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TimC
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On 2007-04-18, Bleve (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On Apr 17, 10:21 pm, Zebee Johnstone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In aus.bicycle on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:53:17 +1000
>>
>> rooman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > The comment was made that some of these people were told by their LBS's
>> > when they complained of sore backs and necks and hands - "You are
>> > supposed to get sore when you ride a bike, its normal!!!)...sheesh
>>
>> It's the mantra of the 'bent rider of course, "No pain!".
>
> Which is ********. I've done a few hours in/on a 'bent, and been
> unable to walk for a day afterwards.
Did you ever ride one of those pedicab thingies in the city?
A horrendous design, combined with a terrible system of having to ride
whatever bent there was at the front of the line, independant of who
the last person to ride it was. The seat was a 5 minute job of
pushing to and fro until it finally slipped down enough for you to not
have your legs in your ears. The steering rods jutted out forcing
your knees to do a badger badger badger impression, and the gearing
didn't go sufficiently low for the hills and loads we were expected to
haul. They didn't provide pedals or cleats, so it was another 5
minute job swapping my private pedals over, lest I be forced to ride
with sneakers today. I'm just glad the motors *must* have been higher
than the 200W legal limit (either that or the "ergonomics" seriously
hindered my nominal 200W power output).
It took a few months after that gig before my knee pain returned to a
relatively sane level.
--
TimC
If a train station is a place where a train stops, what's a workstation?
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On Apr 17, 10:21 pm, Zebee Johnstone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In aus.bicycle on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:53:17 +1000
>>
>> rooman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > The comment was made that some of these people were told by their LBS's
>> > when they complained of sore backs and necks and hands - "You are
>> > supposed to get sore when you ride a bike, its normal!!!)...sheesh
>>
>> It's the mantra of the 'bent rider of course, "No pain!".
>
> Which is ********. I've done a few hours in/on a 'bent, and been
> unable to walk for a day afterwards.
Did you ever ride one of those pedicab thingies in the city?
A horrendous design, combined with a terrible system of having to ride
whatever bent there was at the front of the line, independant of who
the last person to ride it was. The seat was a 5 minute job of
pushing to and fro until it finally slipped down enough for you to not
have your legs in your ears. The steering rods jutted out forcing
your knees to do a badger badger badger impression, and the gearing
didn't go sufficiently low for the hills and loads we were expected to
haul. They didn't provide pedals or cleats, so it was another 5
minute job swapping my private pedals over, lest I be forced to ride
with sneakers today. I'm just glad the motors *must* have been higher
than the 200W legal limit (either that or the "ergonomics" seriously
hindered my nominal 200W power output).
It took a few months after that gig before my knee pain returned to a
relatively sane level.
--
TimC
If a train station is a place where a train stops, what's a workstation?