The Importance Of Cycling Pants
07-16-22, 08:32 AM
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Pants/slacks, whatever; I have found the perfect 'cycling pants/slacks' (pic below). Everything the intelligent, practical cyclist could want in the way of features, along with curb appeal.
I shall now switch momentarily into full 'General Cycling' register: 'I don't understand why manufacturers can't make these available. I want them, so they should make them ... at a ridiculously low retail price ... just for me ... etc etc wah wah'. /digression
I shall now switch momentarily into full 'General Cycling' register: 'I don't understand why manufacturers can't make these available. I want them, so they should make them ... at a ridiculously low retail price ... just for me ... etc etc wah wah'. /digression
07-16-22, 11:54 AM
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07-16-22, 12:16 PM
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I have an M5 CHR recumbent. It did PBP in 75 hours. My aero road bike did PBP in 54 hours. My best times on frequently ridden fairly hilly 300k rides are 1-2 hours faster on the normal bike. I absolutely never had any saddle pain or sores from uprights. Hand pain? Surely on rides over 200 miles.
07-16-22, 12:24 PM
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Do you seriously think you're going to convince us of anything with this repetitive nonsense? We know you don't have a clue about how we ride.
I've never ridden a bent, but I'm pretty sure my view from my df is better. My view is not obstructed by my feet, for one thing, and I'm also about a foot or two higher. And I'm perfectly capable of looking straight ahead AND I can turn my head in several directions.
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07-16-22, 12:31 PM
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This is the second time you responded to that post and that's the stupidest question I have ever been asked. None. I of course check the road ahead for obstacles, but you have to do that too. But I spend absolutely zero of my time staring at the front wheel, and think that is a perfect example of the kind of lies you keep repeating about df riders.
Do you seriously think you're going to convince us of anything with this repetitive nonsense? We know you don't have a clue about how we ride.
I've never ridden a bent, but I'm pretty sure my view from my df is better. My view is not obstructed by my feet, for one thing, and I'm also about a foot or two higher. And I'm perfectly capable of looking straight ahead AND I can turn my head in several directions.
Do you seriously think you're going to convince us of anything with this repetitive nonsense? We know you don't have a clue about how we ride.
I've never ridden a bent, but I'm pretty sure my view from my df is better. My view is not obstructed by my feet, for one thing, and I'm also about a foot or two higher. And I'm perfectly capable of looking straight ahead AND I can turn my head in several directions.
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07-16-22, 01:23 PM
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07-16-22, 02:16 PM
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Just to clear things up. I have always had one username ever since I joined bikeforums way back in 2008.... I am not related to any of the trolls and posters on this forums. Every single post of mine comes from me and my username....Accusing another poster of being a sock puppet or a troll is just a low blow. Not nice at all...and BTW I would rather walk than ride a recumbent.
07-16-22, 02:17 PM
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I have nothing against bents. I am sure they can be fun. For me they would not be good. I would not like to ride them on the hilly, roads around here, with no shoulder, and heavy traffic. There is no way I would want to be that low to the ground in this much traffic, with no shoulder, and limited sight lines due to the curves, trees, and hills. I also would not want to try to climb the 15% grade near my house, or the over 20% grade hill less than a mile from here. I also would not like to tour on one, though I do know some do. They are few and far between though.
Bents can be nice, if you have a nice place to ride, but if you have to fight traffic, and hills, no way. Enjoy you bent, knowing full well it is a niche product that doesn't come close to fitting the needs of the majority of riders.
Bents can be nice, if you have a nice place to ride, but if you have to fight traffic, and hills, no way. Enjoy you bent, knowing full well it is a niche product that doesn't come close to fitting the needs of the majority of riders.
07-16-22, 02:23 PM
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Well-------------------I would have to say I know quite a bit about DF bikes. I rode them for 60 years before I went bent. How many years do you have riding bents, or for that matter DF bikes. If there any lies being told about DF bike or bents, it is the Kitted Mafia that tells the most lies.
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07-16-22, 02:24 PM
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Well, I do believe that you're attempting to hoodwink me. I have it on good authority that traveling at those kinds of reckless speeds is like to tear the skin right off a man's face, not to mention spooking the horses and flustering all of the decent occupants of the carriages. I'll hear no more of your charlatan claims!
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I don't disagree, but the third bike store in my city just opened about a year and a half ago and it's quite nice. My point was that there's still wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more demand for df bikes than bents and your claims that bents are on the verge of overtaking anything are absurd.
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In as much as I have over 25,000 miles on my bents I assure you that what you state is false.
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Just to clear things up. I have always had one username ever since I joined bikeforums way back in 2008.... I am not related to any of the trolls and posters on this forums. Every single post of mine comes from me and my username....Accusing another poster of being a sock puppet or a troll is just a low blow. Not nice at all...and BTW I would rather walk than ride a recumbent.
Sockness confirmed! Don’t worry though. You’re in a safe space.
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BTW riding down hill with the wind, I could be a holy terror on my bent. Yet I limit my speed on the cities hiker biker trails to 15 mph.
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Well-------------------I would have to say I know quite a bit about bents. I rode them for 60 years before I went bent. How many years do you have riding bents, or for that matter DF bikes. If there any lies being told about DF bike or bents, it is the Kitted Mafia that tells the most lies.
Did you actually read the post you quoted? Where have I claimed any knowledge about riding bents? I just know I never see them anywhere but a MUP. You, on the other hand have claimed I am lying or wrong about being able to see and whether my butt hurts. You are the one who is claiming to know about how I ride, not the other way around. Gotta go, 92 miles down. 48 to go.
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This is the second time you responded to that post and that's the stupidest question I have ever been asked. None. I of course check the road ahead for obstacles, but you have to do that too. But I spend absolutely zero of my time staring at the front wheel, and think that is a perfect example of the kind of lies you keep repeating about df riders.
Do you seriously think you're going to convince us of anything with this repetitive nonsense? We know you don't have a clue about how we ride.
I've never ridden a bent, but I'm pretty sure my view from my df is better. My view is not obstructed by my feet, for one thing, and I'm also about a foot or two higher. And I'm perfectly capable of looking straight ahead AND I can turn my head in several directions.
Do you seriously think you're going to convince us of anything with this repetitive nonsense? We know you don't have a clue about how we ride.
I've never ridden a bent, but I'm pretty sure my view from my df is better. My view is not obstructed by my feet, for one thing, and I'm also about a foot or two higher. And I'm perfectly capable of looking straight ahead AND I can turn my head in several directions.
BTW the higher the seat and the lower the handle bars on a DF bike the harder it is to hold up your head to have any kind of a view at all.
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07-16-22, 07:06 PM
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BTW the higher the seat and the lower the handle bars on a DF bike the harder it is to hold up your head to have any kind of a view at all.
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I have an M5 CHR recumbent. It did PBP in 75 hours. My aero road bike did PBP in 54 hours. My best times on frequently ridden fairly hilly 300k rides are 1-2 hours faster on the normal bike. I absolutely never had any saddle pain or sores from uprights. Hand pain? Surely on rides over 200 miles.
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I have yet to ever come across a bent that climbs hills even half as fast as me, and I am anything but a fast climber. The faster descent doesn't come close to offsetting the slower climb.
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