Bought my First Recumbent!

"oilfreeandhappy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I bought a used BIKE E recumbent. I've commuted to work on it the last
3 days, and I'm really enjoying it. I know this isn't the latest in
Recumbent technology, but I'll have to wait until the kids get through
college to purchase one of those 4-digit models.
Jim Gagnepain
http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

How about a picture? Or should I check your website first before asking so?

And also congratulations for not feeling the need to crosspost any reference
to a recumbent to several other NGs...

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How about a picture? Or should I check your website first before asking so?

And also congratulations for not feeling the need to crosspost any reference
to a recumbent to several other NGs...

I have one picture of the recumbent on my website. I'm not sure how to
post pictures on Google without using the website.
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Jim Gagnepain
http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

oilfreeandhappy said:

I bought a used BIKE E recumbent. I've commuted to work on it the last 3
days, and I'm really enjoying it.

Welcome to the darkside!

Mike

It's good to be here!
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Jim
http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

oilfreeandhappy said:

It's good to be here!

And this giddy expression of sickening enthusiasm was prompted by...?!?

Finger-in-throat Bill

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And this giddy expression of sickening enthusiasm was prompted by...?!?

You obviously haven't seen a Bike E.

oilfreeandhappy said:

Quoted message said:

And this giddy expression of sickening enthusiasm was prompted by...?!?

You obviously haven't seen a Bike E.

I'm sure he has, as most of us have and we don't get giddy at the sight
or the ride(I worked on and then rode onne...geezzz...never again).

'Bents work for some, most get really worked up over them both pro and
con...but they really answer no question or solve no problem when
compared to a good fitting upright...

Quoted message said:

I'm sure he has, as most of us have and we don't get giddy at the sight

or the ride(I worked on and then rode onne...geezzz...never again).

To each his own. I've ridden all kinds of bikes, and I think the bents
are a refreshing change.

BTW, my comment was not one of giddishness. I was responding to:

Quoted message said:

Welcome to the darkside!

The Bike Es are all black in color, and I think that's what Mike was
referring to...

oilfreeandhappy said:

BTW, my comment was not one of giddishness.

What comment?!?

Quoted message said:

I was responding to:

Quoted message said:

Welcome to the darkside!

Ding ding ding. Is quoting really that difficult?

Ding ding ding. It's inheritantly obvious to most, when it's the post
directly after the previous one.

oilfreeandhappy said:

Ding ding ding. It's inheritantly obvious to most, when it's the post
directly after the previous one.

Dear OilFree,

That's a nicely inherent pun about posts inheriting.

Thanks,

Carl Fogel

oilfreeandhappy said:

Quoted message said:

Welcome to the darkside!

The Bike Es are all black in color, and I think that's what Mike was
referring to...

Er, no. "Joining the darkside" is UK cycling parlance for riding a 'bent.
For those not hampered by UCI regulations anyway. My recumbent (until
the Lottery pays out, when it will become "my first recumbent"😉 is bright
red.

Funnily enough, I don't possess an unpright that meets UCI regs either
-- they've all got 16" or 17" wheels :-/

Mike

Ding ding ding. Not every one uses a threaded newsreader.

(Ask Oil Free the point of this.)

In article <pan.2006.05.27.19.56.37.874769
@firstnamelastname.com.invalid>, Mike Causer

() said:

oilfreeandhappy said:

Quoted message said:

Welcome to the darkside!

The Bike Es are all black in color, and I think that's what Mike was
referring to...

Er, no. "Joining the darkside" is UK cycling parlance for riding a 'bent.
For those not hampered by UCI regulations anyway. My recumbent (until
the Lottery pays out, when it will become "my first recumbent"😉 is bright
red.

Moreover, BikeEs were available in blue, red and quite possibly a
Several of other hues as well.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
I'm just a primitive creature of the heath, so pardon my savage
ignorance.

