BikeE
First ever ride on a recumbent today. "BikeE" Owner says: one of the lower end 'bents available at the time.
Very cool. Like sitting on a lazy boy. Suddenly riding my junk 10-spd around feels like mild torture by comparison! |
The owner says these BikeE things aren't that much money: $300-$500 ish used?
You should really try one. If you like to bike, I bet you'll have a blast on a recumbent. Track down a local cycling club - I'm sure they'd be happy to let you take one for a spin. |
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I rode a recumbent around a bike shop's parking lot one time. The steering seemed a bit strange, but you would adapt to that over time. Metro, it you get the chance try to climb a steep hill and tell us if you surived. |
One other drawback I realized on this trip: you can't use your legs as "suspension" for your butt. On a standard bike, you often stand or at least tension your legs to go off a curb or through a sharp bump. But you must remain seated and get it full force on the bent. Rear suspension would be good.
But still a lot of fun. Total grin factor. I'll be making up reasons to go places on this bike. |
My friend has a BikeE! It looks like fun...maybe I'll get him to let me ride it.
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You definitely should. I'd be interested to see your take on it.
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I didn't think I'd be able to track stand on it, but I can... sort of. I tend to roll ahead a bit more than on the junker or the mtb though.
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So I've had this BikeE thing for a week now, and I've easily put 4x the distance on it than I would have on my beater 10 speed. I still look for excuses to go places on it.
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If you don't like the twitchEness, you can try replacing the headset ball bearings with needle bearings. They aren't as loose, and really allow for a decent amount of trail w/o the looser steering bouncing all over the road imo.
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Thanks for the tip. If it were my bike and not just a loaner, I'd seriously consider that.
--- Went for a 39 km tour on Friday. Didn't push hard, just nice and steady. Knees ached a little by the end, but it's hard to say whether that's just me or the bikeE; I don't do 39 km rides on my regular bike, so I have nothing to compare it to. Aside from being tired at the end (I'm not in particularly awesome shape), I can say that my butt/back/neck were NOT sore at all. And that riding the BikeE is much more condusive to sightseeing. I'd put a fairing on it though. :) |
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