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Clive George
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"Artemisia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Peter Clinch wrote:
>
> > I recall one incident when a pal and I were taking our MTBs up a fairly
> > steep grassy field. I got bored at walking pace, and decided I'd walk.
> > While walking, I soon overtook my pal, still spinning happily in 1st...
>
>
> So isn't it actually more efficient energy use to walk uphill than to
> pedal, even if you do have unimaginably low gears and no topple-over on a
> trike?
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the only advantage of trying to pedal up my hills is
> the inconvenience of trying to stand up out of a recumbent...
You're on-road on your trike, which is a bit of a different place.
But more importantly with the trike you've got something you can't do on any
bike : stop and sit there. So you pedal until you're puffed, put the brakes
on (with locking device/velcro as appropriate) and sit there relaxing, coz
you can.
(And pushing a recumbent trike uphill is liable to be extremely tedious too)
cheers,
clive
news:[email protected]...
> Peter Clinch wrote:
>
> > I recall one incident when a pal and I were taking our MTBs up a fairly
> > steep grassy field. I got bored at walking pace, and decided I'd walk.
> > While walking, I soon overtook my pal, still spinning happily in 1st...
>
>
> So isn't it actually more efficient energy use to walk uphill than to
> pedal, even if you do have unimaginably low gears and no topple-over on a
> trike?
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the only advantage of trying to pedal up my hills is
> the inconvenience of trying to stand up out of a recumbent...
You're on-road on your trike, which is a bit of a different place.
But more importantly with the trike you've got something you can't do on any
bike : stop and sit there. So you pedal until you're puffed, put the brakes
on (with locking device/velcro as appropriate) and sit there relaxing, coz
you can.
(And pushing a recumbent trike uphill is liable to be extremely tedious too)
cheers,
clive