I wish you the best Man and since we are on different continents I will never have the opportunity and privilege to ride side by side with you which my Swiss made recumbent:
I wish you the best Man and since we are on different continents I will never have the opportunity and privilege to ride side by side with you which my Swiss made recumbent:
Loved looking at you site on the bike. You rode hard core on that. I also liked that you wrote about the negatives of the bike. No bike is perfect and it is good to know what a rider does not like about it. You have faithfully stuck with that recumbent bike for 20 years so it must be "the right bike for you". I feel the same about my Holdsworth which I bought in 1973. Perhaps you have other bikes for commuting or other types of riding such as off road.
Truth must be said, that is not my website. I sent the link because it presented the bike. I have owned one for three years now and I just love it. I live at a 700 m 'high plateau', not far away from Switzerland and it is my only mean of transportation, to go to work or go shopping in the nearest valley. It is a very confortable bike and I have no serious critic about it. I have had two others recumbent in my life, a HP Velotechnik street racing and a US racing trike which I unfortunately had to sell while living in Ard├иche since roads there and it's drivers were dangerous. I just loved both. I have a wonderful, magical, highly efficient Brompton when in a city (Brit engineers have brought more to humanity than the City of London and the Round Table mad men, LoL.
I would consider a either a recumbent trike or and upright trike when I get too old to feel confident in my balance on a 2 wheel bike anymore. The exercise in fresh air is always the best except in our Wisconsin winters. It is going to get to 15 degrees Fahrenheit to day -9 tonight.
You would not regret it Man and the happiness one enjoys while riding a trike will make you forget about the loss of confidence. It will be a fountain of youth and since the thing is much more anatomical than upright bikes, you will appreciate to have your back straight. Did you know it was a French who invented the recumbent cycles? Guy Mochet.
You can check the French wikipedia link for an interesting history (copy/paste and translate since the English version is different) of the recumbent concept.
I wish you the best Man and since we are on different continents I will never have the opportunity and privilege to ride side by side with you which my Swiss made recumbent:
https://renekmueller.com/Fateba
Take care
Loved looking at you site on the bike. You rode hard core on that. I also liked that you wrote about the negatives of the bike. No bike is perfect and it is good to know what a rider does not like about it. You have faithfully stuck with that recumbent bike for 20 years so it must be "the right bike for you". I feel the same about my Holdsworth which I bought in 1973. Perhaps you have other bikes for commuting or other types of riding such as off road.
Monsieur Swabbie Robbie,
Truth must be said, that is not my website. I sent the link because it presented the bike. I have owned one for three years now and I just love it. I live at a 700 m 'high plateau', not far away from Switzerland and it is my only mean of transportation, to go to work or go shopping in the nearest valley. It is a very confortable bike and I have no serious critic about it. I have had two others recumbent in my life, a HP Velotechnik street racing and a US racing trike which I unfortunately had to sell while living in Ard├иche since roads there and it's drivers were dangerous. I just loved both. I have a wonderful, magical, highly efficient Brompton when in a city (Brit engineers have brought more to humanity than the City of London and the Round Table mad men, LoL.
Stay strong and flexible dear elder
Lionel
I would consider a either a recumbent trike or and upright trike when I get too old to feel confident in my balance on a 2 wheel bike anymore. The exercise in fresh air is always the best except in our Wisconsin winters. It is going to get to 15 degrees Fahrenheit to day -9 tonight.
You would not regret it Man and the happiness one enjoys while riding a trike will make you forget about the loss of confidence. It will be a fountain of youth and since the thing is much more anatomical than upright bikes, you will appreciate to have your back straight. Did you know it was a French who invented the recumbent cycles? Guy Mochet.
You can check the French wikipedia link for an interesting history (copy/paste and translate since the English version is different) of the recumbent concept.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9lo_couch%C3%A9#Histoire_du_v%C3%A9lo_couch%C3%A9
You just have to translate the chapter called "Histoire du v├йlo couch├й" to understand why it is not as popular as it deserves.
It's not that hot down here to, it's winter. Stay by the stove or the chimney and have a good read.
Respectueusement
Thanks! I put up the link and translated to English
Germans have really good stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6xZcUDhsWY
Others have two front wheels