Recumbents aren't new – they've been around for a hundred years. You should know this.

At this point a good question would be------------------have any of the anti bent posters here actually ridden a bent or a trike for more than 50 miles?

You are still confused. Folks aren't anti 'bent, they just don't need to go there yet. Kind of like adult incontinence underwear. Nothing against it, serves a purpose, but why wear them before you need to?

Moved to 'bents from General cycling. We don't allow 'bent evangelism outside of this forum. Sorry I didn't read through it to see if there is any anti-bent bigotry.

I don`t want to try, not interested.

*yawn*

Look up the therm “one trick pony.”

And we’ve never seen you on or even with any sort of bike or trike.

Preach, brother!

That WOULD be a good question if anyone was telling you NOT to ride a recumbent. But after all the threads from you on this topic, I have yet to see anyone do that. So, it's not that we're 'anti-bent', but rather that we just don't give a rip about them. We find our bikes wonderfully functional and efficient as they are, and don't feel any need to switch.

It's one thing to say, "Hey, everybody! I found this new thing that's really great and I wanted to share how much I like it!" and quite another to KEEP SAYING "Hey everybody! I've found this wonderful thing! And if you don't all adopt it, it's because you're closeminded!!!"

it is certainly true that some disgraced politicians have been telling many lies about my town recently.
https://www.smartertravel.com/wanna-...safest-cities/

Dont knock it if you havent tried it.

I only ride on paved roads and paths, all my bikes work, and they all feel different.
Which is kind of what I was going for.
Tim

Like all the shootings and killings every week. I have seen pictures of the water front trail, and think it would be nice to ride there some time. But until the city gets it crime and shootings under control, I will never go there.

"Not interested" =/= "knock[ing] it"

I feel dirty. Can one of the Mods delete my posts here?

Thread and OP are back in his happy place. Over and out until this comes up on the calendar again.:thumb:

"Try everything once except incest and folk dancing."

Wonder what the crime rate is where the OP claims to live. IIRC, it was Lincoln, NE. But who knows what he’ll claim next?

Really?? You're looking forward to having to ride a recumbent trike???

Personally I'm trying to put that day off as long as I can!

DF? Double Friangle?

And 'bent evangelism inside this forum is rather pointless.

Have you ever ridden one over 100 miles, and not liked it.

No, I've never ridden a recumbent for more than 100 miles. But, I've ridden a road bike over 100 miles many, many times without any problems.

Despite your baseless arguments, the reason that traditional road bikes are much more popular has nothing to do with people being closed-minded. Recumbents have been around for more than a century. A century of cycling has shown that traditional road bikes are, for most people, the better option.

I seriously doubt he has either.

Remember in the early 30s when a level two professional rider was winning all the races he entered, at the behest of the bike mfg, recumbent bikes were outlawed by the stiff necked old fools at the UCI that probably took money under the table, and they were out of style for 50 years or so. Then if DF bikes are a "better option" as you say, why are there so many of us that think otherwise and ride bents?

I will leave you with this--------------------------as they say we get too soon old and too late smart. After some 60 years I for one got smart.