row, row row your bike....

MartinM said:

gently down Hyde Park;

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

You mean like a row bike?
http://rowbike.com/

And if so, here's a shot of a more local lad who turned up to Eastway
BHPC meeting earlier in the year with his own handcrafted row bike
[although this one has a slightly different drivetrain], with Mike
Burrows casting his astute engineering eye over things.

http://www.photobox.co.uk/shared/photo.html?c_photo=57930042

Boy, there was some friction in the mecahanics of this. It weighed a
pound or two and he had a few breakdown problems as well, and only
managed a lap in about 30 minutes I think!! Still, who cares, fair
play to him.

cheers
Garry

and in motion, [same lad, same day]...

http://www.photobox.co.uk/shared/photo.html?c_photo=57929753

Quoted message said:

MartinM said:

gently down Hyde Park;

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

You mean like a row bike?
http://rowbike.com/

And if so, here's a shot of a more local lad who turned up to Eastway
BHPC meeting earlier in the year with his own handcrafted row bike
[although this one has a slightly different drivetrain], with Mike
Burrows casting his astute engineering eye over things.

http://www.photobox.co.uk/shared/photo.html?c_photo=57930042

Boy, there was some friction in the mecahanics of this. It weighed a
pound or two and he had a few breakdown problems as well, and only
managed a lap in about 30 minutes I think!! Still, who cares, fair
play to him.

cheers
Garry

Garry Broad said:

MartinM said:

gently down Hyde Park;

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

You mean like a row bike?

no it wasn't either of them; had a conventional (!) 'bent frame and
seat; I remember thinking thay maybe he was unable to use his legs but
I see they do versions with footbars as well as the handelbar "oars".
Very odd. Certainly didn't hang about.

MartinM said:

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

A rowing bike. A recumbent bike powered by a rowing action through one
of several competing ingenious mechanisms.
<http://www.rowingbike.com/main.php> is a good place to start looking
for further information or just google for "rowing bike".

--
Dave...

MartinM said:

gently down Hyde Park;

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

http://www.rowingbike.com/main.php?sNewLang=GB

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

"Lord, please make me the kind of person my dog thinks I am."

MartinM said:

gently down Hyde Park;

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

Ah yes, I know the gentleman, or rather one of them. There are two
commonly out in Hyde Park, one ridden by an older and friendly guy, and
one by a younger man. I'm fairly sure it'll have been one of them, on
a rowbike here:

http://rowbike.com/

I've had a go - hard work but loads of fun. He had a go on my
Challenge Hurricane and fixie too.

Looking forward to next week, Martin!

Garry Broad said:

MartinM said:

gently down Hyde Park;

this morning I saw a 'bent which dispensed with pedals in favour of a
large hinged handelbar stem which you simply "rowed" to get the
conventional drive train going. A web search reveals only stationary
exercise models. Can anyone shed any light?

You mean like a row bike?
http://rowbike.com/

Or, perchance, a Thys:

<URL:http://www.rowingbike.com/main.php?sNewLang=GB>

I know there's at least one in this country coz Don Rankin borrowed it to
race at Curborough a few years ago.

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
My other motto is in Latin.

LSMike said:

Looking forward to next week, Martin!

indeed! as I've still got your entry fee from last year coffee and
donuts in Forest Row are on me