Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

frkrygow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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:: 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:
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:: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16972296@[EMAIL
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 The 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.
::

Hard for me to tell from looking, but it just looks uncomfortable.  The
seat 
looks like cloth hung loosely over metal at two ends.  perhaps it's not 
that, though.  However, it doesn't appear to be as low as I thought it
woud 
be.  With that big 700c (is that 700c?) wheel back there.  But I can't 
really tell how one is positioned in that thing.  there a lot of bending 
metal bits there too. Once you're in it and riding, how does it feel?

:::
:::
::: 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.

I prefer that sometimes, but the comfort of a 'bent on long rides is hard
to 
beat!