Assembly of the Recumbent Nation is complete

trplay

Zen MBB Master
We looked in every city and looked in every village. We searched in every church and in every place of ill repute. No home was left unchecked or stone upturned. Every recumbent rider in the Recumbent nation who is fit and willing has been assembled. A paltry sum of Seventeen racers of which two are women will engage in a competitive field of 2790 slayers of the laid back racer. The assemblage of the recumbent Nation is complete and they are ready to accept the quest to quell the storm, and ride the thunder known as the WRTL Team Time Trial.
 

LarryOz

Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
Gosh - I just thought there were more bent riders in US than that! haha
Now is Zwift could just give us a Cruzbike to ride! :rolleyes:
I'd be happy with the "big wheel" bike if it has the aero of the V20!
 

trplay

Zen MBB Master
The phrase was every recumbent rider who was "fit and willing". I must say though, the "Cruzbike" on the rosters look good don't they?

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benphyr

Guru-me-not
...The assemblage of the recumbent Nation is complete and they are ready to accept the quest to quell the storm, and ride the thunder known as the WRTL Team Time Trial.

@trplay Did you cross-post this thread and every post from this week to the Herd?

Something sure lit a fire under people's backsides to get out and race this week: There are 7 mixed and 4 female teams = 81 Herd riders in Zone 7 alone! (64 Zone 4; 19 Zone 1; 21 Zone 6, 16 Premier League for total of 182 Herd riders if my brain calculator is working!) (I got bumped out of the Bees - good thing I checked.)
 

trplay

Zen MBB Master
@trplay Did you cross-post this thread and every post from this week to the Herd?

LOL, No re-posts to the herd, only re-posts over on BROL. But I held back this last one. I'm keeping the faith but I do understand it's a lost cause. I think we are simply out gunned when you consider Zwift had over 2.5 million different accounts sign up since 2014. Out of that number it's possible only a 100 or so ride recumbents. BROL is especially depressing. Mainstream cyclists have figured out the companion benefits of both Zwift and outdoor cycling. Recumbent riders not so much. Over on BROL when you mention virtual cycling they think I am talking about a spin class where Richard Simmons is playing disco music in front of a group of spinners. " They once had a trainer and it was so boring they had to watch videos. "No sir, don't want none of that", they say.
 
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benphyr

Guru-me-not
I guess many of us recumbent riders are a bit loner-ish to begin with, then you add in the conformist mentality of cycle groups in general compared with the million extreme non-conformist recumbent forms and riders and you have a recipe for divergent paths. But I have to agree with you, recumbents are made for Zwift and similar platforms.

When stationary (or relatively so) in your living room the sit-on-a-fence-post nature of the diamond frame bicycle is exaggerated in comparison to the lazy-boy recumbent bicycle.
 
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