I'm scared of recumbents
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^ Could you make that picture a little bigger please? I couldn't quite count the number of hairs in that guy's beard.
09-11-08, 06:28 PM
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Just getting ready for the not so distant future where I'll be a fat, leaky bladdered, diaper wearing, flag flying,
grey bearded, aero bellied, sandal wearing, impotent recumbulator...
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Taking a dump - priceless
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09-11-08, 08:27 PM
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Here is John Schlitter, the first solo bent rider to finish RAAM. He did it in about the same time as David Jones, a 61 year old member of my road bike club. Oddly, they both had low speed crashes near the end due to falling asleep on the bike.
09-12-08, 02:00 AM
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Here is a link for full results for RAAM 2008:
https://stats.raceacrossamerica.org/2.../overview.html
For a 61 year old, pedaling 3014 miles in 11 days and changes is rather impresive.
https://stats.raceacrossamerica.org/2.../overview.html
For a 61 year old, pedaling 3014 miles in 11 days and changes is rather impresive.
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RAAM has been called the world's toughest bike race.
It's been called the world's toughest endurance race.
Finally, it was voted by Outside magazine as the world's toughest sporting event.
As well as this year being the first recumbent rider to tackle & complete it solo, last year John Schlitter was a member
of a 2-man recumbent team that beat all the other two-man teams to the finish line bar one.
3000 miles of road and 108,000 feet of climbing & plenty of sleep deprivation.
Unlike the Tour De France which has the riders completing a set distance each day, allowing plenty of rest & sleep to be ready
for the next days riding, when RAAM starts, the clock keeps running until the competitors reach the other side of the country.
It's been called the world's toughest endurance race.
Finally, it was voted by Outside magazine as the world's toughest sporting event.
As well as this year being the first recumbent rider to tackle & complete it solo, last year John Schlitter was a member
of a 2-man recumbent team that beat all the other two-man teams to the finish line bar one.
3000 miles of road and 108,000 feet of climbing & plenty of sleep deprivation.
Unlike the Tour De France which has the riders completing a set distance each day, allowing plenty of rest & sleep to be ready
for the next days riding, when RAAM starts, the clock keeps running until the competitors reach the other side of the country.
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09-12-08, 05:36 AM
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OK now we have come full circle in this thread, back to the OP: If you see a bent rider wobbling down the MUP, he's not wobbling because he's a fat, bearded guy in sandals...he could just be sleep deprived because he is practicing for RAAM! Yeah, that's the ticket! 
This does give me a million dollar idea though. I need to create an auto-pilot system for bents.
I mean, what good is riding a hammock if you can't take a nap?
(I'll be sure to include that bed pan too...thanks for the design tip!)
This does give me a million dollar idea though. I need to create an auto-pilot system for bents.
I mean, what good is riding a hammock if you can't take a nap?
(I'll be sure to include that bed pan too...thanks for the design tip!)
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
09-12-08, 06:10 AM
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RAAM has been called the world's toughest bike race.
It's been called the world's toughest endurance race.
Finally, it was voted by Outside magazine as the world's toughest sporting event.
As well as this year being the first recumbent rider to tackle & complete it solo, last year John Schlitter was a member
of a 2-man recumbent team that beat all the other two-man teams to the finish line bar one.
3000 miles of road and 108,000 feet of climbing & plenty of sleep deprivation.
Unlike the Tour De France which has the riders completing a set distance each day, allowing plenty of rest & sleep to be ready
for the next days riding, when RAAM starts, the clock keeps running until the competitors reach the other side of the country.
It's been called the world's toughest endurance race.
Finally, it was voted by Outside magazine as the world's toughest sporting event.
As well as this year being the first recumbent rider to tackle & complete it solo, last year John Schlitter was a member
of a 2-man recumbent team that beat all the other two-man teams to the finish line bar one.
3000 miles of road and 108,000 feet of climbing & plenty of sleep deprivation.
Unlike the Tour De France which has the riders completing a set distance each day, allowing plenty of rest & sleep to be ready
for the next days riding, when RAAM starts, the clock keeps running until the competitors reach the other side of the country.
I see your piddly little RAAM and give you Mark Beaumont, who recently broke the record for riding around the globe on a bike. Done on a DF unsurported, natch.
