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TexasProgresive

(12,298 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:22 AM Jun 2015

Windy ride courtesy of T.S. Bill

Looking at the radar it was looking like the rain was past us for now. The winds are gusting pretty hard almost directly out of the south. I decided to take the mountain bike so at to have some lower gearing.That was smart thinking. The one real hill in the ride was accompanied by a hard wind quartering to the right side of my face. Not quite a headwind but pretty stiff. I ended up in the small chain wheel and the lowest gear on the cassette.

The ride was fairly slow but the longest in distance and time yet. It was 10 miles and 1 hour. This includes warm up and cool down. This is the first real ride on the mountain bike since I learned about keeping pressure off the median nerve. I still had some tingling in the fingers. I think it might be from vibration. I'll have to pay attention to that on the road bike.

I think I have been riding to large a frame. My old road bike is 59/60 cm. I think it should be in the range of 54,56 max 58. I'll stop by one of the local bike shops and see what they think and if they have a bike in my range (price and size) that is also a bit lighter. Well one can wish, can't one?

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Windy ride courtesy of T.S. Bill (Original Post) TexasProgresive Jun 2015 OP

This is The Bike I have been wishing for: Herman4747 Jun 2015 #1

Pretty cool bike, Herman TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #2

I ride recumbents all the time. Herman4747 Jun 2015 #3

Herman4747

(1,825 posts)

1. This is The Bike I have been wishing for:

Reply to TexasProgresive (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 10:31 AM

Jun 2015

Very stable, very fast, moderately comfortable

TexasProgresive

(12,298 posts)

2. Pretty cool bike, Herman

Reply to Herman4747 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 10:58 AM

Jun 2015

I went to the site and looked at the specs. It's hard to believe that a recumbent can come in <20 lbs curb weight. I must say if you average the 3 prices and convert Euro to dollars $3800 is well out of this retirees price range. Just to note there is an included 21% value added tax that U.S. citizens would not have to pay but a good portion of that would go into shipping.

Have you ridden a recumbentt or simi-recumbent? I have not but would like to try it one day.

Herman4747

(1,825 posts)

3. I ride recumbents all the time.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:11 AM

Jun 2015

I have two, which works out fine, because usually one of them is at the bike shop being repaired. I have no car, so I rely on my bikes.
While the m5 High Carbon Racer is initially expensive, I do think that it is built to last a while. It has neither suspension nor seat stays that can break, and has been used in long-distance riding. Even as I write this, it may be being used by bicyclists on the ancient Silk Road through Asia.
Thanks a lot for telling me about the value-added tax. I did not know what that meant.
Good luck to you in your riding.

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