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Recumbent bikes (was: "Liquid Drive" bike prototype at auction)
Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:48:51 -0600,
, Kevan Smith wrote: I like the idea of recumbents, and would love to own a really aerodynamic, fairly lightweight one. That's crazy talk! You're a road racer, not a fred with a beer belly. What would Fabrizzio do? That's the motto .... Yeah, ask Fab. He knows a bent won't fit in the new van. -- zk |
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Odd bikes
John Foltz wrote:
: Bikes or riders? I ask because for most tandem couples, they each : also have their own 'half bikes.' There are about 800 active riders I was thinking one explanation could have been female mobility. Ie. in Finland women would have their own bike for self-sufficiency while in the US they'd ride the tandem to accompany the male in the family, but I guess this theory flies out of the window now... Maybe females over here don't ride with their male that often, group rides seem to be predominantly male. Or maybe US people just have the extra money to blow on a tandem? Why would tandems have a disadvantage in hilly terrain? -- Risto Varanka | http://www.helsinki.fi/~rvaranka/hpv/hpv.html varis at no spam please iki fi |
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Recumbent bikes
In rec.bicycles.misc John Foltz wrote:
: them. Most US recumbents are, at best, the equivalent of riding an : upright on the hoods. Bike-E in particular, liked to quote recumbent : speed advantages, glossing over the fact that their design was : actually *worse* than a typical road bike. BikeE is hardly a substitute for a road bike. If you put aerobars and homebrew wheeldisks on a typical road bike, you probably wouldn't be much worse off than with a lowracer without such enhancements. -- Risto Varanka | http://www.helsinki.fi/~rvaranka/hpv/hpv.html varis at no spam please iki fi |
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Recumbent bikes
In rec.bicycles.misc John Foltz wrote:
: Disadvantages of a fairing like mine or the one in the second pic: : they add 3-4 pounds to the bike, and they have to be removed for : transport. Mine is designed to come off in less than 30 seconds. The : clear ones come off by removing 4 nylon wingnuts. While I love : riding with it, I haven't used it at all this year. Sometimes the : feeling of riding a lighter bike is good, too. And in hot weather, they are still providing some extra warmth... -- Risto Varanka | http://www.helsinki.fi/~rvaranka/hpv/hpv.html varis at no spam please iki fi |
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Recumbent bikes (was: "Liquid Drive" bike prototype at auction)
Tom Sherman wrote in message ...
Carl Fogel wrote: Tom Sherman wrote in message ... [snip all relevant matter] [3] http://www.ransbikes.com/Gallery/Archive/Sherman.htm Tom Sherman - Planet Earth Dear Tom, How do you scratch your nose in that impressive body-sock? There are zippered armholes in each side for hand signaling and there is also a zipper along the top of the sock. Tom Sherman - Planet Earth Dear Tom, Am I right in thinking that the zippered armhole in the picture is the faint, dark, descending curve that goes across your upper arm? And come to think of it, how do you get into it? It doesn't look as if you could seat yourself and then pull it back over your head or forward, so maybe it's stretchy enough to pull up and get in from the side? Or does the zipper along the top let you step in from the top? Do you have a web page for this kind of body sock? Experience suggests that I'll end up with hundreds of women wearing leotards while bicycling if I try to search for it myself. Carl Fogel |
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Recumbent bikes
John Foltz wrote in message ...
Carl Fogel wrote: Speaking of the body-sock streamlining, I see that your second bike has the clear plastic snoot often grown by more advanced specimens of these enchanting creatures. To be accurate, that is not me nor is it my bike. The Super ZZipper (tm) fairing on it is so common, it's rare to see one without a fairing. I have a homemade fairing for my V-Rex (the first picture) that does a very good job at preventing sunburn on my legs, as well as provides a significant speed boost on the order of 7-10% at 20 mph. Lessee, here's the project page where I built it, some good pics of it at the bottom: http://www.biketcba.org/TRICORR/proj.../fairing4.html Am I correct in thinking that this nose-cone not only provides combined streamlining and visibility, but also keeps the wind and rain from blowing up your pants? I've read of rain being a problem for touring recumbents, but have seen nothing in the current thread about rain gear about it. Last year, only two inches of water fell from the skies here in Pueblo, Colorado, so my interest is largely theoretical. Yes, they protect against wind and rain somewhat. More specifically, they keep the rain off your chest and put it in your face instead. This isn't the problem you might think; as long as you have riding glasses the water just flies off after hitting you. But it's not perfect. Eventually the rider gets wet no matter what. Fairings are also good for keeping stinging insects away from the rider. And in more northerly areas, they help fend off the cold. Disadvantages of a fairing like mine or the one in the second pic: they add 3-4 pounds to the bike, and they have to be removed for transport. Mine is designed to come off in less than 30 seconds. The clear ones come off by removing 4 nylon wingnuts. While I love riding with it, I haven't used it at all this year. Sometimes the feeling of riding a lighter bike is good, too. Dear John, Thanks for your answer about the fairings. I find all this stuff fascinating, even though it remains theoretical for me. Curiously, your post (like Risto's post), indicates that I'm showing up in rec.bicycles. misc and appearing in this thread, even if some news servers have split it off as a separate thread. Carl Fogel |
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Recumbent bikes
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says... In rec.bicycles.misc John Foltz wrote: : them. Most US recumbents are, at best, the equivalent of riding an : upright on the hoods. Bike-E in particular, liked to quote recumbent : speed advantages, glossing over the fact that their design was : actually *worse* than a typical road bike. BikeE is hardly a substitute for a road bike. If you put aerobars and homebrew wheeldisks on a typical road bike, you probably wouldn't be much worse off than with a lowracer Like this one? http://users.ids.net/~dkerber/cycling.htm -- Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying! REAL programmers write self-modifying code. |
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Recumbent bikes (was: "Liquid Drive" bike prototype at auction)
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:48:51 -0600, Kevan Smith
wrote: That's crazy talk! You're a road racer, not a fred with a beer belly. What would Fabrizzio do? That's the motto .... That's aerobelly to you, buster. You wanna take it up with my aerobelly? My aerobelly will kick your puny ass all over the place! -- Rick Onanian |
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