what are those lame ass bikes?

ckaudio1

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


I'm a bent rider and if you really really think you could pass me on
the road with your wedgie......... I'll glady give you a hundred
bucks......

I'm confident with this remark........because pacelines can't even
catch me and I know a single rider has no chance on this green earth
unless he has a gasoline powered motor attached to his bike.

Wedgies simply can't touch a lowracer......faired or stock with a
trained pilot aboard.

Carl Sundquist

"ckaudio1" <ckaudio1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Even though the OP was clearly a troll, I'm always amazed when I pass
> > a 'bent rider who doesn't have a beard. ;-)
>
>
> I'm a bent rider and if you really really think you could pass me on
> the road with your wedgie......... I'll glady give you a hundred
> bucks......
>
> I'm confident with this remark........because pacelines can't even
> catch me and I know a single rider has no chance on this green earth
> unless he has a gasoline powered motor attached to his bike.
>
> Wedgies simply can't touch a lowracer......faired or stock with a
> trained pilot aboard.

I'll race you up a hill or a mountain. Bike races have those, you know.

Jim Flom

"ckaudio1" wrote ...
>
> I'm a bent rider and if you really really think you could pass me on
> the road with your wedgie......... I'll glady give you a hundred
> bucks......

I will beat any bent rider up any hill or mountain, BC included.

Tom Kunich

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> "ckaudio1" <ckaudio1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f46bdcda.0404101350.201176c4@posting.google.com...
> > >
> > > Even though the OP was clearly a troll, I'm always amazed when I pass
> > > a 'bent rider who doesn't have a beard. ;-)
> >
> >
> > I'm a bent rider and if you really really think you could pass me on
> > the road with your wedgie......... I'll glady give you a hundred
> > bucks......
> >
> > I'm confident with this remark........because pacelines can't even
> > catch me and I know a single rider has no chance on this green earth
> > unless he has a gasoline powered motor attached to his bike.
> >
> > Wedgies simply can't touch a lowracer......faired or stock with a
> > trained pilot aboard.
>
> I'll race you up a hill or a mountain. Bike races have those, you know.

What's more, you can beat most of them down the mountain as well if there
are a healthy number of sharp turns and dramatic drops.

Whenever someone calls a bicycle a "wedgie" you can be sure that they aren't
much aware of anything. Wasn't there one of those super long distance riders
here that converted over to recumbents and then after several years of
trying told us that he couldn't maintain the same average speeds even on
flat double centuries?

Pete

"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote
>
> Whenever someone calls a bicycle a "wedgie" you can be sure that they
aren't
> much aware of anything.

It's just a name. 'bent, wedgie, fixie, DHer, BMX....all the same.

Pete

Just zis Guy, you know?

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 03:06:53 GMT, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote in message
<hD2ec.5126$A_4.1901@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>:

>Whenever someone calls a bicycle a "wedgie" you can be sure that they aren't
>much aware of anything

I call my upwrong bikes "wedgies" for all the usual reasons. I am
regularly faster on my touring bike than the local roadies on their
road irons. I ride a recumbent for speed, reduced wind resistance and
comfort. My 40lb recumbent is about the same on average as my 28lb
wedgie, and if I ever get myself a carbon lowracer I confidently
expect to go faster. I have managed to average 20mph commuting for a
week, 15 miles round trip, so am not your aerobelly bearded 'benter.

--
Guy
===
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

ckaudio1

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message news:<107grnmrchv403e@corp.supernews.com>...
> "ckaudio1" <ckaudio1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f46bdcda.0404101350.201176c4@posting.google.com...
> > >
> > > Even though the OP was clearly a troll, I'm always amazed when I pass
> > > a 'bent rider who doesn't have a beard. ;-)
> >
> >
> > I'm a bent rider and if you really really think you could pass me on
> > the road with your wedgie......... I'll glady give you a hundred
> > bucks......
> >
> > I'm confident with this remark........because pacelines can't even
> > catch me and I know a single rider has no chance on this green earth
> > unless he has a gasoline powered motor attached to his bike.
> >
> > Wedgies simply can't touch a lowracer......faired or stock with a
> > trained pilot aboard.


I'm not afraid of going up............so bring it on. Where do you live?
>
> I'll race you up a hill or a mountain. Bike races have those, you know.

fredee1st@aol.com

Every bike has it's sweet spot, and some recumbents have them
too....but not all. There are more goofy recumbent designs than good
one for sure, but if you do have a good bike and your in your element,
they can be fun. Nobody will ever convince me to give up my road bike,
but I can have loads of fun on the recumbent I ride. On rolling hills,
straight lines and on downhills that don't have real sharp corners,
I'm way faster on the recumbent, but where I live is in the Santa Cruz
mountains and my road bike is king in my stable for sure. But like I
said, all bike have their place whether it be a road bike, mountain
bike or recumbent...it's still two wheels and you still have to pedal,
isn't that enough?
Freddy Markham

Ron

> I've never seen a recumbent without its prerequisite geek attached.
>
> -Kenny

Hey Kenny,

I'll bet you work for one of those geeks. We geeks, the ones you
probably picked on in high school, now own the buildings you see
downtown and the businesses you buy from. People like you now clean
our swimming pools. If you happen to work for one of the geeks who
figured out how to how to really live well, you also clean up our used
condoms and champagne bottles from those pools.

Ironic that without us geeks, you wouldn't have the computers,
internet or software you're using to post your flames. You also
couldn't withdraw money (assuming you have any) from an ATM. Heck,
you couldn't even place a phone call.

Kenny - grab your pick-axe and get back to work.

Stewart Fleming

Ron wrote:

> our swimming pools. If you happen to work for one of the geeks who
> figured out how to how to really live well, you also clean up our used
> condoms and champagne bottles from those pools.

Sounds just like the personal hygiene habits of most geeks right enough...

Kyle Legate

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>
> I call my upwrong bikes "wedgies" for all the usual reasons. I am
> regularly faster on my touring bike than the local roadies on their
> road irons. I ride a recumbent for speed, reduced wind resistance and
> comfort. My 40lb recumbent is about the same on average as my 28lb
> wedgie, and if I ever get myself a carbon lowracer I confidently
> expect to go faster.
>
It's not about the bike.

Rick Warner

"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
>


And a sample size of 1 does not define the class. Take out one fit person
riding a faired pod down the hill, and see what is left of the class.

- rick

Tom Kunich

"Rick Warner" <rickwarner@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <ptr@usaf.com> wrote in message
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> > "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
>
> And a sample size of 1 does not define the class. Take out one fit
person
> riding a faired pod down the hill, and see what is left of the class.

Not to mention - if you look down that list to "arms only" which I assume
means recumbents only partially faired, you'll note that the record for a
flying 200 meters is about the same as Lance's 40 mile TT times.

Carl Sundquist

"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> Not to mention - if you look down that list to "arms only" which I assume
> means recumbents only partially faired, you'll note that the record for a
> flying 200 meters is about the same as Lance's 40 mile TT times.
>

Arms only means just that: propulsion by arms only. It is a category
intended for disabled riders.