Nairobi Weekend Group Ride Videos

[ak-tux]

A video of my weekend group ride. Enjoy.

 

[Pollock]

Great video. An interesting mix of bikes. I was surprised to see the mountain bikes mixed with road bikes.

It was cool seeing three different MBB/FWD recumbents together! Are they all CruzBikes?

 

[ak-tux]

Great video. An interesting mix of bikes. I was surprised to see the mountain bikes mixed with road bikes.

It was cool seeing three different MBB/FWD recumbents together! Are they all CruzBikes?

It was not a race. Just a nice weekend group ride regularly organised by a local church (called ICC) for a charity cuase. It's open to all to push their own limits. The MBB/FWD bikes are all DIY copies. Maybe one day when we get $$$ we will have a "genuine" cruzbike!

 

[cpml123]

Nice video. Also kind a scary to have many trucks whiz by...

 

[Bentas]

Nice vid once again Ak soothing soundtrack ,captured some anointing toward the end PTL

 

[bladderhead]

The MBB/FWD bikes are all DIY copies.

Everyone's an engineer in Kenya.

Road surface looks really good. Better than in Britain.

 

[ak-tux]

Everyone's an engineer in Kenya.

Road surface looks really good. Better than in Britain.

There are only three recumbents in the video. I made one and my friend made two. Just using old bike parts to piece the recumbents together. If you want something bad enough but can't afford a factory built one , then you make do with what you have.

Some of our roads a very smooth, especially those leading from the main urban centres. However, we also have some pretty rough surfaces on the less important roads.

 

[ak-tux]

Nice vid once again Ak soothing soundtrack ,captured some anointing toward the end PTL

Yes, those are good spiritual friends. They are good company for a group ride. PTL!

 

[ak-tux]

Another weekend group ride! Enjoy!

 

[jond]

Thanks for sharing. Interesting to see . Very cool. Lots to smile about.

 

[ak-tux]

Just another weekend workout video. Not very sharp, however, becuase it was shot in wet weather.
Hope you Enjoy!

 

[bladderhead]

Why don't you get mudguards? Is mud-wrestling Kenya's national sport?

 

[bladderhead]

Or look up the weather forecast.

 

[ak-tux]

Another weekend group ride video in Nairobi. Hope you enjoy it:

 

[Pollock]

Nice video. I love that you have a recumbent grin through the video. You and the other recumbent seemed to be rather quick!

 

[cpml123]

It looked scary when that huge green truck passed by.

 

[ak-tux]

Nice video. I love that you have a recumbent grin through the video. You and the other recumbent seemed to be rather quick!

Yeah, but some of the stronger riders were missing on this ride. I do, however, feel pretty strong when Iam on my recumbent, except for steep climbs. Anything from 2% grade or more and the other riders have an advantage. But, I believe the main drawback is the weight. My recumbent is a little more than 16Kgs. Traction only becomes an issue on loose surfaces or extreme grades 15-16%+, which are rare anyways.

In my opinion, a good performance bicycle should not be more than 15% of your body weight I think. Anyway it's good fun all the same.

Thanks for watching!

 

[ak-tux]

It looked scary when that huge green truck passed by.

The fish-eye camera lens does exergerate the proximity. In reality , it was not that bad.

 

[jond]

Makes me dance. Cool. Lots of traffic on your route. But good surface. Inspiring stuff.

 

[ak-tux]

Makes me dance. Cool. Lots of traffic on your route. But good surface. Inspiring stuff.

Thanks! Glad to create some inspiration! Hopefully one day, by some miracle, I can afford ultra lite S40 frame to replace my steel DIY one