Which Bike Do You Recommend?

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An ordinary or a safety?

If by ordinary you mean a diamond frame, that is the same as a safety

Ken
--
You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're
having a good day. ~Daniel Behrman, The Man Who Loved Bicycles

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Ken C. M. said:

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An ordinary or a safety?

If by ordinary you mean a diamond frame, that is the same as a safety

Ken
--
You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're
having a good day. ~Daniel Behrman, The Man Who Loved Bicycles

Homepage: http://kcm-home.tripod.com/

Thank you. I assume these are both of the two-wheeled variety? I am
thinking also about a 3-wheeled cycle for added stability.

If you can cultivate a moustache worthy of the gilded age, I say go for
the penny-farthing.

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An ordinary or a safety?

Ordinary bicycles have the advantage of height to aid in balance and
seeing over high obstacles, such as the large top hats that seem to be
coming back into fashion for gentlemen. If you ride an ordinary, in
fact, I recommend that you don a stiff felt hat to help absorb the
impact to your head should you suffer a fall.

I believe, however, that safety bicycles are the wave of the future.
I think I would go for one of them new-fangled "diamond" frames
mentioned by Mister Ken M. I hear tell that inventive pedalcyclists
have created an ingenious mechanism whereas the rider can select among
various gears by pushing the chain from one cog to another using a
lever.

Always your servant, I remain,

Roger Frederick Martin
http://www.cyclelicio.us/

Fritz M said:

I believe, however, that safety bicycles are the wave of the future.
I think I would go for one of them new-fangled "diamond" frames
mentioned by Mister Ken M. I /

You make some very valid points, especially those pertaining to
potential damage to my cranium, that lead me to think that an Ordinary
may not be the right choice for a bi-cyclist of my limited abilities.
So if I choose a bi-cycle over a 3 wheeler, a safety it shall be. But,
which type? One of the more usual types that you see with a chain
drive? Or should I opt for one of the chainless variety? Althougth
the latter is a somewhat more expensive I feel that I may recoup the
difference in trouser repair after only a fews months of riding.

Fritz M said:

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An ordinary or a safety?

Ordinary bicycles have the advantage of height to aid in balance and
seeing over high obstacles, such as the large top hats that seem to be
coming back into fashion for gentlemen. If you ride an ordinary, in
fact, I recommend that you don a stiff felt hat to help absorb the
impact to your head should you suffer a fall.

I believe, however, that safety bicycles are the wave of the future.
I think I would go for one of them new-fangled "diamond" frames
mentioned by Mister Ken M. I hear tell that inventive pedalcyclists
have created an ingenious mechanism whereas the rider can select among
various gears by pushing the chain from one cog to another using a
lever.

Nonsense. I do not believe, for a minute, that safeties will catch on.
All very well for "below stairs" or fabians I imagine but hardly the
steed of a gentleman. Have you considered a velocipede?

pip pip

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An ordinary or a safety?

Yes.

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An ordinary or a safety?

If you can not touch the ground with one hand while seated, the bike is
too tall.

--
Tom "Lowracer" Sherman - Fox River Valley

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An ordinary or a safety?

If you can not touch the ground with one hand while seated, the bike is
too tall.

--
Tom "Lowracer" Sherman - Fox River Valley

Mr. Sherman should stay on ARBR where he belongs and not be slumming on an
upright newsgroup like RBM. It wouldn't be so bad if he had something to
say, but as always he is the king of the one-liners. But maybe that is what
the idiots of RBM want, just another one-liner to go with all their other
one-liners.

Hey folks, no one here but us idiots!

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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An ordinary or a safety?

If you can not touch the ground with one hand while seated, the bike is
too tall.

--
Tom "Lowracer" Sherman - Fox River Valley

Mr. Sherman should stay on ARBR where he belongs and not be slumming on an
upright newsgroup like RBM. It wouldn't be so bad if he had something to
say, but as always he is the king of the one-liners. But maybe that is what
the idiots of RBM want, just another one-liner to go with all their other
one-liners.

Hey folks, no one here but us idiots!

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

STFU, moron.

Ron

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> An ordinary or a safety?

If you can not touch the ground with one hand while seated, the bike is
too tall.

--
Tom "Lowracer" Sherman - Fox River Valley

Mr. Sherman should stay on ARBR where he belongs and not be slumming on an
upright newsgroup like RBM. It wouldn't be so bad if he had something to
say, but as always he is the king of the one-liners. But maybe that is
what
the idiots of RBM want, just another one-liner to go with all their other
one-liners.

Hey folks, no one here but us idiots!

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

STFU, moron.

Ron

STFU too Ron, whatever the hell that means.

But I believe on balance that RBM has by far more idiots per square yard
than does ARBR. I shall soon leave all of you to yourselves as you truly
deserve one another. Mr. Sherman will not be happy or content on this group
as there are way too many idiots here even for him. He had best come back to
ARBR where there are occasional glimmers of intelligence manifested from
time to time, thanks mainly to the Great Ed Dolan.

"Hey folks, no one here but us idiots!" - Ed Dolan

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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>> An ordinary or a safety?
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> If you can not touch the ground with one hand while seated, the bike is
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Seated where?

Fred said:

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>> If you can not touch the ground with one hand while seated, the bike is
>> too tall.

Seated where?

On the bicycle seat with the bicycle vertical (the defining
characteristic of a lowracer).

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Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

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STFU too Ron, whatever the hell that means....

Shut The Fock Up.

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St. Ed Dolan the Grate said:

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STFU too Ron, whatever the hell that means....

Shut The Fock Up.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley (

Let's see, Ron wrote "SFTU, moron" and Mr. Sherman wrote "Shut the Fock Up".
I would like to know at this point if someone is trying to tell me
something?

But the Great Ed Dolan is not one to shut up. Nay, he is one to shut others
up. It is a point of pride with me that I never resort to one-liners. That
is for idiots like Ron and, increasingly of late, Mr. Sherman. I wonder what
satisfaction anyone gets from writing a one-liner.

Folks who write one-liners are right down there with folks who top post.
They are surely going to burn in Hell for all eternity for their
transgressions against the good decorum of honorable newsgroups like ARBR
and RBM.

I urge all of you numskulls out there in Usenet-land to emulate the Great Ed
Dolan. Never say in a few words what you can say in many words.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota