Name one thing that does not make sense in Cycling

[Profpointy]

Name one thing that does not make sense in Cycling
posters proclaiming the virtues of flat pedals

Actually flat pedals do have the (one) virtue of not needing special shoes, and are easier / simpler than toe clips, hence (grudgingly) an arguable option on say, a pub bike. However posters asserting clipless or toe-clips have no benefit at all is indeed utter nonsense

 

[tommaguzzi]

If you go ultra light touring flats are the way to go. Weigh less, No extra shoes needed, can walk normaly when stopped defo more comfortable. No dramas on busy junctions ect ect need I go on?

 

[youngoldbloke]

If you go ultra light touring flats are the way to go. Weigh less, No extra shoes needed, can walk normaly when stopped defo more comfortable. No dramas on busy junctions ect ect need I go on?

NO, please don't

 

[slowmotion]

Hills.

 

[youngoldbloke]

"Cyclists Dismount" signs

 

[ufkacbln]

Did you mean stationary as opposed to "parked vehicles"

Your inexperience is showing again, with a 4" difference between the width of my recubent trike and my "normal bike" the point still stands... if you feel that travelling along the inside of a traffic queue with less than 4" space is safe, then I have real concerns. given the possibility of a frustrated passenger opening a door and alighting

Given that you have still not had the courtesy to enlighten us on your experience in this matter.... what is your practical experience in riding recumbents in traffic that is informing your claims... or is it just ill informed conjecture?

One last try...

I think that given the fact you are so reluctant to share your experience on recumbents that it must be extremely limited and that the ill informed conjecture is close to the mark

 

[Katherine]

To me it doesn't make sense that motorists think that using a mobile phone at the wheel is fine!

I've only had a go on one recumbent trike and it was fun, I'd love to have a go on a proper one!

A chap on a recumbent stopped to let me pass on the path where it was a bit narrow, so I stopped and asked him what it was like to ride and he offered me a go which I didn't hesitate to do. It was so easy and I couldn't believe how quick it was to accelerate. A fun five minutes.

 

[Katherine]

Flashing front lights. They make it impossible to judge speed and distance of the rider.
Front lights that are so bright that they dazzle/blind riders going in the opposite direction.

 

[tommaguzzi]

Flashing front lights. They make it impossible to judge speed and distance of the rider.
Front lights that are so bright that they dazzle/blind riders going in the opposite direction.

I came across this the other night while driving my car to the supermarket. Guy had 2 of the brightest lights I haver ever seen on any road vehicle mounted on his bars both strobing at different rates and shining directly into the eyes of oncoming drivers. I had to look away they were so intense. I was then in danger of hitting something.( possibly him) Absoutly stupid behaviour, which I am sure if the rider realised t chaos he was causing would not engage in.

 

[Wightdragon]

There's one like that on the Isle of Wight. I kid myself I am a god of cycling and power up/down it!

There's a stretch of road between Rotherham & Wentworth that looks like it's uphill but you're actually going downhill. Now that does not make sense at all!

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[classic33]

Blazed appears to share the common assumption that recumbent = trike. Trikes have been a very popular form of recumbent in recent years, but as Cunobelin points out, are not much wider than the average bike. Recumbents of both two and three wheel variety vary wildly in height, but only a few are as low as say, a Lotus Elise . . .

What about four wheels?

 

[ufkacbln]

There's a stretch of road between Rotherham & Wentworth that looks like it's uphill but you're actually going downhill. Now that does not make sense at all!

Also the "Electric Brae" in Ayrshire

I remember as a kid having a lot of amusement with my father's car coasting up hill

 

[Turdus philomelos]

Hills.

Ditto

 

[Mugshot]

A chap on a recumbent stopped to let me pass on the path where it was a bit narrow, so I stopped and asked him what it was like to ride and he offered me a go which I didn't hesitate to do. It was so easy and I couldn't believe how quick it was to accelerate. A fun five minutes.

Were you tempted to just ride away on it then?

 

[Ganymede]

Were you tempted to just ride away on it then?

We need one of these only 'bent-shaped...