Originally Posted by jman7659
Bud Baker wrote "While the recumbent bike doesn't seem to hurt my back, it doesn't help it, either."
That is very good news.
Hey Bud, I live just up the road in Euless Bud and just had a rebent built for me by AD Carson.
I'm 57 with the usual lower bike pain that I have to deal with also and miss my riding. I have MTB sitting in front of me right now with clean tires, so that tells you I don't ride it much.
I recently joined a local Ft.Worth bike club (FWBA)because they have lots of rides and maps and I hope to put lots of miles on the recumbent as soon as it gets delivered in a week or so.
If you ride during the week or weekend maybe you and I can join forces some times, I want to take on the Ray Roberts area the group rides on the weekends and later on if that works out the MS150, we'll see
So Folks abandon those wedgies if they are stooping you from getting out anymore, recumbents can be had for under $500 now days because of bikesmiths in garages and small shops getting their products out on the market for us. It's a great time to live.
jman
jman,
It was me who replied to you when you posted in the FWBA email list. Glad to hear you'll have your bike soon. I ride 4 times a week, and would love company on any of them. I do 3 weekday afternoon rides, and a longer weekend ride.
When I'm not fishing a bass tourney, the weekend ride is the FWBA ride at Joe Pool Lake out of Lynn Creek Marina. This is a slow pace ride that invites beginners, and it's a great group of folks. The pace is a bit slow for me, but there's always 2 or 3 faster riders who take off from the front of the group, so I usually join them. There are lots of stops and conversation. Lunch after the ride at the Oasis with this group is always fun, too, a real education for a newbie like me. I only live 5 miles from there, so I ride my bike from home to put in a few extra miles.
Two of my weekday rides are easy pace rides that I start from home, and cover some of the same roads. As often as not, these rides are with my wife on our EZ Tandem. The other weekday ride, I'm not very good company; I make two trips across the Joe Pool dam, and the only time my heart rate drops below 160 is when I stop to turn around. I do this ride away from traffic so I can concentrate on pushing myself, rather than watching traffic. All three of the weekday rides are just 17 miles or so, although I plan on making them longer once daylight savings time shows up (I don't get home until 4:00 pm, and riding in the dark in winter just doesn't sound that appealing to me). I haven't tried doing the rides the same day every week, considering the unpredictable weather, and short sunlight hours this time of year. I may change that too after the longer days arrive.
I remembered you were building a bike; I didn't realize adc was doing the building. He seems like a very knowledgeable source on the BROL forum (does he post here too?), and I just discovered (re-discovered?) his site this week. Drop me an email, and do your best to at least make one of those Saturday rides. I know you'll enjoy that one.
Oops... I'm guilty of rambling on, and hijacking another thread. Sue me.
