what are those lame ass bikes?

Dave

"Pete" <ptr@usaf.com> wrote in message news:7M0dc.161$YH2.64@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>
> "Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote
> >
> > Huh? Around here the only people I see riding those are old overweight
> people with helmet visors
> > and mirrors
> >
>
> 'old' and 'overweight' does not go well with 80+mph
>
> http://www.ihpva.org/hpva/hpvarec7.html#nom01
>
> Pete

We aren't talking about speed records here, just your average recumbant rider who AROUND HERE is old
and overweight. On another note that list contains MOSTLY riders who were around their prime as
upright road racers.
Dave

Dave

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:1079ieh5asmdaa0@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IS2dc.55715$h85.30358@twister.socal.rr.com...
> >
> > "Pete" <ptr@usaf.com> wrote in message
> news:7M0dc.161$YH2.64@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> > >
> > > "Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote
> > > >
> > > > Huh? Around here the only people I see riding those are old
> overweight
> > > people with helmet visors
> > > > and mirrors
> > > >
> > >
> > > 'old' and 'overweight' does not go well with 80+mph
> > >
> > > http://www.ihpva.org/hpva/hpvarec7.html#nom01
> > >
> > > Pete
> >
> > We aren't talking about speed records here, just your average recumbant
> rider who AROUND HERE is old
> > and overweight. On another note that list contains MOSTLY riders who were
> around their prime as
> > upright road racers.
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
> I'm only listed there 7 times, darn it.
>
> Carl
> Hasn't ridden a recumbent in quite a while

My point exactly
Dave

Pete

"Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote
> >
> > 'old' and 'overweight' does not go well with 80+mph
> >
> > http://www.ihpva.org/hpva/hpvarec7.html#nom01
> >
> > Pete
>
> We aren't talking about speed records here, just your average recumbant
rider who AROUND HERE is old
> and overweight. On another note that list contains MOSTLY riders who were
around their prime as
> upright road racers.
> Dave

Well...since the OP was an obvious troll, I figured a troll reply was in
order.

Pete

T

meat n potatoes wrote:

> i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
> so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
> and peddle. if you wanna sit lazily on your ass, sit in a couch.
> what's with these damn yuppies with their latest dumb craze?


Troll, troll, troll.

This one is beneath even you, yourself.

Damn Gaza. Take a break and retool man.


TBerk

John Everett

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:15:22 -0000, kenny@panix.com (Kenneth Crudup)
wrote:

>In article <1d7e07b1.0404071124.6318750b@posting.google.com>,
>bagelncreamcheese@hotmail.com (meat n potatoes) says:
>
>>i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
>>so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
>>and peddle.
>
>I've never seen a recumbent without its prerequisite geek attached.

Even though the OP was clearly a troll, I'm always amazed when I pass
a 'bent rider who doesn't have a beard. ;-)


jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

Chris

<slidge@slidge.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:yNYcc.2214$WC3.20016@ord-read.news.verio.net...
> >i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything so
> >ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back and
> >peddle. if you wanna sit lazily on your ass, sit in a couch. what's with
> >these damn yuppies with their latest dumb craze?
>
> Don't you find it odd that people who ride recumbent bikes tend to be
> completely in shape and have like 1% body fat? I doubt that "laziness"
> enters into it.

I find it odd that you have this eroneous perception. I can only surmise
that you own and ride one and when you look in your mirror through your rose
colored Brikos, you see a super-fit champion with 1% body fat! LOL

No harm, carry on.


>
> --
> slidge

Chris B.

On 7 Apr 2004 12:24:35 -0700, bagelncreamcheese@hotmail.com (meat n
potatoes) wrote:

>i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
>so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
>and peddle. if you wanna sit lazily on your ass, sit in a couch.
>what's with these damn yuppies with their latest dumb craze?

You forgot to cross post this silly, early season troll to
alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent.

For shame.

Tim Lines

John Everett wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:15:22 -0000, kenny@panix.com (Kenneth Crudup)
> wrote:
>
>
>>In article <1d7e07b1.0404071124.6318750b@posting.google.com>,
>>bagelncreamcheese@hotmail.com (meat n potatoes) says:
>>
>>
>>>i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
>>>so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
>>>and peddle.
>>
>>I've never seen a recumbent without its prerequisite geek attached.
>
>
> Even though the OP was clearly a troll, I'm always amazed when I pass
> a 'bent rider who doesn't have a beard. ;-)

But it DOES happen, doesn't it? About half of the female 'bent riders I
see lack them.

