Tim Brink Posted January 16, 2018 Share OK, so it ain't ever gonna be big, but let's get an idea of who has a recumbent (or recumbents), who rides recumbents, who wants to and who knows a neighbour with one hiding in a garage. Fun, fast, comfortable and a bugger to keep running, some shared wisdom goes a long way in the laid-back realm. I will start. I have one of these: And one of these: And I would donate a kidney for one of these: Slowbee, DJR, Tatt and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Posted January 16, 2018 Share Very nice bikes, Tim. I've never owned one, but would definately get one if the opportunity arises... pauljk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shell Belle Posted January 16, 2018 Share OK, so it ain't ever gonna be big, but let's get an idea of who has a recumbent (or recumbents), who rides recumbents, who wants to and who knows a neighbour with one hiding in a garage. Fun, fast, comfortable and a bugger to keep running, some shared wisdom goes a long way in the laid-back realm. snip So I have a noob question (actually am quite embarrassed to ask this), but:How do you start moving/pedalling a recumbent without falling off? And what happens when you stop? Ferro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferro Posted January 16, 2018 Share Also, if i may add:How fast is fast?What is the max distance you have done at a single time?What is the gearing at the back?How do you find hill climbs on this setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted January 16, 2018 Share So I have a noob question (actually am quite embarrassed to ask this), but:How do you start moving/pedalling a recumbent without falling off? And what happens when you stop? Just like a normal bike - unclip and put a foot down when you stop (or a hand, on the really low one), clip in and pedal off to start. slightly wobblier than a normal bike at first - you can't use gravity to get you going. But quite manageable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 16, 2018 Share ............How fast is fast?............For the Argus:Conventional bike record is 2h27 - that is with a whole peloton working togetherRecumbent record 2h16 - that is a single guy time trialing the whole way So, for a full fairing recumbent over a conventional bike - a HUGE lot faster. But also impossible to ride in a group and impossible to ride in the wind. Ferro, Long Wheel Base and Nick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 16, 2018 Share I don't have one, but that N+1 thing keeps on coming up every time I open a fortune cookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted January 16, 2018 Share Very cool thread. I am clueless when it comes to these bike but will follow with curiosity. Nice looking bikes Tim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted January 16, 2018 Share If I may ask... why are they such a bugger to keep running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted January 16, 2018 Share Also, if i may add:How fast is fast?What is the max distance you have done at a single time?What is the gearing at the back?How do you find hill climbs on this setup?This was testing done by a manufacturer in the Netherlands some years ago, @250w, no wind, fat, smooth road. Hills are a bit slower, mainly because you are limited to staying in the same position - no standing or shifting weight. But the experts say that six months of adaptation, and you won't be much slower. Then you get to make hay on the descents. I am running a 56/39 on the front and 11-26 on the back. Quite heavy. But then I can't get lazy. I have a 60-something tooth ring, but the shifting is atrocious, which answers another question further down: little is standard on these things. so you spend your life Heath-Robinsoning to get it working better. I have done the Cycle Tour a few times on various 'bents, no further, but watch this space. In the old days, Lloyd Wright, Tom Thring, Neil Buckland and others used to give the big pros a hard time in the old 250km road race that finished in Table View. Long, flat roads are a jol. Wimpie's 2:16 at the then Argus was insane. He caught the pros for something like 15 minutes, after just 70km. Speed onto the Blue Route was well in excess of 120km/h. And then there is Battle Mountain in the USA, where they hold an annual speed week. The fastest human-powered speed to date, unaided from a standing start, is 144-odd-km/h, on a dead-flat road. Andrew_Smith, Long Wheel Base, DJR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted January 16, 2018 Share This was testing done by a manufacturer in the Netherlands some years ago, @250w, no wind, fat, smooth road. 1150.1.png Hills are a bit slower, mainly because you are limited to staying in the same position - no standing or shifting weight. But the experts say that six months of adaptation, and you won't be much slower. Then you get to make hay on the descents. I am running a 56/39 on the front and 11-26 on the back. Quite heavy. But then I can't get lazy. I have a 60-something tooth ring, but the shifting is atrocious, which answers another question further down: little is standard on these things. so you spend your life Heath-Robinsoning to get it working better. I have done the Cycle Tour a few times on various 'bents, no further, but watch this space. In the old days, Lloyd Wright, Tom Thring, Neil Buckland and others used to give the big pros a hard time in the old 250km road race that finished in Table View. Long, flat roads are a jol. Wimpie's 2:16 at the then Argus was insane. He caught the pros for something like 15 minutes, after just 70km. Speed onto the Blue Route was well in excess of 120km/h. And then there is Battle Mountain in the USA, where they hold an annual speed week. The fastest human-powered speed to date, unaided from a standing start, is 144-odd-km/h, on a dead-flat road.I thought these bikes were for old people thag can't ride anymore, but judging by this post I was seriously wrong. That sounds insane!!! Fastest I've been on a road bike was 93km/hr at Tour Durban, and I was scared sh*tless! 140km/hr is next level... Sepia, DJR and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted January 16, 2018 Share Jinne Uncle Tim, your garage must be interesting to peek into ! So front suspension and you are ready for Munga on one of these ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted January 16, 2018 Share Jinne Uncle Tim, your garage must be interesting to peek into ! So front suspension and you are ready for Munga on one of these ?Bugger. I need one of these, too. http://www.icetrikes.co/products/full-fat DJR and Tatt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted January 16, 2018 Share farmer glen has a new category to add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyncerus Posted January 22, 2018 Share My wife rides a Scorpion FS 26, mainly due to arthritis in her hands. Very nice bike, super stable and easy to ride. She even manages it quite well on jeep track with a big middel-mannetjie and on wider singletrack. Had some grief with the 3 speed SRAM internal hub but I modded that and its fine now. At some stage I'd like to get her on a 2 wheeler so that we can do more singletrack. Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted January 22, 2018 Share any way you can post some pics? would love to see the set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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