Lowracers (was: HEART RATE)

[Tom Sherman]

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.

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

[Tom Sherman]

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.

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

[Werehatrack]

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.)

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