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User6179
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Tread on skinny tyres .
Name one thing that does not make sense in Cycling
- Thread starter Arrowfoot
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
"Be seen up to 800 metres away" it says in the advert.
Yes but you'll need some binoculars!
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Dust caps and lock nuts on valves.
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Doesn't happen. Seriously, doesn't happen. Exactly the same on my bent as on my hybrid. Are you thinking of trikes? Even they are only a tiny bit wider than a person's shoulders, which is the same as a person on a normal bike.
Colin_P
Guru
With the exception of folders that you can no longer take them on the train during rush hour. Since about 1993 on the Great Western line going in and out of Paddington.
Twenty plus years ago 'they' bought new trains in and unlike the old ones, they didn't have a guards van. Taking your bike on the train into London, Paddington in my case was the brilliant. As it is today, a bike is the quickest way to get round the capital so any serious bikers either have to get a folder or have a couple of train station bikes they wouldn't cry over if they got pinched.
Twenty plus years ago 'they' bought new trains in and unlike the old ones, they didn't have a guards van. Taking your bike on the train into London, Paddington in my case was the brilliant. As it is today, a bike is the quickest way to get round the capital so any serious bikers either have to get a folder or have a couple of train station bikes they wouldn't cry over if they got pinched.
What little ring?
Its a personal perception thing I suppose. I think its two low and does not have high enough cross profile and you can't ride along the side of the road like bicycles.
Helmets.
I sensed that the topic of helmets can be quite an incendiary topic in this forum. I don't use helmets for errands and local rides to the shops etc. But it comes in play for distance and commute.
blazed
220lb+
You cannot the filter anywhere near as proficiently as on a normal bicycle. A person can maneuver their body if necessary and filter through gaps a recumbent couldn't. Also when filtering you may need to go accross the front of a vehicle in traffic also something a recumbent couldn't. Normal bicycles are simply faster in the long run.
Sorry ...
But any manoeuvre you cannot carry out safely one a recumbent - cannot be safely carried out on a "normal bicycle"
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
It is true I don't ride in heavy traffic so I can't say if my particular bike would have that trouble. My bent is extremely manoeuvrable in my experience but I have not needed to do this filtering business. My Brixton friend doesn't seem to have trouble with it. Anyway, you may be right but I would never say that a 'bent was in all respects better than a normal bike - and I haven't said that. I ride both types - I find my 'bent tricky to haul up long staircases (eg at the station) or onto trains, it is heavier (though I think the more recent models are lighter and wish I had one!) and they are definitely slower going uphill (though I think faster going down, and the brakes are amazing). For me, the bent is definitely more comfortable.
I think it's great that @Arrowfoot has just said he/she might try again - there are some great models out there and you do not need to have your bum on the ground or be riding a trike.
blazed
220lb+
What a load of crap.
I have 25 years on recumbents including long wheelbase, short wheelbase, racing, bikes and trikes.
MY first was a Linear LWB and at present I am running 4 trikes a tourer and a low racer
I also commute some 3,000 miles a year on a mixture of roads including busy dual carriageways and main roads
Your judgement is based on..........?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
IMHO recumbents make sense because they look cool. I'd love to have a go on one some time.
Something that looks like it shouldn't make sense (but I'm sure it does) is the Hase Pino semi recmbent tandem.
Threadless headsets make no sense to me.
Something that looks like it shouldn't make sense (but I'm sure it does) is the Hase Pino semi recmbent tandem.
Threadless headsets make no sense to me.
