"Bas" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:3 wheels ? Never seen one of those, the occasional one I see here in Holland are all 2 wheels....
'Fraid you're gonna topple ?
I've tried Trices a fair bit (at the Mildenhall Rally last year, you can see I've been interested in
them for awhile) and have had short goes on two-wheeled recumbents. The trikes do seem alot more
stable than 'bent bikes. And there's another thing to consider -- with a child on the way I would
want to buy a machine that I can put a kiddie seat on, and I don't think that recumebent bikes are
very appropriate. On the other hand, they work fine on recumbent trikes.
Frank said:Do you ride with drops, I had tingly hands and fingers and this appears to be caused by bending my
wrists back when I ride my hybrid, when I ride my road bike, I ride on the hoods my wrists are
straight my fingers don't tingle. The effect seems to be cumulative, with recovery taking place
over weeks/months.
I ride with straight bars, because I have found that it causes my left hand to tingle less. For many
years I used only drop bars, but since my bout with RSI in '96, I've found (through much
experimentation) that the hand position I get with drop bars is much worse for my hands than with
straight bars. So much that I want to sell my one remaining bike with drop bars.
Anyway, we're talking an extreme situation here. Unless I take preventative measures, my left hand
tingles while I'm sleeping! And this is with me sleeping on my right side and arm falling gently to
the bed, with no restrictions whasoever. What I've found helps is to put a big thick pillow to my
right and drape my arm over the pillow, so it remains at about the same height as my left shoulder.
That seems to keep the blood flowing.
Peter Clinch said:I suspect Myra's bike is already comfortable... at least as far as wedgies can be. But it really
is rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic stuff compared to a big comfy chair with no weight to
speak of on your arms and wrists.
Well, when the roads clear (I'm sensible enough not to ride when it's so slippery, as the
consequences of a fall could be bad) I'll break out the Brompton and try that. It has very high and
close handlebars, so it may make it possible to consider riding without getting excessive tingling
until I can get a 'bent trike.
Tony W said:If in doubt (and only when sitting down) take a look at:-
chapmancentral.comBike Optima StingerOpen ↗ Such horrors could be
yours if you succumb to the evil that is the Dark Side.
As I've said before, Mr Chapman has very nice legs! I wouldn't mind if mine looked a bit more
like that.
Andy Welch said:Did you check whether he had any Trice in stock? When I was there (a year or so ago) he had one of
the old (pre-ICE) models, but this was pretty heavy.
He's got a used Explorer, and is about to acquire two other used ones this coming week. I think he's
got various brands of new ones as well. Anyway, I'm not absolutely committed to a Trice. Any
recumbent trike that's not too heavy, nor too wide (due to the bollards that polulate Cambridge's
cycle paths) would be fine. And I have had at least a short ride on a Windcheetah, at a Bike Week
Cycle Try-out show.
Eddie Dubourg said:I think there would be a lot of converts to the Dark Side (myself included) if we could afford
one. I reckon I /may/ be able to afford one in a year or so (I dream of an SMGT), provided I don't
do anything silly like moving house.
I've really been cutting back on my expenses recently, figuring that it will serve us well when my
salary is cut in half (I'm hoping fairly quickly to get back to half-time work, especailly
considering that I can work from home, but it may be quite some time before I go back full-time) and
we have another mouth to feed. So I actually have a couple thousand set aside that isn't desperately
needed right away.
Steve Watkin wrote
Quoted message said:Have you seen the Pixie from Trice? For what it's worth try and go and see them at Trice, I have a
s/h Classic and on my visit to them they made me extremely welcome.
I've seen them on their website but not in person. I wouldn't buy one, even if I could fit it. I
think it's meant for someone quite a bit smaller than I am. I have a 30 3/4" inseam, and 31" is the
upper limit for the Pixie. Also it comes with 152mm cranks, and I get along very well with 165mm
cranks. Another reason for not buying it is that it would have a lower resale value than one that
could fit an average sized person rather than just a very small person.
I won't be contacting the Trice people directly, as if I get one from them it will take weeks. I'll
have the baby by then! If I get one from
D.Tek (just 10 miles from here), I can be on the road with my new (actually, probably used) trike by
next weekend, and my tingly hands will be history.
Richard Keatinge wrote, after much deliberation and trial and error:
Quoted message said:A man needs a woman like Myra needs a trike!
Hee ha! Now that's what I like to hear.
-Myra
