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12-10-07, 02:39 PM
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Come on now, we all know 'bents are so fast they can just "smoke" past any kind of traffic, bikes, cars, and (I've heard) the Space Shuttle!. So it's really time to put away this myth.
12-10-07, 02:41 PM
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12-10-07, 02:51 PM
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I enjoy riding behind the recumbents that use the wind shield. That thing blocks wind like no other (besides a mac truck) to me at least.
Traditional bicycle, recumbent, mountain bike, cruiser....who cares? I'm happy to just see another person out there riding rather than being the typical couch potato. If they are faster than I am, then it gives me something to work on. If they are slower, than I know that I'm faster than someone else. Either way...I'm having a great time on my bike.
Traditional bicycle, recumbent, mountain bike, cruiser....who cares? I'm happy to just see another person out there riding rather than being the typical couch potato. If they are faster than I am, then it gives me something to work on. If they are slower, than I know that I'm faster than someone else. Either way...I'm having a great time on my bike.
12-10-07, 03:14 PM
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12-10-07, 03:36 PM
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"With enough practice, recumbents bikes are just as maneuverable and visible in traffic as any other bicycle. "
If you really believe that anything that low is anywhere near as visible as a bicycle in traffic, I have a bridge you might be interested in buying. Ever bunny hop a rim destroying pot hole at speed on a bent?
If you really believe that anything that low is anywhere near as visible as a bicycle in traffic, I have a bridge you might be interested in buying. Ever bunny hop a rim destroying pot hole at speed on a bent?
I know enough to operate my vehicle to avoid hitting the obsticles that cause damage to my bikes, that takes practice, I guess one without enough practice would suffer damage frequently.
12-10-07, 03:41 PM
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I'm not uncomfortable on long distance rides. I've done full loaded touring. While I do have two "go fast bike", I also have one 80s touring bike and one SS touring bike that is a commuter bike (with comfy 37mm tires). Nothing uncomfortable about any of my road bikes....All of them are steel or are part steel and ride nice. I've got the measurements I like on my bikes and all of the bikes I have basically share crank length, saddle height, saddle type, TT length, stem length, bar width...well..you get the picture.
See that 30-50lbs heavier comment and beard......
Personally, I've never been passed by a bent or if I have...I soon caught up to it.
Glad you enjoy it but I would quit riding and find something else to do if I had to ride one. I've ridden a few just to check them out and well....they didn't thrill me any and the gain in speed really didn't feel honest to me. Great in the flats but climb like crap. I like riding in groups and share the load so to speak when we have group rides.
See that 30-50lbs heavier comment and beard......
Personally, I've never been passed by a bent or if I have...I soon caught up to it.
Glad you enjoy it but I would quit riding and find something else to do if I had to ride one. I've ridden a few just to check them out and well....they didn't thrill me any and the gain in speed really didn't feel honest to me. Great in the flats but climb like crap. I like riding in groups and share the load so to speak when we have group rides.
Any bike wold climb like crap if you don't know how to ride it properly.
Spend as much time on a recumbent as on your road bike and you just might understand the advantages and overlook their largely assumed drawbacks.
Quit riding if you must, personally I hope to try everything before I give up riding.
12-10-07, 03:52 PM
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12-10-07, 04:34 PM
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over 100 miles is a good ride. I'm looking at maybe doing a 400K Brevet with a friend next year. It will probably be on the touring bike so I can bring gear with me. I had hoped to do a 200K before the end of the year but the weather just isn't cooperating.
Of course there are the 12 hour MTB races....
I was at Brasstown this year and climbed that sucker on my road bike with no real changes. Come to think of it.....I never saw a bent there. Better put the "don't know how to climb" arrow back in the quill and it has already been established by other bent riders that they don't climb as well.
Sorry, riding should be upright, fighting the wind, weather and anything else that can be thrown at the rider. Anything else is not pure in my book and the same reason I don't claim time ridden on a trainer for the YTD totals.
Of course there are the 12 hour MTB races....
I was at Brasstown this year and climbed that sucker on my road bike with no real changes. Come to think of it.....I never saw a bent there. Better put the "don't know how to climb" arrow back in the quill and it has already been established by other bent riders that they don't climb as well.
Sorry, riding should be upright, fighting the wind, weather and anything else that can be thrown at the rider. Anything else is not pure in my book and the same reason I don't claim time ridden on a trainer for the YTD totals.
It all depends on what is long distance for you... 80 miles? 200 miles? 2000 miles?
Any bike wold climb like crap if you don't know how to ride it properly.
Spend as much time on a recumbent as on your road bike and you just might understand the advantages and overlook their largely assumed drawbacks.
Quit riding if you must, personally I hope to try everything before I give up riding.
Any bike wold climb like crap if you don't know how to ride it properly.
Spend as much time on a recumbent as on your road bike and you just might understand the advantages and overlook their largely assumed drawbacks.
