More 'bents on eBay...

[Simon Brooke]

Sorry, haven't been keeping up with the traffic lately.

Bike E LWB OSS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?-
ViewItem&item=3686810383> No suspension. Ouch.

Linear LWB USS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.-
dll?ViewItem&item=3686605899> A pole with a deckchair
and wheels.

Challenge Twister SWB USS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBa-
yISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3686655103>
26/20, rather tall, full suspension, HS33s, dynamo lighting.

Challenge Mistral, SWB OSS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eB-
ayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3687298660> A bit grasshopper-like
in general configuration, substantially taller than a
Hurricane, with Magura HS33s and air shock rear suspension.
Very nice.

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[Dave Larrington]

Simon Brooke wrote:

[snip]

> Linear LWB USS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.-
> dll?ViewItem&item=3686605899> A pole with a deckchair
> and wheels.

A pole /made from cheese/. I have never seen one of these
with the wheels in line. Avoid.

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[Purple]

"Simon Brooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sorry, haven't been keeping up with the traffic lately.
>
> Bike E LWB OSS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl-
> l?ViewItem&item=3686810383> No suspension. Ouch.
>
> Linear LWB USS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.-
> dll?ViewItem&item=3686605899> A pole with a deckchair
> and wheels.
>
> Challenge Twister SWB USS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/e-
> BayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3686655103>
> 26/20, rather tall, full suspension, HS33s, dynamo
> lighting.
>
> Challenge Mistral, SWB OSS <URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/-
> eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3687298660> A bit grasshopper-
> like in general configuration, substantially taller than a
> Hurricane, with Magura HS33s and air shock rear
> suspension. Very nice.
>
> --
> [email protected] (Simon Brooke)
> http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

Sorry what's a bent?

Fran (going back to stand in the corner with a
'NEWBIE' hat on)

 

[Roos Eisma]

"Purple" <[email protected]> writes:

>Sorry what's a bent?

The ultimate toy that makes boys drool

Roos

 

[Pyromancer]

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Purple
<[email protected]> breathed:

>Sorry what's a bent?

A recumbent bicycle - one you ride lying back, with the
pedals in front of you, rather than sitting up as on a
conventional bike. They're said to be very good for long-
distance riding, and to be much more comfortable than a
conventional bike. They also go a lot faster because you get
to use your legs more efficiently, though seemingly you have
to watch for knee joint problems from pushing too hard on
the pedals - learning to "spin" is quite important when
riding one. They tend to be rare, and expensive.

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Revival.

 

[Peter Clinch]

Purple wrote:

> Sorry what's a bent?

It's an abbreviation of "recumbent". They're like normal
bikes, only an =

order of magnitude more comfortable. Unfortunately the mass
market=20 doesn't happen, so prices /start/ ay =A3500,
though they're typically mor=
e.

see http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/pictures.htm-
#fiero for a=20 pic of Roos on her new one.

Pete. --=20 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
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[Dave Larrington]

Purple wrote:

> Sorry what's a bent?

It is a Revolting Abbreviation conjured up by Thoughtless
Americans, and its use should be strongly deprecated.

Thank you. I feel better now.

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[Peter Clinch]

Pyromancer wrote:

> A recumbent bicycle - one you ride lying back, with the
> pedals in front of you, rather than sitting up as on a
> conventional bike. They're said to be very good for long-
> distance riding, and to be much more comfortable than a
> conventional bike.

"They" are right, though there's no reason not to use them
for short and medium distances too.

> They also go a lot faster because you get to use your
> legs more efficiently

Errrr, not really. A 'bent built for speed is faster because
it has markedly superior aerodynamics to an upright, though
the really fast ones have fairings as well as low frontal
area created by the riding position. A 'bent not built for
speed may well be a fair bit slower than an upright: you
won't win many races on a BikeE or Flevo OkeJa, for example.

> though seemingly you have to watch for knee joint problems
> from pushing too hard on the pedals -

No more so than any other bike, really. Though you can push
off the seat and don't have an effective limit for the push
caused by your own bodyweight you'd have to be a really
sorry masher to get anywhere close to it.

> learning to "spin" is quite important when riding one.

Indeed. Since you can't stand up you can't get an emergency
heave onto the power transmission by getting out of the
saddle. Having said that, my riding of uprights where I
/can/ do that has got a lot better and easier since I
stopped doing so, the change in part because I'd learned to
spin better on the 'bent. Spinning the right gear is good
practice on any bike where you've got the gears, standing is
usually a way of making gear changes difficult and putting a
lot of extra wear on your knees and the transmission, and
neither is a Good Thing.

> They tend to be rare, and expensive.

And often ridden by smug evangelists, i.e. me. But I cycle
in a comfy chair, which is something to be smug about, and I
think a lot of other people would like it too...

Pete.
--
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ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382
640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
[email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

 

[Purple]

"Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified
> as Purple <[email protected]> breathed:
>
> >Sorry what's a bent?
>
> A recumbent bicycle - one you ride lying back, with the
> pedals in front of you, rather than sitting up as on a
> conventional bike. They're said to be very good for long-
> distance riding, and to be much more comfortable than a
> conventional bike. They also go a lot faster because you
> get to use your legs more efficiently, though seemingly
> you have to watch for knee joint problems from pushing too
> hard on the pedals - learning to "spin" is quite important
> when riding one. They tend to be rare, and expensive.
>
> --
> - Pyromancer.
> - http://www.inkubus-sukkubus.co.uk <-- Pagan Gothic
> Rock!
> - http://www.littlematchgirl.co.uk <-- Electronic Metal!
> - http://www.revival.stormshadow.com <-- The Gothic
> Revival.

Aaahh right. Thanks everyone for filling me in )

Fran

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:42:42 +0100, "Dave Larrington" <[email protected]>
wrote in message <[email protected]>:

>> Sorry what's a bent?

>It is a Revolting Abbreviation conjured up by Thoughtless
>Americans, and its use should be strongly deprecated.

Just what that nice Mr Burrows said.

Guy
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