What's a bent?

[Pete]

Try asking for one in H*lf*rds. Come to think of it, has anyone here asked about 'bents in H*lfr**ds?

 

[NickM]

...I must try a 'bent one day. Somehow.

You could try coming along to Get Cycling in Nottingham on May 25/26th.

There are likely to be recumbent cyclists there - if you ask nicely, I dare say one will let you have a go (we're a teeny bit evangelical, as you may have noticed )

 

[wafflycat]

Or, if you wait until August, there's Mildenhall Rally which always has some 'bents in attendence.

 

[domtyler]

Recumbents are mainly for freaks, weirdos and people with beards who don't know how to ride a normal bike. They are impossible for normal people to ride due to the proportions being designed for non standard people.

This opinion is likely to change as soon as I can afford to buy one of course!

 

[NickM]

...This opinion is likely to change as soon as I can afford to buy one of course!

Allow me to make you jealous with the blurb for one of mine

Or, if you like carbon, there's always this...

 

[wafflycat]

Recumbents are mainly for freaks, weirdos and people with beards who don't know how to ride a normal bike. They are impossible for normal people to ride due to the proportions being designed for non standard people.

I qualify on all points apart from the beard and I do know how to ride a normal bike

 

[TheDoctor]

Waffles is a very pretty non-standard from the angle I'm looking at!
*feels disgusted with self*
*vows not to take Captain Jack as role model any more*

 

[domtyler]

Allow me to make you jealous with the blurb for one of mine

Or, if you like carbon, there's always this...

This one looks like my cup o' tea!

http://www.velokraft.com/-nc.htm

 

[domtyler]

I qualify on all points apart from the beard and I do know how to ride a normal bike

Well, we only have your word on the lack of beard, your avatar is clearly no stranger to Photoshop!

 

[wafflycat]

I shave regularly I'll have you know!

 

[cyclebum]

Certainly the 'bent trike didn't take any getting used to at all. Don't equate the Spawn of Stan that is a gym bike with a *proper* 'bent. It's like comparing an upright gym exercise bike with a proper upright bike: apples & oranges.

Point taken, apart from x-biking I avoid the gym bike normally, but when away from home some hotel gyms (if there is one) have limited equipment. That is when I usually resort to the bike of whichever type is available as I am not a runner so treadmills are a bit of a bore!

 

[domtyler]

 

[wafflycat]

 

[stephec]

I shave regularly I'll have you know!

There's no answer to that, well there is I suppose (snigger snigger)

 

[NickM]

This one looks like my cup o' tea!

I think you would find it a mite impractical for the open road... although there are those who disagree with me (mostly in the wide open spaces of America).