Mike1

Curtis L. Russell <curtis@md-bicycling.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:07:43 -0500, Mike1
><For-Gilly's-benefit@usfamily.net> wrote:
>
>>Recumbent bikes are death-traps -- your turning-radius is for shit, and
>>you can't swerve worth a fucking damn. God help you if some old lady
>>begs you to T-bone her Olds.
>
>Learn to ride a bike.


http://home.mn.rr.com/meadowbrookho...ALLACYS.HTM#221


>Turning radius is relevant in just above zero
>cases in the real world and even less in emergency maneuvers.


The real world contains curbs, potholes, bouncing balls, dogs, and
morons in motor-vehicles.


>I can swerve fine on both my LWB and SWB recumbents and haven't T-boned
>anyone in eight years on recumbents. Which matches my previous 35
>years on diamond frames.


I'd say you're just lucky. I do note that you can't bring yourself to
claim that recumbents allow as sharp of turns as diamonds.


>The death trap is between your ears - where thought and ideas go to
>die...


Atta-boy. Make friends. Smart.

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Curtis L. Russell

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:51:29 -0500, Mike1
<For-Gilly's-benefit@usfamily.net> wrote:

> I'd say you're just lucky. I do note that you can't bring yourself to
>claim that recumbents allow as sharp of turns as diamonds.
>
>
>>The death trap is between your ears - where thought and ideas go to
>>die...
>
>
> Atta-boy. Make friends. Smart.

First is simple - you don't avoid accidents by turning any sharper
than any bike - recumbent or diamond frame - can easily manage. And
you avoid nothing by doing a U-turn. Any bike can be rotated in
position, with the possible exception of a few tandems.

Friends? You laid the groundwork. Talk about what you know, not about
what you think you may have some inkling - especially when you don't.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Kyralessa

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <outlook.bugs@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:74p870l03evr642772hojdtgb4p605f5r4@4ax.com...
> On 7 Apr 2004 12:24:35 -0700, bagelncreamcheese@hotmail.com (fabrizzio
> n potatoes) wrote in message
> <1d7e07b1.0404071124.6318750b@posting.google.com>:
>
> >i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
> >so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
> >and peddle.
>
> ITYM "pedal". Those lazy-ass bikes hold most of the world human
> powered speed records.


On the other hand, perhaps we're all missing his point, and what he's really
against is people who sell things from their bikes. It _is_ rather rude to
make a sale from your bicycle seat without even standing up to greet your
customers.

Pbwalther

>i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
>so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
>and peddle. if you wanna sit lazily on your ass, sit in a couch.
>what's with these damn yuppies with their latest dumb craze?
>

Those are called recumbants.

Recumbant riders are not necessarily lazier then diamond frame riders. It
takes pretty much the same amount of energy to power both. Recumbants probably
have an edge in wind resistance but lose that edge in extra weight.

A friend of mine shifted from his beloved diamond frame to a recumbant because
he had prostate surgery and it was either a ride a recumbant or not cycle at
all.

I have heard that for people with back problems, recumbants often are much more
tolerable then diamond frames. Of course, I have never heard of anyone getting
a saddle sore on a recumbant.

I would not call recumbants a "dumb craze". They have a legitimate use of a
certain subset of cyclists. Shoot if someone prefers recumbants to diamond
frames just out a preference, that is fine with me.

Zippy the Pinhead

On 09 Apr 2004 15:12:40 GMT, pbwalther@aol.com (Pbwalther) wrote:

> Shoot if someone prefers recumbants to diamond
>frames just out a preference, that is fine with me.

Me, too, but I've met some rabid people who seem just on the verge of
going to war over it.

Just zis Guy, you know?

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:13:12 -0500, "Kyralessa"
<ryan_lundy@spamless_hotmail.com> wrote in message
<107dbrpdffd5i6d@corp.supernews.com>:

>> >i've seen alot of stupid shit in my life but never have seen anything
>> >so ridiculous as bicycles with lazyass seats so the rider can sit back
>> >and peddle.
>> ITYM "pedal". Those lazy-ass bikes hold most of the world human
>> powered speed records.

>On the other hand, perhaps we're all missing his point, and what he's really
>against is people who sell things from their bikes. It _is_ rather rude to
>make a sale from your bicycle seat without even standing up to greet your
>customers.

Damn, I hadn't even thought of that! You are right, of course. For
courteous peddling you really need a proper upright bklie like this:

http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/w...c33/splash.html

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