Originally Posted by
Mobile 155
The road to Kelso was a bit better this year, but we should have brought a cyclocross with at least 28s to smooth it our some.
We saw a bent flying past bad water but they almost stalled out on the climb out heading towards Shoshone. However on the back side their chase vehicle must have had a hard time keeping up.
My only problem with bents is cost and the ones I want are a pain to transport. still if I can get a good deal on a bent trike for around town it could become my replacement utility bike and maybe some short touring.
Yep- like I said, the speed envelope of recumbents is radically different from uprights (of course, the riders make a difference, too).
Bent-Up Cycles in North Hollywood is the place to go for 'bents in El Lay:
http://www.bentupcycles.com/ . He's supplied a couple folks for Furnace Creek and RAAM, so there you go.