone happened in year 2. I can only conclude that the only way that seat will work for heavier riders is if they don't actually ride much. Vision did finally send me a version of the seat that didn't depend on Velcro to stay on the frame but by that time I had already lost confidence in the bike and was looking to sell it. Jeff "Mark Leuck" wrote in message ... "Jeff Grippe" wrote in message ... I never crashed my Infinity. I still wonder why I didn't hang on to that bike. All of my crashes (2) were on the Vision. One was clearly my fault (I piloted the thing into a railroad tie at about 20 MPH). The other I blame on the Vision. I never liked the seat held together with velcro. The person who sold it to me assured me that he sold them to heavier riders and they had no problem. Maybe the heavier riders didn't actually ride much. My seat came undone while I was doing about 20 MPH (I detect a pattern here. Visions tend to crash when you are going 20 MPH). Jeff I never had a problem with my Vision crashing above 20 and unless you are grossly overweight (?) the velcro seat will stay on |
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Do Recumbents Crash More Than Regular Bikes?
"Jeff Grippe" wrote in message ... I am overweight (250 lbs, probably a little less back when I owned the Vision) but the bike shop owner knew this when he sold me the bike. I am one of those people who is in the "fat but fit" category. This means that when I buy a piece of athletic equipment, it actually gets used. I had concerns about the Vision seat from day one but the shop told me that it would not be a problem. I had dealt with them before so I trusted them. For the first year it wasn't a problem. The seat coming undone happened in year 2. I can only conclude that the only way that seat will work for heavier riders is if they don't actually ride much. Vision did finally send me a version of the seat that didn't depend on Velcro to stay on the frame but by that time I had already lost confidence in the bike and was looking to sell it. Jeff I was 260 when I bought my Vision and had no problems with the seat |
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