tdr1nka
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Maz said:
To stop you apply the brakes and put your foot out.
Recumbent
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To stop you apply the brakes and put your foot out.
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NickM said:
You jest, but...
When I was doing tryout shows with Company of Cyclists, we often had Universities as venues. And you could count on some academic (usually) coming out and pointing at a microbike or something silly we'd borught along for a laugh, and say "and what's the rationale behind that?" And we'd say, "well, it's just a bit of fun..." and they'd look really confused... As if a machine had to have a 'function'. As if 'fun' wasn't a function in itself...
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Maz said:
Yes, most recumbents are 2 or 3 wheeled. I'm sure someone built a recumbent unicycle, but it's not caught on the same way...
(There are of course, 4 wheelers, like the Brox, they tend to be load carriers and such like)
Seriously, it's funny that you felt the need to ask about the stopping at lights thing. Would it ever occur to you to ask that of an upright rider? Did you think maybe 2 wheel recumbent riders strap themselves in at the start, propped against a wall, and then have to keep going until they find another wall to stop against? I'm not having a go, it's just interesting that you felt the need to ask - show how just a little unfamiliarity can fox even the smartest brain... It was similar on roadshows, people ask the most basic, seemingly obvious questions, just because it's a bit different....
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Aint Skeered
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Ok, where in Sussex would I find one to test ride/pilot.
I have never come accros any bike shops stocking them.
I have never come accros any bike shops stocking them.
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
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Ain't Skeered, give CatrikeUK a PM and see if he has any suggestions.
He's based in Gillingham, Kent. Not exactly near to you but he might have some suggestions.
He's based in Gillingham, Kent. Not exactly near to you but he might have some suggestions.
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Aint Skeered said:
Try FutureCycles?
http://www.futurecycles.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
(East Sussex)
If anyone else wants to find someone near them, you could always have a look on the Velo Vision links page, under UK dealers.... Not an exhaustive list by any means, mainly firms who've advertised with us...
http://www.velovision.com/links.html
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
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Maz said:Cheeky git.
I somehow imagined recumbent riders being 'encased' by side panels...a bit like an F1 driver, or something.
Maz, I believe you have this confused with a car
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rich p said:
No, but it's one of the more upright recumbents...
Maz - sorry! We can't help being superior...
It is funny though, how people react. I've had people ask if a trike is hard to ride. I say "can you sit down". "er yes, I can". "Can you turn your legs?" "Er yes...". "Then you can ride this!" - but somehow they think it's going to require some difficult additional skill. Some of them seem amazed that it has brakes and gears and so on...
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Er, about a dozen in this country, maybe...Maz said:
Including mine
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Aint Skeered said:
There are some things in life that can't be put into words. Different people like different things and it is only possible to express you own personal opinion about what you think is the best type of music, women, beer, women, bikes, women. etc.
I don't think anyone can enlighten you as to the appeal of recumbents. You either see one and think "I'd like to try one those" after which you would know it they have any appeal for you, or you see one and think "what's the appeal in those?"
When asked "why do you cycle?" by one of the car-bound lard-arses at work, I don't try and enlighten them because there would be no appeal to them because they priorities are so different.
Turned in to a bit of a ramble this but if, on seeing a recumbent you think why? then I doubt if they would hold any appeal for you. I have a trike and I also have a normal folder and I don't know which one I will use until I open the garage door. Both machines get me to work on time - over eight hilly miles there is little difference in the time taken as I'm slow on both but if I'm in a good mood it has to be the trike. But that's just my opinion.