OT: Way OT: what recumbent?

I gotta hear about this machine! You know what I'm talkin' 'bout!

"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I gotta hear about this machine! You know what I'm talkin' 'bout!

This thing: http://www.ransbikes.com/SXP07.htm

It's fun to ride. A different experience on two wheels, for me, at least.

I was at the LBS has November and happened to ask why they didn't sell any.
Turns out, the other LBS here has a guy who has a trailer out back and he
sells tandems and recumbents and trikes. So, on a whim, I showed up there
and took a few for a spin. As variety is truly the spice of life, I decided
I could own two bikes. Why not?

After I get some serious miles on this one, I'll consider whether to get
bike number 3.

IMO, ways of getting people to have fun while exercising is NEVER OT.

🙂

On Apr 30, 10:23 am, "AnonomissX aka ~Melodie~" <[email hidden]>

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A recumbent bicycle, a stationary machine at most gyms. Its very helpful to
ride it instead of traditional machines, because you sit in a seat and pedal
much like a hotcycle for a toddler, and thus overweight people don't hurt
their undercarriage on the standard bikes. It's not an easier bike, its
gentler to your...bits down under 🙂

My understanding (from personal experience and some reading) is that
the gym version isn't very good for Speed or HI Intervals, because you
rock your hips in a way that's kind of cruel on your lower back. The
gym at my apartment complex has them and no uprights, and man do I
hate doing sprints on them. The hard effort creates a rocking that is
just not fun on the back over the long haul. Definitely not gentler on
my down under bits.

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I was at the LBS has November and happened to ask why they didn't sell
any. Turns out, the other LBS here has a guy who has a trailer out back
and he sells tandems and recumbents and trikes. So, on a whim, I showed
up there and took a few for a spin. As variety is truly the spice of
life, I decided I could own two bikes. Why not?

You only have two bikes? WTF is wrong with you? 🙂

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After I get some serious miles on this one, I'll consider whether to get
bike number 3.

1. mountain bike
2. road bike
3. recumbent (mine is a Cycle Genius--the black one. I forget the model
name)
4. a semi-recumbent
5. a Bike Friday

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IMO, ways of getting people to have fun while exercising is NEVER OT.

Soitenly! Why, just today I went for a 4 mile hike. I call anything a hike
that is overland. If I walk on pavement, it's a walk. This was a hike.
Before today, I thought owls were nocturnal....

Pat in TX

Pat wrote:
::: I was at the LBS has November and happened to ask why they didn't
::: sell any. Turns out, the other LBS here has a guy who has a trailer
::: out back and he sells tandems and recumbents and trikes. So, on a
::: whim, I showed up there and took a few for a spin. As variety is
::: truly the spice of life, I decided I could own two bikes. Why not?
::
:: You only have two bikes? WTF is wrong with you? 🙂
::

Well, just think....If I were married, the fun might already be over!

::
::: After I get some serious miles on this one, I'll consider whether
::: to get bike number 3.
::
:: 1. mountain bike
:: 2. road bike
:: 3. recumbent (mine is a Cycle Genius--the black one. I forget the
:: model name)
:: 4. a semi-recumbent
:: 5. a Bike Friday

Bike Friday? Is that a foldable? That's an interesting thought.

Do you still ride all of these? That's my issue....I don't want so many that
they start collecting dust!

::
::: IMO, ways of getting people to have fun while exercising is NEVER
::: OT.
::
:: Soitenly! Why, just today I went for a 4 mile hike. I call anything
:: a hike that is overland. If I walk on pavement, it's a walk. This
:: was a hike. Before today, I thought owls were nocturnal....

🙂

So you woke up an owl?

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Bike Friday? Is that a foldable? That's an interesting thought.

Yeah. I took it on a trip. It folds into its own suitcase. when you get to
your destination, you unfold it and ride away, towing the suitcase behind
you (which has morphed into a bike trailer).

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Do you still ride all of these? That's my issue....I don't want so many
that they start collecting dust!

I've gotta admit I hardly ride the mountain bike and barely ride the little
semi-recumbent (it was a gift and is so heavy it's almost like a toy).

Before today, I thought owls were nocturnal....

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🙂

So you woke up an owl?

