Pedal Forward Bike

Zoot Katz said:

Tom Sherman said:

Try a fully-faired upright if you want instability in windy conditions!

A full deck of spoke cards in ther front wheel of a track bike will
make it squirrely in gusts.

There is a reason why racers only use disc wheels on the back during
time trials, and not on the front.

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In rec.bicycles.misc 'Tom \'Johnny Sunset\' Sherman said:

Bob Hunt said:

Who are these "elitists" and what accommodations are they refusing to
make? In the context of bikes on the road the only elitists I've
encountered are a small percentage of motorists and they don't think
*anything* other than cars and light trucks belong on the street. They
certainly don't differentiate between recumbents and conventional
bikes.

I have encountered enough attitude in bike shops to know that there is a
considerable element that considers anyone who is not a racer or at
least a "serious" club rider to be unworthy.

Eh, I consider any of those types of poseurs who don't own a cargo or
grocery bike not worth my time to sneer at. [0]

Quoted message said:

On Usenet we have those who disparage the notion that anyone could not
be comfortable on a conventional upright through "proper fitting" with
the suggestion that those who can not should find another activity
besides cycling.

On Usenet we have those who disparage the notion that anyone can be
comfortable on a conventional upright at all. With the suggestion that
they ride a recumbent because anyone who rides an upwrong is an
addlepated fool and part of the international bicycle dealers
conspiracy. [1]

[0] Insert jocular emoticon here. I'm mostly joking. Mostly.

[1] The preceeding paragraph is not actually targeted at you. It's
actually targeted at DougC. Before I ran into his particular breed of
recumbent bigotry I *was* really interested in recumbents. After that,
not so much. I've recently started to become somewhat interested again
after trying out a clubmate's trike (it's a fun little thing). It looks
like he might end up buying a DF bike to replace it though. [2]

[2] Not for comfort issues, but rather for the fact that he's broken
four trike frames and is getting tired of the hassle.

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