My wife and a bike...

My wife can't use a conventional bicycle due to the sheer physical discomfort of a saddle. A couple
of weeks ago though we saw a recumbent trike shooting through Telford Town Park, think I reported on
it here at the time. Yesterday she commented that she really liked the idea of a recumbent trike,
the main thing being the two words. Recumbent and Trike. Who knows, we may yet enjoy a country ride
together, which would be nice!! I'll get me coat, Dave. ;-)

 

Have you tried her on a Brooks Countess.

The only saddles my wife can tolerate are leather.

 

"Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Have you tried her on a Brooks Countess.
>
> The only saddles my wife can tolerate are leather.
>
>
She says she wasn't bought up in an era where women could go and discuss their 'wimmins bits' with
12 year old spotty youths in shops!!...hence the interest in a 'bent trike ;-)

 

I find my Terry's Liberator TiLite a very comfortable saddle - didn't discuss my bits with any
spotty youths, bought it online from Deeside Cycles. See
http://www.deesidecycles.com/shopfront_terryso300902.htm

Cheers, helen s

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"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Have you tried her on a Brooks Countess.
> >
> > The only saddles my wife can tolerate are leather.
> >
> >
> She says she wasn't bought up in an era where women could go and discuss their 'wimmins bits' with
> 12 year old spotty youths in shops!!...hence the interest in a 'bent trike ;-)
>
>

May or may not be of interest, but www.gearshift.co.uk do a 'box of saddles' - put down a deposit,
and they'll send you a box of various womens (or mens) saddles for you to try to help you work out
what saddle suits best. It's not mentioned on their website that I can see, so you'd have to phone
them (or get hold of a catalogue, which is where I spotted it).

Velvet

 

Don't know what your budget is but there is what appears to be a scorching bargain on a Windcheetah
trike in the sales ads of this months Cycling Plus. The advert is a bit confusing but it appears to
be a brand new trike, only ridden for a few miles and going for a grand. OK it sounds like a
ClubSport model but even then it would be £2,400 new and if your wife didn't like it you should have
no trouble selling it for a profit.

In the same section there is an older Windcheetah (with a double rather than the usual triple
chainset) going for £1,600. Probably a bit over priced in the current market but it shows what a
steal the other one is.

Cheers,

Andy

 

"wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I find my Terry's Liberator TiLite a very comfortable saddle - didn't
discuss
> my bits with any spotty youths, bought it online from Deeside Cycles. See
> http://www.deesidecycles.com/shopfront_terryso300902.htm
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> Flush out that intestinal parasite and/or the waste product before sending
a
> reply!
>
> Any speeliong mistake$ aR the resiult of my cats sitting on the
keyboaRRRDdd
> ~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks Helen....Presumably she can return it if found to be too uncomfortable ?

 

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Don't know what your budget is but there is what appears to be a scorching bargain on a
> Windcheetah trike in the sales ads of this months Cycling
Plus.
> The advert is a bit confusing but it appears to be a brand new trike, only ridden for a few miles
> and going for a grand. OK it sounds like a
ClubSport
> model but even then it would be £2,400 new and if your wife didn't like it you should have no
> trouble selling it for a profit.
>
> In the same section there is an older Windcheetah (with a double rather
than
> the usual triple chainset) going for £1,600. Probably a bit over priced in the current market but
> it shows what a steal the other one is.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
Many thanks Andy...I'll broach the possibility with her, then invest in the mag if she is genuinely
interested in the possibility. Cheers, Dave.

 

"Velvet" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Have you tried her on a Brooks Countess.
> > >
> > > The only saddles my wife can tolerate are leather.
> > >
> > >
> > She says she wasn't bought up in an era where women could go and discuss their 'wimmins bits'
> > with 12 year old spotty youths in shops!!...hence
the
> > interest in a 'bent trike ;-)
> >
> >
>
> May or may not be of interest, but www.gearshift.co.uk do a 'box of saddles' - put down a deposit,
> and they'll send you a box of various
womens
> (or mens) saddles for you to try to help you work out what saddle suits best. It's not mentioned
> on their website that I can see, so you'd have
to
> phone them (or get hold of a catalogue, which is where I spotted it).
>
> Velvet
>
>
Like the sound of that Velvet. I'll discuss with her....mind you, it'll then give the game away that
I've been discussing the subject globally....ooops! Cheers, Dave. ;-)

 

Has your wife heard of or tried a DD Wings saddle? (Or has anyone else?)

http://www.bigg-in-bikes.com/Componentspage.htm

Just a thought - I've no experience of this saddle or connection with the seller.

