Recumbent - I will never go back to Diamond Frame Bikes!

I posted the other day that I was
looking for a 'beater bike' to ride
in the rain.

I was thinking I could maybe get
an old mtn. bike or something, but
I went out and rode a couple and
WOW, I just couldn't get into it.

Instead, I wiped the cobwebs off
my Lightning Thunderbolt today
and took it for a ride. It was the
first time i had ridden it since I had
lost a bunch of weight, but what a
great ride. I was hitting 14, 16 and 18
mph on the flats and minor grades and
that is good for me. (Non athelete at age 54.)

When I rode a mtn. bike yesterday, I was
having trouble steering the damned thing
and it acted like the front wheel was out
of round despite a visual check which showed
it to be in good shape.

I will never go back. The only thing I WILL
do is perhaps get a TRIKE or a QUAD when
I get too old to peddle a bent and keep it
upright.

Bent for Life!

Ned Goudy

I hear ya dude. I gave up onb DF bikes when I could no longer stand the related back, neck and wrist pain. A sun EZ Sport solved all the problems and it's fun to ride again. I'll never go back either. Good luck.

Yeah, bents are addicting, aren't they?

I had a mtb that did the same thing to me. It drove me to recumbency. I swore off uprights.

But earlier this year I bought DF road bike and spent quite a bit of time studying fit. I can do three hours on the DF with no pain.

I fixed the mtb with new handlebars, and it's now comfortable too.

Four bikes: two recumbent and two uprights. I'm a bi-cyclist.

Never say never. You just have a bike that doesn't fit. Uprights are truly difficult to fit properly.

I still have a very nice Bruce Gordon Rock n Road. It's gathering dust.

I can handle uprights in VERY SMALL doses. My hybrid was great for my old, short commute. Nowadays, the DF only gets ridden when the roads are too salty/sloppy for my 'good' bikes - and those are always short rides anyway.