Recumbents and flags?

LSMike said:

I'm interested, who here thinks it's useful to have flag on a
recumbent, especially a fairly low one? I'm interested in all
opinions, but it would be great if you could say whether you ride a
recumbent.

I fly the Jolly Roger from mine :-)

Ian Smith said:

Dave Larrington said:

I don't think so. I don't use one and the stupid dobbins /still/ go
mental. Why can't these people use motorbikes instead?

Cos you can't eat a motorbike if you get stranded?
I don't think they make as good glue either.

I don't suppose that the emissions from a motorbike do much good for the
rhubarb either.

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Chris

In article <[email hidden]>, Carol Hague
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Peter Grange said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Just zis Guy,
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I wonder, though, whether it makes the problems with horses worse?

Do you find the recumbent spooks horses more than an upright?

Definitely.

When meeting horses on the road I always stop, speak to the horse and if
it seems necessary, stand up, so that it can see I'm just a Human Bean
and not a Neevil Horse-Eating Monster.

Ooer. If I stopped at every horse I met in Windsor Great Park on a
Sunday, I would need to take walking shoes as I wouldn't be on the bike
much.....
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Peter Grange

Trevor Barton wrote:
[snip] They're a hazard to navigation on the

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highway. That, and they look like they need trainer wheels. How do
they stay up - it's unnatural, clearly the work of Stan.

Absolutely, after all it is the *highway* not the *low-way*. Perhaps
ordinaries should be made compulsory :-)

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Peter

Peter Amey said:

Trevor Barton wrote:
[snip] They're a hazard to navigation on the

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highway. That, and they look like they need trainer wheels. How

do

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they stay up - it's unnatural, clearly the work of Stan.

Absolutely, after all it is the *highway* not the *low-way*. Perhaps

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ordinaries should be made compulsory :-)

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Peter

LOL! I had a good chuckle over yours and Trevor's posts. 🙂

LSMike said:

it was only a small thing. Then not a km down the road I got my good
turn done back to me. My cap blew off on a nice fast downhill and a
car stopped, picked it up, and returned it to me. My faith is restored
for today!

Yes, its not the cars that are evil. I hope you thanked it.

It is the drivers who are the ones to watch.

John B

Danny Colyer wrote:
Remember that a flag

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will add drag. Some people reckon it might slow you down by as much

as

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2-3 mph, though I doubt the effect is that great.

After reading this thread, I put it to the test with the Speedmachine.
10 mile loop aroung the basin. Did it twice last week with flag - 15.6
and 15.2mph average. Took the flag off at the weekend and have done the
same route twice this week - 17.0 and 16.9mph average. That's a bigger
difference than I expected. The scientific approach would be to put the
flag back on and check, but bugger that, I'm not slowing myself down.
So, thanks all for giving me the confidence to give up the flag.
PhilO