Recumbants - uphill?

windyphil
windyphil Posts: 106
edited May 2007 in Workshop
Something that's been tickling my brain 'cos I've never seen one going uphill - Can they or can't they and do you end up with a beetroot coloured head?

If only the legs were as good as the bike....
If only the legs were as good as the bike....

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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Your tagline says it all!

    Most recumbents are as good as the rider!

    If the rider does hills, then so will the recumbent, just low gear and twiddle.

    Recumbent trikes are in fact superior as you can go as slow as you like and not worry about balance.

    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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  • france
    france Posts: 93
    <i>Originally posted by windyphil</i>

    Some<font size="1"></font id="size1">thing that's been tickling my brain 'cos I've never seen one going uphill - Can they or can't they and do you end up with a beetroot coloured head?

    <font size="3"><font size="5"><font size="2"></font id="size5"></font id="size3">As a leading member of the fenland mountain rescue team .
    I recall being called out to search for a recumbent rider
    who went missing during the terrible May bank holiday weather .
    With severe conditions of howling winds
    constant driving rain and low cloud .
    After 20 hours of searching low and high .
    We found him on the ridge of Ely Catherdal !
    Which proves recumbents do go up hills
    even if you get lost in the mists of time .</font id="size2">
  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Ah........................

    That's 'cos he was an inexperienced rider trying one at nearby DTek

    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
    (Unattributed Trad.)
    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
    (Unattributed Trad.)
  • graemetherunner
    graemetherunner Posts: 239
    Yeh they go uphill alright, like conventional bikes, it depends on how fit the rider is and how much the machine weighs. I reckon I would even be in with a shout at my local hill climb on my windcheetah.
  • david2
    david2 Posts: 5,200
    I went up Corndean Lane out of Winchcombe to Humblebee on my M5 2020 and over took two Pinarellos on the way.
  • Uncle Phil
    Uncle Phil Posts: 469
    ...but I think it'd be fair to say that the average 'bent goes up hills a little more slowly than the average upright bike?

    Coming down the other side, though, the average 'bent will overtake the upright every time, and stay well ahead on the flat.

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