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I worked on a Llama ranch when i was in college -- this photo brings back memories
Oklahoma is widely known for horses and cows, so everyone in Stillwater (home of OSU) thought my rach owner was a kook. He probably was, but kooks are fun
I used to ride my DF to work 14 miles each way as a young Cat 3 who wanted to be a Cat 2
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Plus, I can ride up hills.
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Neither "crained", nor "unnatural", nor "staring at their front wheel". Just making use of the wonderful flexibility of the human neck...
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...word. If you want to see butthurt, just go back and reread this thread.
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If I don't care about either of those, I can sit bolt upright, like I see a lot of the cruiser bike contingent doing as they pedal around the neighborhood.
Indeed, the Tweed Ride people here make it a point of pride to adjust their old Raleigh 3 speeds so they are sitting upright on them.
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^^^talk abouit full kit.
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I worked on a Llama ranch when i was in college -- this photo brings back memories
Oklahoma is widely known for horses and cows, so everyone in Stillwater (home of OSU) thought my rach owner was a kook. He probably was, but kooks are fun
I used to ride my DF to work 14 miles each way as a young Cat 3 who wanted to be a Cat 2
Oklahoma is widely known for horses and cows, so everyone in Stillwater (home of OSU) thought my rach owner was a kook. He probably was, but kooks are fun
I used to ride my DF to work 14 miles each way as a young Cat 3 who wanted to be a Cat 2
Coincidentally, when I got back on U.S. 93 I encountered some riders heading in my direction. They were stopped at a Napa parts store. One of them was riding a 'bent trike. He had lost or broken a rack bolt and was hoping to find something to replace it. We all ended up at the same place the following night.
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See, this is the sort of disrespectful lying crap that makes people so hostile to you. Of course my neck isn't "crained up" whatever the hell that means, but here you go implying I'm a liar because I'm perfectly capable of looking ahead, and scanning left and right, and looking up and looking down while riding on the hoods. You've obviously either never ridden a drop bar bike or forgotten what it was like to make such a stupid assertion.
I don't tell you how you ride, why would you be so presumptuous as to think you have a clue as to how I ride?
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There's probably one such thread for every single rider of recumbent bicycles (you won't get that joke).
Again, literally billions of people put their butts on top of one of those machines every single day and ride them. Literally dozens of people put their butts on recumbents worldwide.
Are DF bikes perfect for everyone? Of course not, nothing is. But DF bikes are so damn useful that people will do the tweaks or whatever needed to make themselves comfortable on the machine. There aren't threads on the discomforts people might feel on a bent because there aren't enough bent riders to start many threads.
I don't need to try a bent to know I'd be miserable on it. I can see exactly where it's going to put pressure on an old lower back injury that my DF bikes don't even get close to. The bent works for you, mazel tov. Stop trying to convince other people they don't know what works for them, it just makes you look incredibly stupid.
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As I type this, while sitting in front of my computer in my office, I realize that my current torso and head position are not significantly different than while I'm riding my bike. I'm not uncomfortable at all, nor does it feel unnatural. This makes me wonder...Do you have neck mobility/flexibility issues that prevent it from working correctly?
Neither "crained", nor "unnatural", nor "staring at their front wheel". Just making use of the wonderful flexibility of the human neck...
Neither "crained", nor "unnatural", nor "staring at their front wheel". Just making use of the wonderful flexibility of the human neck...
The way I ride is pretty much in that posture, with a lot of getting out of the saddle as well. I very rarely go into any sort of tight crouch. Also, my neck is pretty constantly in some sort of motion, I'm not counting on my peripheral vision at crossings and the like. Plus, I actually do like looking at the scenery.
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The way I ride is pretty much in that posture, with a lot of getting out of the saddle as well. I very rarely go into any sort of tight crouch. Also, my neck is pretty constantly in some sort of motion, I'm not counting on my peripheral vision at crossings and the like. Plus, I actually do like looking at the scenery.
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I mean, I don't know about you folks, but I love taking long, scenic rides and looking at my front tire. It's inspiring. One of these years, I even hope to take a cross-county trip to see my front tire roll along on all manner of road surfaces.
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Honestly, I see very few people riding ina TT sort of position, which is what I think Ryda thinks all DF riders do. And he completely ignores that the large majority of DF bikes are some sort of flat bar.
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My dream is to cross the Grand Pothole on my bike.
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However -- and you now all have been warned -- he is holding his remaining main weapon in reserve. But if this silly thread keeps rolling, I've no doubt that weapon will be rolled out: we will hear that (wait for it) the only reason 'bents have not achieved World Domination is that the ... shudder ... Forces of Evil have conspired and are continuing to to conspire to suppress them. The Forces of Evil: the UCI and Big Bicycle.
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With my 58 or so years on a DF bike and 17 on bent and trikes, Im quite sure my experience has taught me a lot about cycling.
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Yet, you still make assumptions about it that are so off base. Truly puzzling.
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You will never, EVER convince people recumbents are good by telling them they are doing it wrong, they don't know what they are doing, or constantly referring to "butt pain".
You could say you enjoy your machines without denigrating other people and the machines they love to ride. Try it. Try posting without being so negative.
Even in the music thread. At one time you had 7 posts there and 6 of them were negative.
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If the OP rode with his head down for 58 years, he probably never noticed that everybody else had their head up.
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...now I'm sensing a conversion experience, like Saul on the road to Damascus. I begin now to understand your need to proselytize. The recumbent gospel isn't gonna preach itself, and you're just preaching to the choir in the recumbent forum.
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