Cheers, Lionel

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:cJ%[email protected]...
> My wife can't use a conventional bicycle due to the sheer physical discomfort of a saddle. A
> couple of weeks ago though we saw a recumbent trike shooting through Telford Town Park, think I
> reported on it here at the time. Yesterday she commented that she really liked the idea of a
> recumbent
trike,
> the main thing being the two words. Recumbent and Trike. Who knows, we may yet enjoy a country
> ride together, which would be nice!! I'll get me coat, Dave. ;-)

 

"Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Have you tried her on a Brooks Countess.
>
> I can vouch for the Countess. Don't think I would ride on anything else
these days. I recently had to borrow my son's bike while mine was off the road for a few days. I am
sure it is fitted with a brick instead of a saddle!
Jo

 

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:26:33 +0100, "Dave" <[email protected]> blathered:

>My wife can't use a conventional bicycle due to the sheer physical discomfort of a saddle.

http://www.derri-air.com/limo.htm

Pete
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"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Velvet" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > "Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > Have you tried her on a Brooks Countess.
> > > >
> > > > The only saddles my wife can tolerate are leather.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > She says she wasn't bought up in an era where women could go and
discuss
> > > their 'wimmins bits' with 12 year old spotty youths in shops!!...hence
> the
> > > interest in a 'bent trike ;-)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > May or may not be of interest, but www.gearshift.co.uk do a 'box of saddles' - put down a
> > deposit, and they'll send you a box of various
> womens
> > (or mens) saddles for you to try to help you work out what saddle suits best. It's not mentioned
> > on their website that I can see, so you'd have
> to
> > phone them (or get hold of a catalogue, which is where I spotted it).
> >
> > Velvet
> >
> >
> Like the sound of that Velvet. I'll discuss with her....mind you, it'll
then
> give the game away that I've been discussing the subject
globally....ooops!
> Cheers, Dave. ;-)
>
>

Something else you might want to consider is that she may find womens saddles uncomfortable for a
number of reasons, one of which might be excessive width, oddly enough. If that's the case, she
could try some that probably look like they'd be torture, like lady-specific racing saddles. That's
what I have at the moment (selle italia octavia lady), and it's more comfortable than my old
traditional cycle as a kid, with one of those armchair ladies saddles on

Velvet

Velvet

 

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:26:33 +0100 someone who may be "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote this:-

>Yesterday she commented that she really liked the idea of a recumbent trike, the main thing being
>the two words. Recumbent and Trike.

It's an investment for everyone in the household.

They can usually be rapidly adjusted to suit all shapes of people, can carry a fair amount of
shopping and make excellent tractors for pulling trailers. They do take up a fair amount of
garage space though. Some have a relatively high up seating position, which is good for a general
purpose machine.

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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:35:12 +0100 someone who may be "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote this:-

>I'll discuss with her....mind you, it'll then give the game away that I've been discussing the
>subject globally....ooops!

You need to improve your approach. Why not just have the idea yourself, do some research and come up
with it

Discussing the subject globally? Not me, honest

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David Hansen <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:26:33 +0100 someone who may be "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>
>>Yesterday she commented that she really liked the idea of a recumbent trike, the main thing being
>>the two words. Recumbent and Trike.
>
> It's an investment for everyone in the household.
<snip>

And there's always Greenspeed's convertible tandem/solo GTV recumbent
http://www.wrhpv.com/greenspeed/gtv/spec/index.html. Two for the price of one (and a half)! I just
came across this yesterday and it's already at the top of my wish list. Unfortunately my wife's more
realistic wish list takes precedence :-/

Have fun!

Graeme