IDS

I've just had a look at that thing and it looks bloody lethal. Not to you
but to anybody you might hit. The front end is nothing but a great pole
with teeth on the end. Is their no construction and use type regs for these
things.

 

See, that's where I missed out. Dammit.

Buggrit. I was _sure_ you had the terms confused. Ho hum, my bad ;-)

I'll give you that. A rice burner that will accelerate from
near-standstill to 3-figure speeds without the front wheel touching
down does confer a bit of a rush, mind.

I see that now, having thought about it a bit more - and studied the
pics with riders aboard.

I'd looked at the pictures, but didn't see one that gave a good
impression from the side - of the rider/wheel juxtaposition IYSWIM.

I still reckon you're a confused idiot though ...

#;-)>>

 

Pip must be edykated coz e writed:

Adequate climb down, cheers m8, I think your an idiot too. ;-)

 

Assuming he's confused:

a wheelie is one of these:
http://www.stuntwheelieschool.com/

a stoppie is one of these:
http://www.geocities.com/asianbikers/pics/mi2/mi2stoppie.jpg

Looking again at the recumbent trike, then the latter
looks like it'll do damage to feet and pedals first, and the
balance for the former will be a bit tricky...

 

William Grainger must be edykated coz e writed:

You can lift the back wheel about ten inches before the crankset hits the
ground.

 

Hey, when I'm wrong I admit it. It's a good way to learn.

 

Now I'm edificated I'd like to have a go at that ...

If he persists, it will be a bent trike. A few good impacts, crashing
back to earth will loosen off that pesky apostrophe.

I'll be keeping an eye on that KMX site I think. Bring on the adult
version ;-)

 

Offer rescinded.

*ahem*

Bollocks.

 

Pip must be edykated coz e writed:

Their target price is about 600 squids, much more designed for hooligan
antics than one of mine, obviously will be a tad heavier too.

 

Only 10 inches? That's no fun.

;-)

 

William Grainger must be edykated coz e writed:

Yeah, but you cannot go over the bars if you overcook it.

 

That's no fun.

;-)

 

Cheers. Things are sort of looking OK, so I'm calming down a bit now.
Sorry for getting on your case.

 

Are you saying that mine is the project from hell?

 

No, actually yours is one of the most straightforward projects I've seen
in ages. But it's still my duty in a UKRM capacity to taunt you.

 

Black leathers are just as eccentric-looking as black Lycra, IMO. And worn
for the same reason: practicality.

Ah, well, there's nothing wrong with not understanding something nobody's
taken the trouble to explain.

Specialist cycle clothing has a number of advantages over street clothing.
Lycra shorts, for example, stretch with the legs, where rigid fabrics rub
and drag, soaking up pedalling energy. They are also ususally padded, an
obvious advantage. Lycra (or more usually Roubaix) "longs" keep you warm
and don't flap around the chainwheels and catch on the gear mechs.

Cotton shirts rapidly become sweaty and rancid, where "technical" fabrics
breathe and wick sweat away from the body; cycle jerseys are also cut long
(in a long-for-an-Italian-midget sense) in the back to keep the lower back
covered (just as motorcyclists often wear kidney belts). And lurid colours
are as much a response to SMIDSYs as a fashion statement.

The technical fabrics breathe well, dry out quickly, reduce windchill, weigh
less and wash well.

Some people wear replica team kit (and generally look ridiculous as a
result), just as some motorcyclists wear matching leathers, but most of us
who wear cycle clothing do so for pragmatic rather than sartorial reasons.

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I have. It scared the crap out of me. Rattling down some hill at
god-knows-what speed, one's head on the same level as bus hubcaps, and
pinning your hopes on their seeing the flapping dayglo[1] flag on the
six-foot length of bamboo.

[1] Lycra, possibly.

 

Isn't it just? If it ain't what you'd do for fun, then it ain't worth
getting paid for it.

 

It was a reasonable assumption: nobody who has tried one could fail to see
that they can be enormous fun.

My recumbent bike puts my head slightly above the level of that of the
driver of an E-type Jaguar (a recumbent car?) and not much below the average
motorist's head.

The number of recumbent riders is too small to form any conclusions about
the relative likelihood of being hit, but anecdotal evidence suggests that
the "WTF?" factor gains more benefit than the low riding position loses.
Having said that, in heavy traffic I prefer a wedgie, because they weave
better. But as soon as I'm on the open road, the recumbent is the machine
of choice.

A plus in my view - when I pile on the brakes at 40+mph I like the back
wheel to stay on the ground

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It certainly makes yobboes think twice about standing in your path ;-)

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