recumbant takes out cyclist on gadget show

[Licramite]

Did you see the gadget show this morning, girl presenter had a top of the range Carbon fibre bike the guy had a recumbent.
They were having a race, first race was acceleration the second was endurance.
The first thing that struck me was how ungainly setting of in a recumbent is, must be hell from a standing start on a hill, and in traffic were its stop start.

So the conventional bike beat the recumbent on acceleration , on the endurance the recumbent lagged most of the way and when it finally tried to overtake, skidded on the corner and took out the girls bike.

both went down heavy and she was pretty shook up. he lost most of the rear end of his shorts.

it was a pretty extreme recumbent , can see why I've seen allot of recumbent trikes.

 

[ufkacbln]

Which episode and which channel ?

Gadget Show is not listed as being on today.....or at any time in the near future

Sorry, The Gadget Show isn't currently scheduled to be on any of our channels.

 

[Licramite]

Which episode and which channel ?

Gadget Show is not listed as being on today.....or at any time in the near future

itt was on dave 8.0clock this morning. - it was a double bill apparantly

 

[AndyPeace]

http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/clips/show/challenge-gadget-races-part-2

This one? Silly comparison done in a jackass fashion imo lol

 

[Licramite]

das the one

 

[ianrauk]

The bloke obviously had very little time on a recumbent. And it showed.

 

[DRHysted]

itt was on dave 8.0clock this morning. - it was a double bill apparantly

And a very old repeat (can't actually remember when I watched that, but I wasn't cycling so pre 2010).

 

[starhawk]

Saw that one long ago, but that is the way their tests goes, they put a total newbie on the "new" bike and a "veteran" on the DF and call it a fair test.

 

[scotbiker]

It was an expensive M5 Carbon High Racer he binned. What a waste

 

[mrBishboshed]

That recumbent looks like a death trap. Not my cup of tea. Suzi's bum did look nice though so worth a watch.

 

[ianrauk]

That recumbent looks like a death trap. Not my cup of tea. Suzi's bum did look nice though so worth a watch.

Recumbent's are far from death traps.

 

[mrBishboshed]

I wouldn't fancy doing a city commute on one, although i will take your word for it.
I don't argue with anyone who knows more than me on a subject ianrauk.

 

[ianrauk]

I wouldn't fancy doing a city commute on one, although i will take your word for it.
I don't argue with anyone who knows more than me on a subject ianrauk.

It's just..errrrm... like learning to ride a bike

 

[TheDoctor]

I've probably got over a hundred people to safely ride a 'bent, and about the same to ride a penny.
It truly is like riding a bike. Just practise, that's all.

 

[Browser]

Why was he doing his so-named duck-run to get the 'bent started? Is this normal for a 2-wheel high-racer or would you normally (as I'd always assumed) have one leg clipped in and one down ready to go? Also, why were they racing on a kart track? I wouldn't have liked racing on that, too small and bends too tight. Typical biased reporting from TV, from what I can see anyway.