Dave Larrington said:

Moreover, BikeEs were available in blue, red and quite possibly a
Several of other hues as well.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
I'm just a primitive creature of the heath, so pardon my savage
ignorance.

Early, US-built BikeEs were anodized purple, probably a hangover from
the Great Purple Parts Invasion of the early '90's.

Thanks bunches for dredging up that hideous memory, Dave...

Jeff "scarred for life" Wills

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

'Bents work for some, most get really worked up over them both pro and
con...but they really answer no question or solve no problem when
compared to a good fitting upright...

Really? Please tell me how a good fitting upright solves the problem
of wrist and / or neck pain issues? While I'm not afflicted
personally, I do know a few people who ride bents due to these
problems.

I ride one for mainly longer rides (still prefer an upright in the
city) because it allows a much nicer view. ;o)

Mark

Quoted message said:

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

'Bents work for some, most get really worked up over them both pro and
con...but they really answer no question or solve no problem when
compared to a good fitting upright...

....

Quoted message said:

I ride one for mainly longer rides (still prefer an upright in the
city) because it allows a much nicer view. ;o)

I have a good fitting upright. It's the most comfortable upright I've
ever owned and I like riding it.

But the question my current recumbent (a Bacchetta Strada, dual 571/650c
"high racer", no fairings of any kind) answered was:

"How can I, a fat, middle-aged guy who cannot stay in an super aero
position on an upright bike for very long, at least not while pedaling,
go significantly faster on my routes consisting of nothing but rolling
hills with less overall effort and more comfort?"

A different answer would be to drop 30 or 40 lbs off my body and train
more to improve my upper body core strength and ride my upright bike in
more aerodynamic positions a lot more than I have time for.

Buying the recumbent was a heck of a lot easier. But I'd like to try to
do it the hard way as well since I know the easy way (aka "it is about
the bike"😉 works great, and I would enjoy the challenge of doing it the
hard way (aka "it's not about the bike"😉.

One thing though--if I did drop the weight and improve my fitness, my
performance on the recumbent would be better still, so I'd still kinda
be back to "it is about the bike" unless I decided to ride nothing but
long, steep hills where the upright surely shines. But that isn't
practical since the places I want to go do not consist solely of long,
steep hills.

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legitimate replies.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>Welcome to the darkside!

The Bike Es are all black in color, and I think that's what Mike was
referring to...

Er, no. "Joining the darkside" is UK cycling parlance for riding a 'bent.
For those not hampered by UCI regulations anyway. My recumbent (until
the Lottery pays out, when it will become "my first recumbent"😉 is bright
red.

Moreover, BikeEs were available in blue, red and quite possibly a
Several of other hues as well.

I'm learning more about these Bike Es every day. Thanks for the info.
And now I know what the "darkside" is about. Is there some Pink Floyd
reference here?

I haven't been back on my upright since buying the bent. In fairness
though, my upright is a 16-year-old Mountain Bike with about 50K miles
on it. I'd probably enjoy a nice roadie, too!

oilfreeandhappy said:

I'm learning more about these Bike Es every day. Thanks for the info. And
now I know what the "darkside" is about. Is there some Pink Floyd
reference here?

"Dark side" was used for unconventional attitudes long before Pink Floyd
issued "Dark side of the moon", and they may well have been using dark
side in its traditional sense because of the references to Syd Barrett
(who can apparently still be seen occasionaly in nearby Cambridge).

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I haven't been back on my upright since buying the bent. In fairness
though, my upright is a 16-year-old Mountain Bike with about 50K miles
on it. I'd probably enjoy a nice roadie, too!

My uprights are respectively 23 and 41 <*> years old. They both ride well
and are used for shorter trips, especially involving traffic and
stop/start work. A high-BB 'bent is a bit of a nuisance under those
conditions. OTOH my particular 'bent is a better load-carrier than
either, so gets used for serious supermarket trips even though that means
going into town.

<*> http://www.mikecauser.com/images/S1-speed-0001.jpg

Mike