You are a typical recumbent zealot. You say the recumbent "kick ass on level ground". Why not
quantify it ? If you were to do a fair comparison of yourself riding on a road bike vs. the
recumbent, what would the speed difference be ? A device called a "speedometer", properly
calibrated, would be what you would use to determine the difference. You would want to take an
average over several rides, over the same course to get a good comparison of the two machines.
Alas, recumbent zealots don't seem to understand how to discuss the topic of velocity in objective
terms. Perhaps they have something to hide.
On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 03:25:12 +0000, 80s guy wrote:
> I have a recumbent and it works for me. Also have 3 old-style bicycles. Each has its place.
>
> My butt says the recumbent has the most comfy seat. Good ventilation, too. Not sure how you can
> measure that, but it's true. Sit down on a Rotator sometime and find out for yourself. It wiould
> be difficult to do a double-blind test on that one...
>
> I also know from experience that recumbents don't climb as well as old-style bikes. They kick
> ass on level ground. Positively wild going down hills. Perhaps you could find a rocket scientist
> to verify.
>
> Also, the speed issue is why the stinking frogs and Italians banned them from mainstream racing.
> If recuments were slow they would been eliminated for practical reasons instead of political
> reasons. Again, there ought to be a rocket scientist somewhere who can comment.
>
> Seriously now, was your post a troll, or what?
>
> On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 20:20:45 -0400, "swamprun" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I have noticed the same thing. The recumbent riders seem to have an almost religious zeal for
>>their machines, but few facts about riding them.
>>
>>On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 23:03:43 +0000, Bill Bushnell wrote:
>>> While there may be sound scientific reasoning behind the criticism of a product (e.g. solid
>>> tires) or a concept (e.g. the current industry standard disk brake fork-mount) discussed in
>>> these forums, I have yet to see similar rigor applied to the discussion of why one should or
>>> should not ride a recumbent. All such discussions I have read boil down to personal preference.