Should bike history be revised
03-11-16, 07:57 AM
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Should bike history be revised
IMO if you search deeply into the development of the DF bike, it must have been developed with money from the IRS. The DF bike is obviously a training aid for the IRS. DF bikes with their tiny hard saddles train taxpayers how to take in in the shorts. 
Ride recumbents, be comfortable.
Ride recumbents, be comfortable.
03-11-16, 09:46 AM
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There are a lot of upright riders who don't have a problem with thier saddles, but at least you posted here, in the correct forum for that viewpoint. I just wish that the original UCI ruling had been upheld, that Mochet's Velocar was in fact a bicycle, but a different class of bicycle. To this day they don't consider 'bents to be bicycles at all, and that's just close-minded for an organization that purports to organize all cyclists.
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There are a lot of upright riders who don't have a problem with thier saddles, but at least you posted here, in the correct forum for that viewpoint. I just wish that the original UCI ruling had been upheld, that Mochet's Velocar was in fact a bicycle, but a different class of bicycle. To this day they don't consider 'bents to be bicycles at all, and that's just close-minded for an organization that purports to organize all cyclists.
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Why do you care so much about the UCI? If you want to race in a UCI event, you have to follow the UCI rules. If, like me, you don't plan on racing in a UCI event, how could their definition possible matter?
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UCI figures very heavily in the conspiracy theory being espoused here.
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The point is if the UCI had not declared that a recumbent is not a bike clear back in the early 30s, look how far the recumbent field might have come by now.
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Is Formula 1 the ultimate in automobile development? I seriously doubt it. They have all manor of limitations on wing size and tire usage I assume to make the event more exciting. I honestly think that the Tour would be much more boring if it were raced on recumbents. Most of the exciting moments involve some kind of a break away or sprint. Those are things that recumbents don't do as well because you can't stand up on the pedals.
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Actually there is a bit of controversy on that. It seems at the time only a tier one rider (or what ever the exact definition was) could participate and the man riding the Velo-velocar was a tier two rider. So there is speculation that it is that bit factored in.
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There is a parallel universe somewhere where the UCI embraced recumbents. Tech developments resulted in DFs quickly being outpaced, leading to upright riders to be considered "on the fringe". There also was a bike forum website in this universe where posters would urge riders to try a DF.
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