Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

On Oct 29, 10:36 pm, "Roger Zoul" <rogerzo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> Ah....I didn't get the fact that you were referring to a certain type of
> trike.  It sounds like a racing model, with a very low seat angle.
>
....
>
> I see. I thought you were talking about a low-racer re***bent, not a
> low-racer trike.  The low angle could definitely make things harder to
ride.
> Certainly, this is a more specialized version of a trike - made for
going
> fast.

Definitely.

>  How old is it?  It must be way long, too, if you can't do a u-turn.


Here's my first attempt at using Flickr.com:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16972296@[EMAIL
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 trike was made sometime in the mid-1980s.  Again, no manufacturer
info is on it.  I know it was expensive.  And again, the original
owner is deceased.

>
>
> So, have you ridden a re***bent of any type (other than that very low
trike)
> in the last 25 years?
> Some of the high-racer models are very light and nimble. I've been
passed by
> some that just seem to fly.....

I think the last time I did a fairly extended test ride was about five
(?) years ago.   I was in Albuquerque for a conference.  There is (or
was) a shop there that specialized in re***bents.  They let me take
about three different models out and ride them around the city.  At
this point, I don't remember the details of those bikes, except that
they were all new (i.e. none were archaic designs), and they were
different from each other.

And it's not that they were bad rides, IIRC.  It's just that I prefer
an upright bike.

- Frank Krygowski