Rather worringly though, he appears to have a beard in some of the pictures. Although I might let him off after 195 days in the saddle
09-12-08, 07:34 AM
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May we close with the following wise quote posted by cccorlew many moons ago:
Originally Posted by cccorlew
This is why we will never take over the country: Balkanization.
If freds, commuters, racers and hipsters and mt bikers ban together with stingray and moto kids we can overcome the man and rule this country in a way that's free for all, each and every one. Then, and only then, can we really stick it to those 'bent riders.
If freds, commuters, racers and hipsters and mt bikers ban together with stingray and moto kids we can overcome the man and rule this country in a way that's free for all, each and every one. Then, and only then, can we really stick it to those 'bent riders.
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^ I don't care who you are; that thar's funny.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
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61 yr old recumbulator? Hmmm. Shocking.
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True, you rarely see one that young.
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RAAM has been called the world's toughest bike race.
It's been called the world's toughest endurance race.
Finally, it was voted by Outside magazine as the world's toughest sporting event.
As well as this year being the first recumbent rider to tackle & complete it solo, last year John Schlitter was a member
of a 2-man recumbent team that beat all the other two-man teams to the finish line bar one.
3000 miles of road and 108,000 feet of climbing & plenty of sleep deprivation.
Unlike the Tour De France which has the riders completing a set distance each day, allowing plenty of rest & sleep to be ready
for the next days riding, when RAAM starts, the clock keeps running until the competitors reach the other side of the country.
It's been called the world's toughest endurance race.
Finally, it was voted by Outside magazine as the world's toughest sporting event.
As well as this year being the first recumbent rider to tackle & complete it solo, last year John Schlitter was a member
of a 2-man recumbent team that beat all the other two-man teams to the finish line bar one.
3000 miles of road and 108,000 feet of climbing & plenty of sleep deprivation.
Unlike the Tour De France which has the riders completing a set distance each day, allowing plenty of rest & sleep to be ready
for the next days riding, when RAAM starts, the clock keeps running until the competitors reach the other side of the country.
I submit: Great Divide MTB race. 2400 miles and 200K feet of climbing that's 200 THOUSAND
no support. Checkpoints only. You start. Either you finish, die or end up in the hospital.
You said bike race:
https://www.greatdividerace.com/
It makes RAAM look like a ride around the block.
Only a handful ever finish.
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Shocking part is the 61 year old pedalled across US continent in 11 days and change.. likley better time than you on a regular road bike (and at what age?) on a similar distance ride; un-shockingly, your ignorant self failed to comprehend the concept... at least show some respect.
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Must be. I can almost see the grey hairs in the beard trembling with total disgust for all things normal. He probably just needs a nap having been up since 4am like most grey beards.
Might I suggest the recumbent as the location for the nap? I hear they are just as comfortable as a couch.
Might I suggest the recumbent as the location for the nap? I hear they are just as comfortable as a couch.
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I submit: Great Divide MTB race. 2400 miles and 200K feet of climbing that's 200 THOUSAND
no support. Checkpoints only. You start. Either you finish, die or end up in the hospital.
You said bike race:
https://www.greatdividerace.com/
It makes RAAM look like a ride around the block.
Only a handful ever finish.
no support. Checkpoints only. You start. Either you finish, die or end up in the hospital.
You said bike race:
https://www.greatdividerace.com/
It makes RAAM look like a ride around the block.
Only a handful ever finish.
So unlike RAAM, you have no support. You can't get help. NO DRAFTING ALLOWED.
No freaking bents.
I think 4-5 people finished it this year with several going to the hospital.
One guy said he left his tent out on the course which he got sick and puked in so the EMOs could find out what death really smelled like.
09-12-08, 10:59 AM
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The 61 year old guy was on a df bike, the bent guy is in the 50-59 age group, don't know his age.
The 61 year old guy has completed the RAAM twice. His first try he dnf'd when a tornado forced him to seek shelter in a hospital, where it was discovered that he was suffering from hyponatremia and had gained 15 pounds, (he's a small guy).
The 61 year old guy has completed the RAAM twice. His first try he dnf'd when a tornado forced him to seek shelter in a hospital, where it was discovered that he was suffering from hyponatremia and had gained 15 pounds, (he's a small guy).
