Folding Anyone?

Tony Raven said:

Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

Tony Raven said:

wvantwiller wrote:
> For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the category of
> "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>
"They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)

"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut."

It could be carried by an African swallow

"But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory."

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

Carl said:

SHEESH!
wHAT happENED To my thREAd?

"And Now for Something Completely Different"

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley
"john dear owns a tuscany reserve next door to the bay shore folks" -
G. Daniels

SHEESH!
wHAT happENED To my thREAd?
I inquired about Worksman Folding Trikes!!!
Carl[/QUOTE]
Carl, the trike you want information on is not a recumbent trike. This is an "upright free zone" so you can't blame these people for talking about birds and coconuts.
Tadpole pilot,
Mark

Carl said:

I have become old enough that an Adult Tricycle looks attractive. I used to
ride a 2-wheeler with derailleur shifting, but now have an equilibrium
problem.

Am considering a Worksman Folding Port-A-Trike, 3-speed. After folding, will
fit in the back of my car, which is an advantage to me.

This is a request for comments about the Worksman Port-A-Trike in
particular, folding trikes in general, and adult trikes in general. I have
never ridden or even seen one.

If you can afford it:
<http://www.greenspeed.com.au/NewGSweb/web-content/australia/models/design/gt3desgn.html>
or
<http://www.greenspeed.com.au/NewGSweb/web-content/usa/modusa/gt3.html>
for USians.

Greenspeed is one of the "senior" trike manufacturers, and has
consistently produced high quality trikes. The $2,600 price is entirely
reasonable for a trike of this quality.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

"But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory."

It could be on a recumbent tour (to bring it neatly back on topic) ;-)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Carl said:

SHEESH!
wHAT happENED To my thREAd?
I inquired about Worksman Folding Trikes!!!
Carl

In that case... have you also considered anything like the Di Blasi
folding trike (http://www.diblasi.it/ )?

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"George Cherry" wrote: (clip) I want my feet at about the level of my
heart. Trikes don't do that.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
George, do you have a theory for why the heart should be at the same
elevation as the feet? Would you share?

Several million years of primate evolution has fashioned us. We are
upright bipedal creatures, not sloths which hang upside down by their
tails from trees. Our cardiovascular system (this includes the heart) is
designed to function with our legs below the heart. Elementary my dear
Watson!

In what position do you sleep at night?
Don't regress--be sure you sleep in an
upright position.

My legs are at the level of the heart, not above it. However, this is a
resting position. When you are cycling, that is a working position. We are
best postitoned for work with our legs below our hearts because of our
evolution as upright bipedal creatures.
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It goes against our evolution.

Yeah, so do airplanes. If human beings were
meant to fly, they would have evolved wings.

Technology and inventions don't count when we are discussing human
evolution. As far as I know, there has been no further human evolution for
several hundred thousand years, in other words, not since we became [censored]
sapiens.

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I note that even Bacchetta is now coming out with a recumbent bike that
is lowering the BB to a sensible level (the Agio).

I'll take a look.

George, these kind of bikes are greatly underrated because they do not offer
the ultimate in aerodynamics. But the positioning of the body on the bike is
ideal. The legs are slightly below the hips. This is an extremely powerful
pedaling position and also offers good control of the bike. I repeat what I
have previously said: all bikes with high BB's are insane. It goes against
our evolution as upright bipedal creatures.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

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"George Cherry" wrote: (clip) I want my feet at about the level of my
heart. Trikes don't do that.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
George, do you have a theory for why the heart should be at the same
elevation as the feet? Would you share?

The veins in my legs and feet are--ouch!-- "incompetent".
That's the medical diagnosis. The medical prescription
is to elevate my legs (ideally to the level of my heart).
When I must stand or sit, I must wear high-compression
support stockings. Walking's better than standing--
because the muscle action helps pump the bood from
my lower extremities back to my heart. A recumbent
bike appeared an ideal way for me to stay active and
mobile.

George

Groups trimmed to ARBR only.

Our bodies break down for one reason or another as we age. I do not think
Nature intended that we humans live much past 30 years of age. By 40 we are
old, not to say ancient.

There is a resting position for the body and a working position for the
body. I will admit we are having so much fun riding our recumbents that we
don't think of it as work, but that is actually what we are doing. We are
working when we ride our recumbents.

