Originally Posted by rydabent

Yesterday I was stopped on the bike path by two guys. The first one was a big man that wanted to know if my LWB bent was comfortable. I assured him it was. About that time a second guy rode up and heard us talking, and said but how are they on hills, and to get started. I pointed out to him that I had pretty much the same gearing that was on the mountain bike he was riding, and I demonstrated I could ride off from a stop on a line no wider than 6 inches. He of course had bought into the "conventional wisdom" but totally false information about bents.