Quit riding if you must, personally I hope to try everything before I give up riding.
12-10-07, 05:58 PM
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"With enough practice, recumbents bikes are just as maneuverable and visible in traffic as any other bicycle. "
If you really believe that anything that low is anywhere near as visible as a bicycle in traffic, I have a bridge you might be interested in buying. Ever bunny hop a rim destroying pot hole at speed on a bent?
If you really believe that anything that low is anywhere near as visible as a bicycle in traffic, I have a bridge you might be interested in buying. Ever bunny hop a rim destroying pot hole at speed on a bent?
Y'know it's funny. On mu tues/thurs club ride, I often switch back and forth between my roadie and y bent. It's the same route each time. I get buzzed SCARY close on the upright, but on the bent I'm given a wide berth. I guess people think I'm handicapped ;P
I'm keeping the rest of my comments on the bent forums. This thread started as a joke, and some idiots had to get real nasty real fast. Too bad. Maybe one day the'll let bents into the UCI and USCF and we can "settle it once and for all."
...till then anyone in the dfw area is welcome to come hill train with me anytime.
12-10-07, 06:00 PM
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Do you see what I did there?
12-10-07, 06:07 PM
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12-10-07, 06:11 PM
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Also I know that you were joking, but that culture isn't necessarily too stuck up to race with rules. I race road and track and alleycats, I've competed in skid and trackstand competitions and know many others like myself who do both.
12-10-07, 06:17 PM
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I am sure there are fast recumbent riders. I have seen the video's but I have never seen one in person. Oh I have seen plenty of recumbents but never one going any faster than a completely out of shape senior on a hybrid.
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12-10-07, 06:23 PM
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I'm not even talking about the contemporary fixed-gear crowd. Just that saying that riding a recumbent isn't really riding a bike is the same mentality of someone saying that riding with gears isn't real riding (which some old tour riders claimed back in the day).
Also I know that you were joking, but that culture isn't necessarily too stuck up to race with rules. I race road and track and alleycats, I've competed in skid and trackstand competitions and know many others like myself who do both.
Also I know that you were joking, but that culture isn't necessarily too stuck up to race with rules. I race road and track and alleycats, I've competed in skid and trackstand competitions and know many others like myself who do both.
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12-10-07, 06:54 PM
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I wonder if anyone that frequents the Road Cycling forum goes over to the Recumbent Forum and trolls or attempts to instigate a thread-based assault over cycling preferences?
Or are those types of behaviours simply the actions of those who are lacking maturity?
Or are those types of behaviours simply the actions of those who are lacking maturity?
12-10-07, 07:00 PM
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umm...this obvious recumbant positive thread was started in Road cycling...i hardly see how it matters where the thread was started. There are plenty of recumbant riders that would defend anything bad said about lowriders in a upright road rider enviroment.
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12-10-07, 07:43 PM
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12-10-07, 07:53 PM
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recumbent = hammock with wheels
paging spuds mcdoogle, the video game "racer" is 'smokin roadies' again!
paging spuds mcdoogle, the video game "racer" is 'smokin roadies' again!
12-10-07, 08:12 PM
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I get tired of DF's knocking 'bents. I read about a page and a half and skipped to the end. If you knock recumbents, I guarantee you have never ridden one any distance. I have an Easy Racer Gold Rush Recumbent and an S-Works Roubaix SL. I absolutely love the Gold Rush. True, I spend more time on the Specialized, but that's simply because it "fits" better with a bunch of DFs in a paceline. If you are not the least bit intimidated by the possibility of a 'bent smoking you, why even pay them any attention. If someone enjoys riding in absolute comfort at a pace equivilent to a DF, I call that intelligence. Now, on the other hand, if you choose to ride with a skinny seat sticking up you ******* and leaning over the front wheel supporting yourself with your wrists and shoulders, well then, you're just plain not intelligent!! Can't we all just get along...? And if we can't, can't you just ignore us??
12-10-07, 08:19 PM
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12-10-07, 08:33 PM
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I get tired of DF's knocking 'bents. I read about a page and a half and skipped to the end. If you knock recumbents, I guarantee you have never ridden one any distance. I have an Easy Racer Gold Rush Recumbent and an S-Works Roubaix SL. I absolutely love the Gold Rush. True, I spend more time on the Specialized, but that's simply because it "fits" better with a bunch of DFs in a paceline. If you are not the least bit intimidated by the possibility of a 'bent smoking you, why even pay them any attention. If someone enjoys riding in absolute comfort at a pace equivilent to a DF, I call that intelligence. Now, on the other hand, if you choose to ride with a skinny seat sticking up you ******* and leaning over the front wheel supporting yourself with your wrists and shoulders, well then, you're just plain not intelligent!! Can't we all just get along...? And if we can't, can't you just ignore us??