rydabent

I will probably get a bunch of push back on this, but the fact is there a huge amount of push back on the type of bike people ride. There needs to be diversity on the type of bike ridden when you consider the type of riding at hand. When it comes to DF bikes there is mainly on road and off road types. When it comes to off road mountain bike type of riding, the DF bike reins supreme. And the road bike for racing demands a light weight DF also.

How ever time has marched on, and the 1890 DF style frame has its limitations especially when it come to long distance cross country cycling especially. Those limitations are comfort and the position of they rider where it is quite uncomfortable to view their surrounding. It also includes people that just ride for exercise and enjoyment of cycling, and want comfort.

So it is time for cyclist everywhere to diversify and chose the right tool for the job at hand. Some simply wont admit that the best tool for comfort, and especially cross country riding is a recumbent bike or trike. Ten or twelve hour days riding simply demand a comfortable ride. Other consideration such as sight seeing and picture taking to record the trip lean to riding a trike. With 3 wheels the load is spread over 3 wheels, and it sits where you stop with out finding something to lean it against. The there is of course people with physical problems that absolutely dictate a recumbent, especially a recumbent trike.

Bottom line here it time the cycling community move into the 21st century and chose the BEST bike or trike for the ride at hand, and be willing to diversify to chose the most logical machine .