Re: How long would you last alive on a bike like this?

"dgk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...

http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

Its only like those that you get at Butlitz and other holiday camps and
Blackpool etc.

Dave

dgk said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...

http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

If it's manoeuvrable and can be fitted with lights, etc, I see no reason
why it shouldn't be used on a road.

cheers,
Luke

--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

These have actually been around for quite a while. I had a similar vehicle
made by another manufacturer. In theory, it was a great idea, until one day
I had to drive it off the nice, flat road that runs in front of my house.
Even with the full-throttle calf power of myself and my wife, we couldn't
get up even a tiny hill without gasping for breath and wailing in pain.

Looking at this picture got me psyched to own one again. However, as Luke
said, I think I would approach it as less of a local transporation vehicle
and more of a toy to bring to the local park. The only problem is, it costs
as much as that new two-seater automobile they're selling in India!

Ekul Namsob said:

dgk said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...

http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

If it's manoeuvrable and can be fitted with lights, etc, I see no reason
why it shouldn't be used on a road.

Steering wheel is on the wrong side for the sceptred isles.

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

Invalid thought detected. Close all mental processes and restart
body.

Quoted message said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...
http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

Where's the point for a cyclist in trying to look like a car? *)
And be probably almost as heavy as a car, have almost the drag of a car, ...
People unable to hold balance on a two-wheeler have better designs
(trikes) at their disposal than this.

regards
Tadej
--
"Vergleich es mit einer Pflanze - die wächst auch nur dann gut, wenn du
sie nicht jeden zweiten Tag aus der Erde reißt, um nachzusehen, ob sie
schon Wurzeln geschlagen hat."
<Martina Diel in d.t.r>

dgk said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...

http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

It cries out for a bulb horn!

Tadej Brezina said:

Quoted message said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...
http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

Where's the point for a cyclist in trying to look like a car? *)
And be probably almost as heavy as a car, have almost the drag of a car,

135lb, so not really, but bloody heavy for a bike all the same. And
"knobby street tread"?

We considered one of their single-seater models briefly as the basis for
the music system on our skates <http://www.lfns.co.uk/bike> but went
with the Brox Compact instead: lighter, more options for mounting stuff
on the back, and marginally easier to get hold of in the UK.

Quoted message said:

People unable to hold balance on a two-wheeler have better designs
(trikes) at their disposal than this.

I think a four-wheeler is probably still harder to roll than a
three-wheeler. The Brox has an articulation point in the middle, so it
tends to keep three wheels on the ground most of the time when a rigid
frame might suffer on humps, dips, potholes etc.

-dan

Tadej Brezina said:

Quoted message said:

donquijote1954 said:

I hope you get a better picture here...
http://www.rhoadescar.com/store/navx2.htm

Looks good. It looks more useful for a park than a road though.

Where's the point for a cyclist in trying to look like a car? *)
And be probably almost as heavy as a car, have almost the drag of a car,
...
People unable to hold balance on a two-wheeler have better designs
(trikes) at their disposal than this.

However, the usefulness of proper recumbent trikes is not limited to
those with balance issues.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people."
- A. Derleth