Edward Dolan wrote:
> "Larry Varney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online.
>>I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these
>>reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then
>>followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that
>>I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike.
>> Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as
>>I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at
>>all.
>> Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I
>>expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so
>>relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three
>>wheels with no condescending help at all!
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> Larry Varney is one of the ARBR old timers who used to be a regular poster
> to ARBR. Frankly I miss him. I feel a bit guilty as I treated him rather
> badly when he was last here, but I have resolved to be a better man and not
> go berserk all the time just because I don't see eye to eye with my
> adversary.
>
> Larry is a good reviewer of bikes and trikes and most important he is a fair
> reviewer. I hope he will grace us here with his presence once again as he
> always had interesting points of view on everything. Furthermore, he knows
> how to write and how to post, no small matters considering some of the other
> characters this group is presently afflicted with.
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
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What's next, a pat on the back from Johnny NoCom? <grin> But
seriously, I do try to be fair in my reviews, and recognize when
something isn't necessarily bad, just not what I like. Or, if I like it,
it doesn't mean that everyone will. I have friends who cannot bear a
recline of more than 50 degrees, while I don't feel the need for a neck
rest until it passes 30. And then there's underseat vs. overseat
steering - I've got my preference, but that doesn't mean the opposite is
necessarily bad - just wrong! (Only kidding...) Objectivity is
difficult, but recognizing subjectivity is sometimes the best we can
hope for.
A partial excuse for my absence from this list is that I've been away
on business and other things. Bike Florida and the Florida Bicycle
Safari earlier this year, and lately I've been off to Georgetown (KY)
for the Horsey Hundred, Illinois for GITAP, and Wisconsin for Bike
Northwoods. Next month will be the BentRider Online Rally in the Finger
Lakes region of New York, of course, and September will be the Old
Kentucky Home Tour and the September TRIRI (IN). There are other rides
as well (Hope Ride and Hilly Hundred in Indiana, Horrible Hundred in
Florida), but when I start thinking about those latter ones, I get
depressed - they mean the warm weather is disappearing from my part of
the country once more.
Incidentally, if any of you are in the market for a great trike, I
have a friend who's wanting to sell his red 2004 Catrike Road - not many
of that color were made. I rode it on the Bike Northwoods tour, and can
vouch for it completely. He's asking $1650; located in southwest Ohio.