hippy wrote:
> New Inventors right now on ABC has a recumbent on it..
>
Every time I see someone on a recumbent, have two (yes, I
really do have actual thought processes, occasionally
)
thought processes :
- first, I think to myself (and I'm sure y'all know the H G
Wells quote I'm messin' up here), Yay! there goes the
most efficient form of transport known to personkind, and
I now have renewed hope in the sustainable future of
personkind. Thank you, Mr/Ms recumbent rider, for
renewing my hope in...
(and then the second thought blips in)
- Yikes! You're going to ride your 'cumb in traffic? It's
dangerous enough for us on uprights, but...
(and then I start silently Calling the Rosary to myself for
recumbent riders, then gradually for cyclists in general,
then for personkind in general... and so on.)
Does anyone have personal experience of traffic riding on a
'cumb that, hopefully, they could make me feel better with?
p
ps: On all recumbants I've seen, you sit supine. Are there
any where you are positioned prone? A prone position
would make steering difficult, but I'm guessing that it
would be bio-physically a better analogue of upright
bipedalism than a supine position. Umm, what I mean is
that it seems more logical to lean forward than to lean
backward for more speed. (OK, so being face-down means
you can't breathe right, but you get the idea.)
pps: I sometimes passed a looooooong 'cumb triple (!) (ie,
tandem plus 1 more) hung up in front of a terrace house
in Stanmore/Petersham (can't remember where, exactly),
Sydney, when I lived thereabouts. Anyone know anything
about this? It was an Al frame, with beaucoup touring-y
rack mount thingies... how kewl would that be...