Recumbant death jockeys.

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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Aidy wrote:
    I want a recumbent.
    +1

    They are stupidly fast.

    Not neccesarily that traffic friendly, although I for a longer commute they would be great. I remember Bentmikey (who used to post on here) commuted into London on his.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    roger merriman wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    My cousin rides one, maintains it is silly-fast, but a bit scary on london's big roads. He's promised to let me have a go on it, but it's currently broken. I believe he crashed it.

    dificult to balance at low speeds etc and slow to put ones foot down i think are the main issues, being seen isn't a problem as it's so odd *every one* can see you....

    Well, you say that, but on my commute I used to regularly see a guy on one in hyde park, apart from when I didn't see him, usually at the last minute... they're just not in your eyeline.

    And my cousin had a high-speed crash - his own fault. Turned too hard into a downhill bend.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    roger merriman wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    My cousin rides one, maintains it is silly-fast, but a bit scary on london's big roads. He's promised to let me have a go on it, but it's currently broken. I believe he crashed it.

    dificult to balance at low speeds etc and slow to put ones foot down i think are the main issues, being seen isn't a problem as it's so odd *every one* can see you....

    Well, you say that, but on my commute I used to regularly see a guy on one in hyde park, apart from when I didn't see him, usually at the last minute... they're just not in your eyeline.

    And my cousin had a high-speed crash - his own fault. Turned too hard into a downhill bend.

    fair enought!
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    The visibility thing goes both ways too - on many recumbents you're too low to see over car bonnets, and if you pull up to a junction your head tends to be a good 5 feet away from the front of the bike so you can't see round the corner as well. They're just not that well suited to the city!

    It speaks volumes that they're far more popular in places like the Netherlands which is flat and has proper dedicated cycling lanes.
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    Actually while AD is a part of the reason recumbents are capable of high speed, the other reason is that it makes better use of the large muscles of the upper leg and lower back. none the less I would never ride one

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