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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
Tom Blum wrote:
Like Jose, I shun pace lines. They require total concentration and trust of your co-pacers. I like to "smell the roses." All-recumbent pacelines can be fun, though. They're especially handy on a winter day, with 20+ MPH winds in your face. Been there, done that. However, I am schitzophrenic about it. I also like performance. However, I am not strong enough to leave the world in my dust. The old dream of 'cutoffs, sneakers, and a rat-bike' rider who dusted the spiffy looking wanna-be's never quite materialized. Heh... I tend to ride faster than the folks out on MTBs and "comfort" bikes, but slower than the serious roadies. I won't break any speed records, but long distances are doable, in any case. -- Russ --kill the wabbit to despam "The best thing about that show was the number of cars that exploded into huge fireballs. If only 'twere so...." -Chalo Colina, "CHiPs" |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
In a paceline, the view never changes. I also have a big fear of shredding
someone with my SWB chainring. Brad R40 |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
In a paceline, the view never changes. I also have a big fear of shredding
someone with my SWB chainring. Brad R40 |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
Edward Wong wrote in message . .. Next time someone asks you questions about your bent and why you ride one, be sure to highlight the safety advantages of a recumbent. You could be doing someone and yourself a great service. The problem with you types is that because you look so silly on those contraptions you will never get the privilege of riding with top quality roadies such as myself. The only cyclists who would been seen anywhere near you are the squirrelly lower class road riders, not anyone I would let ride with me. Believe me, guys like me when riding in a group are very safe and under control even though we are moving faster than you could image. As I've stated in here before, please stay out of our way when out on the road, we are doing a planned training session and demand respect from you. |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
Edward Wong wrote in message . .. Next time someone asks you questions about your bent and why you ride one, be sure to highlight the safety advantages of a recumbent. You could be doing someone and yourself a great service. The problem with you types is that because you look so silly on those contraptions you will never get the privilege of riding with top quality roadies such as myself. The only cyclists who would been seen anywhere near you are the squirrelly lower class road riders, not anyone I would let ride with me. Believe me, guys like me when riding in a group are very safe and under control even though we are moving faster than you could image. As I've stated in here before, please stay out of our way when out on the road, we are doing a planned training session and demand respect from you. |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
"Samuel Burkeen" wrote in message .. .
This is one of the primary reasons I ride a bent. It is not like you cannot have an accident on a recumbent. I have gone down twice, but the injury has involved loss of skin, and of course you can experience leg suck if your foot comes off the pedal. However, I can always see ahead - 100% of the time- and the only way I can go over the handlebars is if I ride over a cliff. What seems to amaze me is that most people I talk to consider recumbents to be less safe than uprights. I have had two discussions with bike shop mechanics who take the view that recumbents are less safe because you cannot disengage from the bike as fast if you have a collision. I have always found this reasoning similar to that offered against using seatbelts in cars. It can get a little frustrating how ignorant some conventional cyclists are about the greater safety offered by a recumbent. Yes I agree we're not invincible on any bike but given that cycling is an activity that has it's risks, I'll be darn if I'm going to lay the odds against me. I find however that the most common concern of non benters is the "cars won't see me" so I find most amusing the argument of your bike shop mechanics about not being able to disengage in a collision. Tell them that this is not mountain biking:0) I'm going to add something here while we're talking about safety. Thank goodness our club demands the use of approved helmets. I can't even begin to imagine how much more devastating the injuries would have been to my fellow club member who suffered the accident yesterday had he not been wearing one. Who knows what would have happened. I hope your bike mechanics don't have some bias against helmets. That would be irresponsible. Edward Wong Orlando, FL |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
"Samuel Burkeen" wrote in message .. .
This is one of the primary reasons I ride a bent. It is not like you cannot have an accident on a recumbent. I have gone down twice, but the injury has involved loss of skin, and of course you can experience leg suck if your foot comes off the pedal. However, I can always see ahead - 100% of the time- and the only way I can go over the handlebars is if I ride over a cliff. What seems to amaze me is that most people I talk to consider recumbents to be less safe than uprights. I have had two discussions with bike shop mechanics who take the view that recumbents are less safe because you cannot disengage from the bike as fast if you have a collision. I have always found this reasoning similar to that offered against using seatbelts in cars. It can get a little frustrating how ignorant some conventional cyclists are about the greater safety offered by a recumbent. Yes I agree we're not invincible on any bike but given that cycling is an activity that has it's risks, I'll be darn if I'm going to lay the odds against me. I find however that the most common concern of non benters is the "cars won't see me" so I find most amusing the argument of your bike shop mechanics about not being able to disengage in a collision. Tell them that this is not mountain biking:0) I'm going to add something here while we're talking about safety. Thank goodness our club demands the use of approved helmets. I can't even begin to imagine how much more devastating the injuries would have been to my fellow club member who suffered the accident yesterday had he not been wearing one. Who knows what would have happened. I hope your bike mechanics don't have some bias against helmets. That would be irresponsible. Edward Wong Orlando, FL |
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A grim reminder why ride a recumbent.
Edward, I'm happy to report that the bicycle events I attend around here in
South Florida "All" do require the use of a helmet - or you don't participate in the event. Even the impromptu Banzi Group, I use to ride with on the weekends, will harass a helmet-less rider enough, that they will finally relent and wear a helmet. In my major vehicle accident years ago (That screwed up my back) the top of my head hit the middle trim on the caddy, that I flipped over onto. My helmet was smashed; but it could have been my head. On my GRR Ti crash a few years ago, where I blew out a front tire and careened into a curve, my head glanced off that curb. With no helmet; I'd surely sustained a concussion. Helmets (Although not 100% goof proof) do give a rider a hedge from sustaining serious head injuries. EZ Biker :-) Pompano Beach, Fl. (GRR Ti and SOON, Bacchetta Aero Pilot) "Edward Wong" wrote in message om... Thank goodness our club demands the use of approved helmets. I can't even begin to imagine how much more devastating the injuries would have been... Edward Wong Orlando, FL |
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