Yeah, how does that go again? "I love to go a-wandering along the beaten
path, and when I go, I love to sing, my backpack on my back...."

Pat in TX where we have really grumpy owls.

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i have 3 bicycles (2 mountain and 1 road bike - 10
sp), so when we were camping one year, and hubby
showed up at the campsight with a recumbant bike,
who was i to tell him no??? LOL

he LOVES his recumbant

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Pat wrote:
::: I was at the LBS has November and happened

to ask why they didn't

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::: sell any. Turns out, the other LBS here has

a guy who has a trailer

Quoted message said:

::: out back and he sells tandems and recumbents

and trikes. So, on a

Quoted message said:

::: whim, I showed up there and took a few for a

spin. As variety is

Quoted message said:

::: truly the spice of life, I decided I could

own two bikes. Why not?

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::
:: You only have two bikes? WTF is wrong with

you? 🙂

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::

Well, just think....If I were married, the fun

might already be over!

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::
::: After I get some serious miles on this one,

I'll consider whether

Quoted message said:

::: to get bike number 3.
::
:: 1. mountain bike
:: 2. road bike
:: 3. recumbent (mine is a Cycle Genius--the

black one. I forget the

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:: model name)
:: 4. a semi-recumbent
:: 5. a Bike Friday

Bike Friday? Is that a foldable? That's an

interesting thought.

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Do you still ride all of these? That's my

issue....I don't want so many that

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they start collecting dust!

::
::: IMO, ways of getting people to have fun

while exercising is NEVER

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::: OT.
::
:: Soitenly! Why, just today I went for a 4 mile

hike. I call anything

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:: a hike that is overland. If I walk on

pavement, it's a walk. This

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:: was a hike. Before today, I thought owls were

nocturnal....

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🙂

So you woke up an owl?

"TigerLily"

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i have 3 bicycles (2 mountain and 1 road bike - 10
sp), so when we were camping one year, and hubby
showed up at the campsight with a recumbant bike,
who was i to tell him no??? LOL

he LOVES his recumbant

Well, that's the spirit! But, bicycles are like arrows in a quiver.
Different ones for different purposes. I am hoping you didn't really mean
"10 sp." I got my old Schwinn in 1984 and it had 21 "speeds" then. My new
one, in 2001, has 27 "speeds." If you truly have a "10 speed" bicycle, it's
time to buy a new one!

Pat in TX

my 10 speed 'road bike' is fast and narrow tired,
and aluminum, and very road worthy, and very light

only i'm older and NOT so road worthy :-)

i prefer the big fat tires on the ? 21 speed
mountain bike instead

kidlet can have the 'road bike' if he ever decides
to get one..... and yes, it's WAY old ! ! !

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"TigerLily"

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i have 3 bicycles (2 mountain and 1 road bike -

10

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sp), so when we were camping one year, and

hubby

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showed up at the campsight with a recumbant

bike,

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who was i to tell him no??? LOL

he LOVES his recumbant

Well, that's the spirit! But, bicycles are like

arrows in a quiver.

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Different ones for different purposes. I am

hoping you didn't really mean

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"10 sp." I got my old Schwinn in 1984 and it had

21 "speeds" then. My new

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one, in 2001, has 27 "speeds." If you truly

have a "10 speed" bicycle, it's

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time to buy a new one!

Pat in TX

"TigerLily" <> my 10 speed 'road bike' is fast and narrow tired,

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and aluminum, and very road worthy, and very light

only i'm older and NOT so road worthy :-)

i prefer the big fat tires on the ? 21 speed
mountain bike instead

kidlet can have the 'road bike' if he ever decides
to get one..... and yes, it's WAY old ! ! !

Well, my point was that if your road bike only has 10 speeds, it is older
than the one I bought in 1984! Time for a new bike. BTW: we have several
people (at least a dozen) in their 70's in our riding club and 2 over 80
years old. All on road bikes....

Roger Zoul said:

This thing: http://www.ransbikes.com/SXP07.htm

It's fun to ride. A different experience on two wheels, for me, at least.

Careful there, Zoulie, pelvic rotation compromised. Can you say leg
press? Can you say "bad for Roger"?
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http://www.steppenwolf.com/lyr/mnnster.html