cat 1 racers get smoked
12-09-07, 01:32 PM
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How did the roadies get so close to a lowracer anyway?
12-09-07, 01:52 PM
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I want to start a brand of cigarettes called "Roadies." They would be marketed toward the fixed-gear hipster crowd and bent riders.
12-09-07, 02:06 PM
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Why is it that many 'bent riders stress their superiority/speed over traditional bikes? It's the worst sort of elitism. Yeah, recumbents are faster on the flats. But there are trade offs... i.e. price, inability to fit into traditional paceline, poor climbing, bike weight (sometimes), reduced safety due to low profile, strange handling.... etc.
12-09-07, 02:09 PM
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When you get right down to it, it's sort of sad. Just like the 3 wheeled 'bent rider I passed during the summer. He was weaving all over the path. As I came alongside, it was clear he was dozing off.
12-09-07, 02:09 PM
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Why is it that many 'bent riders stress their superiority/speed over traditional bikes? It's the worst sort of elitism. Yeah, recumbents are faster on the flats. But there are trade offs... i.e. price, inability to fit into traditional paceline, poor climbing, bike weight (sometimes), reduced safety due to low profile, strange handling.... etc.
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12-09-07, 05:50 PM
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You have got to be kidding, that is not even a remotely passable photoshopping. I don't know what's with this whole idea that recumbents are faster than road bikes. Maybe in the hands of top athlete on flat ground, but I personally have never seen a recumbent I couldn't pass easily.
12-09-07, 06:02 PM
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You have got to be kidding, that is not even a remotely passable photoshopping. I don't know what's with this whole idea that recumbents are faster than road bikes. Maybe in the hands of top athlete on flat ground, but I personally have never seen a recumbent I couldn't pass easily.
ok, so say you are given a hundred mile semi flat to mildy hilly course............. can you pull off a solo 4 hour century? naw didn't so
Your idea of thinking that all recumbents are slow is what keeps the faster recumbent riders on lowracers busy dispelling the recumbent myth that they are slow and can't climb. Whenever road bikers ask me how the lowracer climbs compared to their road bike, I always say, what difference does it make If I'm already 6 miles ahead of you? I say 2 out of 3 aint bad...... road bikes may tend to climb a little faster, but how are you on the flats and downhills? Lowracers don't need pacelines to go fast either.
12-09-07, 06:07 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.
12-09-07, 06:55 PM
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