If recumbants are so fast...
10-07-09, 05:05 PM
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My recumbent has a 700C rear wheel and a 20" front wheel, so I go downhill faster! 
Back when I had a 20/26 trike, my socks slowed my down:
https://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/...es/river11.htm
Back when I had a 20/26 trike, my socks slowed my down:
https://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/...es/river11.htm
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10-07-09, 05:05 PM
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BTW, I rode a restored penny farthing a few days ago. The reversed downhill effect (aka uphill effect) makes it a really slow ride! No wonder no one rides them anymore..
10-07-09, 05:06 PM
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But NOT because of the stupid idea, assumption or concept of the downhill affect.
10-07-09, 05:35 PM
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Two H's!!! TWO!!!!!
10-07-09, 07:06 PM
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My recumbent is so much faster in a headwind that if the wind blows against me
fast enough, i don't even have to pedal! (especially uphill)
fast enough, i don't even have to pedal! (especially uphill)
10-08-09, 07:42 AM
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Don't bother responding - it's only a joke. It never really happened.
10-08-09, 08:39 AM
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Make sure to pronounced it: one point twenty-one jigga watts.
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