MrSteve
Zen MBB Master
The, "standard bike V. recumbent thread" is interesting and fun, but it's mostly about apples V. oranges.
My contribution is, I think, at least as interesting:
Cruzbike recumbents are, in my experience, superior to other recumbents.
I know, Cruzbike makes recumbents and only recumbents, but it's
fun for me to stuff the word, 'recumbent' as many times as possible into a
recumbent post in a recumbent thread on a recumbent manufacturer's recumbent forum.
-I'm easily amused....
So anyway, a few years back, I passed a well-worn long wheelbase recumbent
on the flat like it was standing still;
-then on another ride, passed what looked like a V-Rex going uphill, again leaving it like it
was standing still;
-yet another ride, going up a long, winding country road, I passed a recumbent trike.
The trike was inching along at a walking pace as I -comparatively- flew past;
-much more recently, I easily caught up to a gleaming Lightning P-38 and rode with
it's rider for a few slow miles, before we started climbing a short, steep hill.
The P-38 rapidly slowed... the rider spinning his cranks like mad. I waved my goodbye,
sprinted up to a decent climbing speed and left the vaunted climbing machine, the feared P-38,
in my wake... and never saw it again.
On the other hand, I rode with a Bachetta I'd caught up with which was actually faster
than my hot-rodded V-1 Sofrider on both downhills and the flats!
On the other hand, when we were climbing, my bike was much, much quicker than the Bachetta,
which allowed me to stay with him, comfortably.
The Sofrider is quicker uphill than any other recumbent I've ever shared the road with.
With me riding it, my Sofrider is as fast uphill as the average D.F. bike.
Club racers, on the other hand, leave me in their dust.
So, on average, what would beat my Sofrider uphill?
-Another Cruzbike....
-Steve
My contribution is, I think, at least as interesting:
Cruzbike recumbents are, in my experience, superior to other recumbents.
I know, Cruzbike makes recumbents and only recumbents, but it's
fun for me to stuff the word, 'recumbent' as many times as possible into a
recumbent post in a recumbent thread on a recumbent manufacturer's recumbent forum.
-I'm easily amused....
So anyway, a few years back, I passed a well-worn long wheelbase recumbent
on the flat like it was standing still;
-then on another ride, passed what looked like a V-Rex going uphill, again leaving it like it
was standing still;
-yet another ride, going up a long, winding country road, I passed a recumbent trike.
The trike was inching along at a walking pace as I -comparatively- flew past;
-much more recently, I easily caught up to a gleaming Lightning P-38 and rode with
it's rider for a few slow miles, before we started climbing a short, steep hill.
The P-38 rapidly slowed... the rider spinning his cranks like mad. I waved my goodbye,
sprinted up to a decent climbing speed and left the vaunted climbing machine, the feared P-38,
in my wake... and never saw it again.
On the other hand, I rode with a Bachetta I'd caught up with which was actually faster
than my hot-rodded V-1 Sofrider on both downhills and the flats!
On the other hand, when we were climbing, my bike was much, much quicker than the Bachetta,
which allowed me to stay with him, comfortably.
The Sofrider is quicker uphill than any other recumbent I've ever shared the road with.
With me riding it, my Sofrider is as fast uphill as the average D.F. bike.
Club racers, on the other hand, leave me in their dust.
So, on average, what would beat my Sofrider uphill?
-Another Cruzbike....
-Steve
