banerjek

If outperforming a fred who didn't know he was competing makes you feel good, I'm happy to be of assistance.

If you opt to write the 20 page essay, you need to have a point. I think you should take the nap.

Namenda

My wife is part of that 99%. She reminds me of her opinion regularly...especially when I roll up to visit her at work in front of her friends whilst wearing full kit.

Rutnick

"Just out of curiosity, what defines a "bent guy?" I have two bents that I ride plenty, but I'll bet I put more miles on my road bike than a lot of guys who consider themselves roadies. "

A quote from you that seemed to indicate a puffing of chest that somehow you felt you were better than riders here or are logging amazing miles that would make us all bow down and say...DAMN BOY you ride the hell out of things and we all just need to bow down and tell you we are all wrong...a response from me....

Maybe you should go back and reread some of your blog entries before saying my writing doesn't have a point.

I'd be more interested in lowracer explaining his output number, his batmobile and why he hasn't broken the sub 4 hour solo century.

Actually, I'd like to read more about the two guys raising money to do 2 man RAAM this year.

lowracer1

4:13:26 solo 100 miles . Lets see you maintain 1 hour wattage for 4 hours.
40k michigan state time trial 58:12 3 turnarounds beat all the cat 5,4,3,2 and all but 4 of the cat 1's
wolverine 200 200 miles in 10 hours. Out of 400 entrants, only 4 recumbents finished the race with 200 miles in. No road bikes even came close. top road bike was 186 miles.

rm -rf

Here's an article on the 2005 Michigan Time Trial results (PDF). See page 4.

elgalad

owndizzled

I have no problem with recumbents, provided they dont run me off the road. But when people start pissing contests about how they're faster than any road cyclist, it just amazes me. Claiming you're better than a road cyclist because your recumbent is faster is like someone claiming they're a better road cyclist because they can afford a set of 404s

halfspeed

I can do 200 miles in under three hours in my Mazda. So what?

Rutnick

ok...when on the wattage?

as far as the other....if you can't understand it, nobody cares....not since 1934.

barndoor

+1

mrbubbles

If people get this riled up over the road bike versus recumbent bike debate over an INTERNET FORUM, I suppose fist fight is in order if you actually met each other face to face.

StephenH

Okay...stupid question, maybe...but what keeps the front wheel from hitting the chain? Or do you just not ever turn very sharp?

aikigreg

Many bent bikes, and especially lowracers, and steered by body lean just like a peformance racing motorcycle. If I move the tiller more than an inch, it's a 90 degree turn. Still, on slow speed u-turns you will rub the chain. Takes a while to get used to.

aikigreg

Slappy, you have way too much time on your hands....

https://slappy-recumbent.blogspot.com...rial-team.html

NoCom_rider

Aikigreg,
Its a cycling passion. Someone has to report the latest news.

https://slappy-recumbent.blogspot.com...ing-their.html

BlazingPedals

The funny thing about it is, Slappy stuck ONE stick in the hornets' nets and now we have 4 pages of angry hornet posts.

kukusz

This is not funny. This is not clever. Do you have a vanity plate that's not clever too? I could care less about the roadie versus recumbent issue, but if you are going to post things that are supposed to be funny don't suck so bad at it. This is the equivalent of telling Bridge jokes.

"A fellow had made a bad bid and gone for 1400.

“I'm sorry,” he said to his partner, “I had a card misplaced.”

Asked his partner innocently, “Only one card?”"

^^^
not funny!

Olebiker

On a road or on a track?

NoCom_rider

KuKusz,
My apologies for not posting info about additional diamond frame bicycle rider support aids including the neck support, back vertebrate support and wrist support systems available in 2008. I will post some photos and details of the complete product line after I get more info from the sales rep in Colombia.

Trsnrtr

That's a good one!

Bob Ross

He doesn't have a dial?

ChunkyB

+1.

wfrogge

I still call BS on his numbers. If you can put out that wattage for 1h your aerobic base is pretty high and would have no problem riding for 4 hours + at a pretty fast pace. If he was a track guy or only did 1 hour rides then I would agree but he dosent.....

You can ride 200 miles in 10 hours but cant ride 100 under 4? Either your power profile is unique or you lie.

halfspeed

'Bent riders truly are the Jehovah's Witnesses of the cycling world.

lowracer1

road

lowracer1

uh, there is a big difference between a 4 hour century and a 5 hour century. A 20 mph solo average isn't a big deal. 25 mph over a 100 miles is quite tough. With the amount of turns and hills on the course, you must maintain at least 28mph on the flats to make up for the slower speeds on the uphills and the turns you have to deal with on real life roads. On the 100 mile race course we had to deal with a few turns with some gravel on the surface that SHOULD have been swept off......which I feel wasn't................ a few 1/2 mile inclines above 6% that slows your average speed down. I've come close to the 4 hour mark but maybe need a better course to do it on. Most riders would need a large paceline to come close or break a 4 hour century and they aren't putting out maximum wattage when they are drafting. They are resting waiting for a turn to pull.