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garryb
Guest
And it is my **** that is the subject of much pain.
Dear god, I can' remember in being in such a pitiful state.
I took my swb homebuild out for it's longest test today - a 68 mile
trip to Oxford and back. I was working yesterday so I didn't have the
opportunity to take advantage of the lovely weather we had here in the
UK, so I went today, expecting something similiar. Not so. Misty all
day where I am, and kind of chilly.
Anyway,this swb I've got is kind of fine. It steers ok, shifts,
brakes, is reasonably stable.... and has a plywood/foam seat - which I
thought on my shorter test runs round town was just dandy [longest
trip had been 15 mile]. I was well chuffed the bike made the trip,
that was the main purpose of the exercise, but dear god, does my ****
ache!!! Is this recumbent butt or just a bad seat? Guess I'll find
that out.
There are a couple of difficult climbs on the return journey that are
real killers [to me anyway], which I've always managed to do on my DF,
but I came so close today to caving in. But I didn't. But only just.
It was really, really hard. Much harder than I'd anticipated to be
honest. And I ws really kind of disappointed in a way. And my ****,
arrrgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How true is the notion that 'you use different muscles when riding a
bent'?
I'm not backing out now, not after all this work, but it's a reality
check, that's for sure.
I'm not normally one to relate ride experiences, but this takes the
biscuit as far as I'm concerned. I have lopads more to write, but I
need my arms for drinking beer now.
Anyway, thanks for listening :]
Garry
[moving around the place like an 46 yr old man]
Dear god, I can' remember in being in such a pitiful state.
I took my swb homebuild out for it's longest test today - a 68 mile
trip to Oxford and back. I was working yesterday so I didn't have the
opportunity to take advantage of the lovely weather we had here in the
UK, so I went today, expecting something similiar. Not so. Misty all
day where I am, and kind of chilly.
Anyway,this swb I've got is kind of fine. It steers ok, shifts,
brakes, is reasonably stable.... and has a plywood/foam seat - which I
thought on my shorter test runs round town was just dandy [longest
trip had been 15 mile]. I was well chuffed the bike made the trip,
that was the main purpose of the exercise, but dear god, does my ****
ache!!! Is this recumbent butt or just a bad seat? Guess I'll find
that out.
There are a couple of difficult climbs on the return journey that are
real killers [to me anyway], which I've always managed to do on my DF,
but I came so close today to caving in. But I didn't. But only just.
It was really, really hard. Much harder than I'd anticipated to be
honest. And I ws really kind of disappointed in a way. And my ****,
arrrgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How true is the notion that 'you use different muscles when riding a
bent'?
I'm not backing out now, not after all this work, but it's a reality
check, that's for sure.
I'm not normally one to relate ride experiences, but this takes the
biscuit as far as I'm concerned. I have lopads more to write, but I
need my arms for drinking beer now.
Anyway, thanks for listening :]
Garry
[moving around the place like an 46 yr old man]