Provided you are young and healthy, you want your legs below your hips, just
as you do when you are walking. Never forget we are designed for walking
above all else. That is our destiny as given to us by our evolution.

When I can no longer ride a bicycle, I will still want to walk. Walking is
basic, cycling is not.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Tony Raven said:

Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

Tony Raven said:

wvantwiller wrote:
> For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the
> category of "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>
"They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)

"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound
coconut."

It could be carried by an African swallow

Get yer trousers on sunshine, you're nicked!

--
The Python Police
Scotland Yard

The Python Police said:

Tony Raven said:

Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

Tony Raven wrote:
> wvantwiller wrote:
>> For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the
>> category of "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>>
> "They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)

"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound
coconut."

It could be carried by an African swallow

Get yer trousers on sunshine, you're nicked!

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

The Python Police said:

Tony Raven said:

Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic wrote:
>Tony Raven wrote:
>>wvantwiller wrote:
>>
>>>For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the
>>>category of "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>>>
>>"They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)
>
>"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
>weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound
>coconut."

It could be carried by an African swallow

Get yer trousers on sunshine, you're nicked!

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!

The only reason this thread is still on its perch is because it's been
nailed to it!

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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Quoted message said:

Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

The Python Police said:

Tony Raven <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic wrote:
>>Tony Raven wrote:
>>>wvantwiller wrote:
>>>
>>>>For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the
>>>>category of "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>>>>
>>>"They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)
>>
>>"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
>>weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound
>>coconut."
>
>It could be carried by an African swallow

Get yer trousers on sunshine, you're nicked!

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!

The only reason this thread is still on its perch is because it's been
nailed to it!

Pete.

Groups pared to ARBR only.

The Tony Raven -Tom Sherman dialogues are a prime example of what can happen
to a newsgroup when mindless banter takes over. It can literally drive a
newsgroup into nothing but drivel. I give you the Aussie bicycle group as an
example of what I am talking about. Tony and Tom ought to take their show to
email instead of subjecting this august and honorable group to their
mindless banter.

Please note that the Great Ed Dolan has never been guilty of mindless
banter. My banter has mind connected to it and has always been substantial,
not mere fluff like this stuff.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Edward Dolan said:

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Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

The Python Police wrote:
>Tony Raven <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic wrote:
>>>Tony Raven wrote:
>>>>wvantwiller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the
>>>>>category of "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>>>>>
>>>>"They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)
>>>
>>>"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
>>>weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound
>>>coconut."
>>
>>It could be carried by an African swallow
>
>Get yer trousers on sunshine, you're nicked!

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!

The only reason this thread is still on its perch is because it's been
nailed to it!

Pete.

Groups pared to ARBR only.

The Tony Raven -Tom Sherman dialogues are a prime example of what can happen
to a newsgroup when mindless banter takes over. It can literally drive a
newsgroup into nothing but drivel. I give you the Aussie bicycle group as an
example of what I am talking about. Tony and Tom ought to take their show to
email instead of subjecting this august and honorable group to their
mindless banter.

Please note that the Great Ed Dolan has never been guilty of mindless
banter. My banter has mind connected to it and has always been substantial,
not mere fluff like this stuff.

NONSENSE!

Rule No. 1 of Usenet. "The Holy Grail" is on-topic on all threads on
all newsgroups.

"The Holy Grail" is to movies what the Earth Cycles Sunset Lowracer
[TM] [1] is to recumbent bicycles.

[1] The most fun bicycle in the known universe.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

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Sunset Lowracer TM Fanatic said:

The Python Police said:

Tony Raven <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic wrote:
>>Tony Raven wrote:
>>>wvantwiller wrote:
>>>
>>>>For the uninitiated, that sort of reasoning comes under the
>>>>category of "Are You Suggesting Coconuts Migrate", doesn't it??
>>>>
>>>"They could have been carried by a swallow" ;-)
>>
>>"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of
>>weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound
>>coconut."
>
>It could be carried by an African swallow

Get yer trousers on sunshine, you're nicked!

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!

Quick! Name their weapons!

Quoted message said:

The only reason this thread is still on its perch is because it's been
nailed to it!

This thread is pining for the fjords.
(straining to get back on topic)
Which is a reminder that trikes are good on ice in the winter.

