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Posted by NYC XYZ on 02/28/06 06:15
Just order the video, you cheapskate, and watch Tim Cope bike his 90kg
'bent up a rocky hill at a ten-degree or so incline.
Edward Dolan wrote:
> "NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1141066627.899991.223170@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Peter Signorini wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, personally I don't rate recumbents, but that's just my pov.
> >
> > What does it mean to "rate" a recumbent?
>
> Look up the word up in a dictionary, you jackass!
>
> >> But
> >> recumbent trikes with 50kgs in the snow, or thesands of the Gobi? My God.
> >> Three wheels to get bogged with no handlebars to push and even heavier.
> >> No
> >> thanks.
> >
> > They push from behind, they push the gear, the gear's all loaded up
> > like a snail's portable home.
>
> It is harder than hell to push a recumbent, you jackass!
>
> > I think three wheels would have been better than two in sand and snow
> > simply because, yeah, there's more to push or pull, but at least your
> > effort can be totally focused on that one act of pushing or pulling,
> > not also keeping every in balance! If you see the video, you'll see
> > that even while they push or pull they're compensating for balance.
> >
> >> You can do this type of tour on a conventional bike, and others have.
> >> Take a
> >> look at:
> >> http://www.mark-ju.net/
> >>
> >> Mark and Juliette did a similar type of trip, in some fairly harsh
> >> environments - London to Sydney; Europe, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia (incl.
> >> the Gobi), across China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia. A fantastic website
> >> telling the story of an epic.
> >
> > Thanks for the ref! Thing is, such a journey should be comfortable,
> > too. If a 'bent is more comfortable, then it can only help.
>
> A reucumbent would not work on rough roads or no roads at all, you jackass!
>
> > So, yes, I agree with Tom Sherman that a trike would have been a better
> > choice of vehicle. Definitely not an upwrong! And I love my Trek
> > 1000c; but I'd much rather slog through something on a
> > trike...hmmm...trikes...mmmmm...ah, better get my HP Velo Spirit and
> > Hase Titan-Pino first!!
>
> Mr. Sherman does not know the first thing about what would work as a mode of
> travel in a third world country. All Mr. Sherman knows is how to work like a
> donkey 24 hours a day. He should quit his miserable job and do some
> traveling himself and then he would learn a thing or two.
>
> Serious travel on a recumbent trike is ridiculous! Yes, it can be done in a
> nation like the US and Australia with good roads, but not in a third world
> country. Certainly not in Siberia.
>
> NYC - you are a jackass!
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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