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12-04.-2008, 02:36 PM
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Lowracers (was: HEART RATE)
joseph.santaniello@gmail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote:
> [...] > I see it as killing two birds with one stone. I like riding, and I > like being (sort of) fit. My bike interests go up and down in > different directions. Sometimes it's MTB for months, other times > fixed, then TT bike, and I even contemplate getting a low-racer > recumbent![...] Forget about the lowracer. You will annoy everyone else on windy days when they are struggling against the wind, while you are in the zone where the wind is greatly slowed by viscous drag along the boundary with the ground. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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12-04.-2008, 03:37 PM
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Re: Lowracers
Werehatrack wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:36:06 -0500, Tom Sherman > <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> may have said: > >> joseph.santaniello@gmail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote: >>> [...] >>> I see it as killing two birds with one stone. I like riding, and I >>> like being (sort of) fit. My bike interests go up and down in >>> different directions. Sometimes it's MTB for months, other times >>> fixed, then TT bike, and I even contemplate getting a low-racer >>> recumbent![...] >> Forget about the lowracer. You will annoy everyone else on windy days >> when they are struggling against the wind, while you are in the zone >> where the wind is greatly slowed by viscous drag along the boundary with >> the ground. > > To equalize the results, add a 2M vertical mast with a decorative flag > of about 1 square meter area. If anyone looks askance, claim it's for > safety reasons. (It is poor sportsmanship to deploy a spinnaker when > running before a stiff tailwind, BTW.) > On a very windy spring day, I was on a group ride on a recumbent with a front fairing [1]. When we turned to ride parallel to the wind, I was able to "sail" along the flats at 17-18 mph without pedaling, much to the annoyance of the upright cyclists.  [1] RANS Rocket with Muller Windwrap. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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12-04.-2008, 03:56 PM
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Re: Lowracers (was: HEART RATE)
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:36:06 -0500, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> may have said: >joseph.santaniello@gmail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote: >> [...] >> I see it as killing two birds with one stone. I like riding, and I >> like being (sort of) fit. My bike interests go up and down in >> different directions. Sometimes it's MTB for months, other times >> fixed, then TT bike, and I even contemplate getting a low-racer >> recumbent![...] > >Forget about the lowracer. You will annoy everyone else on windy days >when they are struggling against the wind, while you are in the zone >where the wind is greatly slowed by viscous drag along the boundary with >the ground. To equalize the results, add a 2M vertical mast with a decorative flag of about 1 square meter area. If anyone looks askance, claim it's for safety reasons. (It is poor sportsmanship to deploy a spinnaker when running before a stiff tailwind, BTW.) -- My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail. Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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