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Edward Dolan wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The Tony Raven -Tom Sherman dialogues are a prime example of what can
happen
to a newsgroup when mindless banter takes over. It can literally drive a
newsgroup into nothing but drivel. I give you the Aussie bicycle group as
an
example of what I am talking about. Tony and Tom ought to take their show
to
email instead of subjecting this august and honorable group to their
mindless banter.

Please note that the Great Ed Dolan has never been guilty of mindless
banter. My banter has mind connected to it and has always been
substantial,
not mere fluff like this stuff.

NONSENSE!

Rule No. 1 of Usenet. "The Holy Grail" is on-topic on all threads on
all newsgroups.

[...]

The only Holy Grail I know about is the one associated with the opera by
Wagner, "Parsifal." This is one of the longest, most boring operas of all
time. In fact, it is so boring that it is usually only performed during the
Easter season to go along with all the other boring activities associated
with the Resurrection.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

In the van, sunshine, you're nicked.

The Python Police

The Python Police said:

In the van, sunshine, you're nicked.

The Python Police

I didn't join the police force just to wear the helmets you know. That
just happens to be one of the little perks. There are plenty of jobs
where I could have worn a helmet, but not such a nice helmet. This
helmet, I think, beats even some of the more elaborate helmets worn by
the Tsar's private army, the so-called Axi red warriors......

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

I guess you've figured out by now that you are not permitted to get old
on this group. Old is for folks who can't consider a bike at all.
Equilibrium issues? This might be your excuse to get the bike you
should have bought 20 years ago, a tadpole. Strength issues? Get
gears. Stamina issues? Coast a lot. Traffic issues? Get a real loud
horn. Fold to fit in a car? Get the right tr/bike and leave the car at
home. Garage space issues? Keep it in a covered trailer-- ground
level and ready to travel. Us FOG's often prefer something a bit more
upright than the young'uns consider fasionable. Venice Beach maybe?
S&B Recumbents. http://home.pacbell.net/recumbnt/page6.html But I'd
prefer a 63-speed ground hugger, myself. Worlwide, there must be 50
builders of tadpoles. Search carefully and get the very best you can.
Then stay in training so you can keep ahead of the grim reaper, a
confirmed pedestrian.

On 29 Nov 2005 19:29:14 -0800, [email hidden] said in
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

I guess you've figured out by now that you are not permitted to get old
on this group. Old is for folks who can't consider a bike at all.
Equilibrium issues? This might be your excuse to get the bike you
should have bought 20 years ago, a tadpole. Strength issues? Get
gears. Stamina issues? Coast a lot. Traffic issues? Get a real loud
horn. Fold to fit in a car? Get the right tr/bike and leave the car at
home. Garage space issues? Keep it in a covered trailer-- ground
level and ready to travel. Us FOG's often prefer something a bit more
upright than the young'uns consider fasionable. Venice Beach maybe?
S&B Recumbents. http://home.pacbell.net/recumbnt/page6.html But I'd
prefer a 63-speed ground hugger, myself. Worlwide, there must be 50
builders of tadpoles. Search carefully and get the very best you can.
Then stay in training so you can keep ahead of the grim reaper, a
confirmed pedestrian.

<applause>

So true, too :-)

Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

On 29 Nov 2005 19:29:14 -0800, [email hidden] said in
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

I guess you've figured out by now that you are not permitted to get old
on this group. Old is for folks who can't consider a bike at all.
Equilibrium issues? This might be your excuse to get the bike you
should have bought 20 years ago, a tadpole. Strength issues? Get
gears. Stamina issues? Coast a lot. Traffic issues? Get a real loud
horn. Fold to fit in a car? Get the right tr/bike and leave the car at
home. Garage space issues? Keep it in a covered trailer-- ground
level and ready to travel. Us FOG's often prefer something a bit more
upright than the young'uns consider fasionable. Venice Beach maybe?
S&B Recumbents. http://home.pacbell.net/recumbnt/page6.html But I'd
prefer a 63-speed ground hugger, myself. Worlwide, there must be 50
builders of tadpoles. Search carefully and get the very best you can.
Then stay in training so you can keep ahead of the grim reaper, a
confirmed pedestrian.

<applause>

So true, too :-)

Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken