Posted by Edward Dolan on 02/28/06 05:34

"NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> 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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