"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Re***bents with PROPER weight distribution will skid the front wheel
> instead of sending the rider over the bars. Some early bad designs, such
> as the Hypercycle, would send the rider off the front under heavy
> braking, and had too little weight on the rear wheel for it to provide
> much braking.
>
> I often wonder if the Hypercycle and its ilk are responsible for much of
> the negative attitudes towards re***bents by certain riders. Certainly,
> if a rider's only experience was the ill handling, poor climbing and
> poor braking Hypercycle, they would not look kindly on re***bents as a
> whole.
The Hypercycle was the first re***bent that I ever saw. I never did get to
ride it, but I loved it at first sight. I just about bought it, but a bit
of
research convinced me that SWB was inherently flawed. So instead I got the
Infinity, a LWB. I have since experienced SWB, but I remain firmly in the
camp of LWB.
Has anyone on this newsgroup had any experience with the Bacchetta Agio?
This is a medium wheelbase re***bent with an optimum bottom bracket
placement (slightly below the seat height). RANS had a bike somewhat like
this many years ago, the Tailwind, but they never got the sizing right nor
the front end handling. The Agio would seem to me to be the best medium
wheelbase re***bent ever to come down the pike.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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