Comments on: 09/08/2010 – Get ‘Bent http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/ Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: leonotis224@laposte.net http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31934 leonotis224@laposte.net Sun, 15 May 2011 23:40:09 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31934 <span style="color: #808080;">Hi hi hi</span> I ride recumbent bikes since last december. I'm young, eat strange fermentated vegetables and carots, have sometimes a beard sometimes not (has no importance for me), like do it yourself, organic food, CSAs, strange and good things… etc… I tried to do bike messenging with a very low recumbent bike (optima baron) and a two wheeled trailer. It works very nice, and I'm as fast as my alloy race bike. Hi hi hi

I ride recumbent bikes since last december.
I’m young, eat strange fermentated vegetables and carots, have sometimes a beard sometimes not (has no importance for me), like do it yourself, organic food, CSAs, strange and good things… etc…

I tried to do bike messenging with a very low recumbent bike (optima baron) and a two wheeled trailer. It works very nice, and I’m as fast as my alloy race bike.

]]> By: BeeDee http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-32048 BeeDee Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:17:04 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-32048 In the Netherlands recumbent cyclists have shed their beard/sandal imago.  I know a fair amount of recumbent cyclists in the Netherlands (and some from the rest of Europe), and hardly any of them have either beards, woolen socks or sandals, or for that matter the imago that goes with these things. 'Bents are cool here, when I pass a bunch of schoolkids on a recumbent there's always one who shouts 'Look at that recumbent! I want one, too!'  And yes there are ladies and young men and kids on 'bents, too. As far as I know, the largest market segment for the sale of recumbents is still middle-aged men and older. Probably because of the relatively high price to pay for an average recumbent? Or because aging men want to keep up with their younger peers in speed, and need a recumbent to attain that goal? FYI, I do not have a beard, I am not a man, I am not over 50 years old, I do wear wooden shoes now and then (but never when cycling), and  I do have 7 bikes of which 5 are recumbents and one is a Christiania bakfiets (great for shopping and kid transport). I used to participate in recumbent racing and rowing bike championships, which is great fun. And very cool and beard-less, probably because beards cause more drag?   :D In the Netherlands recumbent cyclists have shed their beard/sandal imago. 
I know a fair amount of recumbent cyclists in the Netherlands (and some from the rest of Europe), and hardly any of them have either beards, woolen socks or sandals, or for that matter the imago that goes with these things. ‘Bents are cool here, when I pass a bunch of schoolkids on a recumbent there’s always one who shouts ‘Look at that recumbent! I want one, too!’ 

And yes there are ladies and young men and kids on ‘bents, too. As far as I know, the largest market segment for the sale of recumbents is still middle-aged men and older. Probably because of the relatively high price to pay for an average recumbent? Or because aging men want to keep up with their younger peers in speed, and need a recumbent to attain that goal?

FYI, I do not have a beard, I am not a man, I am not over 50 years old, I do wear wooden shoes now and then (but never when cycling), and  I do have 7 bikes of which 5 are recumbents and one is a Christiania bakfiets (great for shopping and kid transport). I used to participate in recumbent racing and rowing bike championships, which is great fun. And very cool and beard-less, probably because beards cause more drag?   :D

]]> By: ligfries http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31988 ligfries Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:23:45 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31988 The Milan is a great bike too, faster than the Mango. Have a look at the Strada, the Quest and the WAW too, if speed is what you are after. The WAW is default light similar to the Mango Sport, the Strada and Quest are slightly heavier in standard edition, but both available in Sport (lower weight) too. Personally, I think the Quest, the Milan and the WAW (in that order) are the fastest available nowadays. NB Quest for America's through Blue Velo, don't know if they have the lightweight version too. The Milan is a great bike too, faster than the Mango. Have a look at the Strada, the Quest and the WAW too, if speed is what you are after. The WAW is default light similar to the Mango Sport, the Strada and Quest are slightly heavier in standard edition, but both available in Sport (lower weight) too. Personally, I think the Quest, the Milan and the WAW (in that order) are the fastest available nowadays.

NB Quest for America’s through Blue Velo, don’t know if they have the lightweight version too.

]]> By: psychling@comcast.net http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31935 psychling@comcast.net Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:31:55 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31935 Just finished a 24 hour race.  Windy.  Hilly.  Cold.  I ride a Bacchetta Ti Aero.  I passed uprights and got passed by uprights on several hills.  I was second to finish after an upright.  In otherwords, all the other uprights either didn't finish or they came in behind me.  Just finished a 24 hour race.  Windy.  Hilly.  Cold.  I ride a Bacchetta Ti Aero.  I passed uprights and got passed by uprights on several hills.  I was second to finish after an upright. 

In otherwords, all the other uprights either didn’t finish or they came in behind me. 

]]> By: Puckerbrush http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-32023 Puckerbrush Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:49:53 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-32023 my best friend (hemipalegic from a stroke when he was 11) can finally ride with us because he got a 'bent...a catrike.  I'm here to tell ya, that thing rolls! And he garners plenty of attention with it, too.  When we ride with him, we uprights are the invisible ones! my best friend (hemipalegic from a stroke when he was 11) can finally ride with us because he got a ‘bent…a catrike.  I’m here to tell ya, that thing rolls! And he garners plenty of attention with it, too.  When we ride with him, we uprights are the invisible ones!

]]> By: persia http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31936 persia Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:14:03 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31936 They ain't natural! ;) They ain’t natural! ;)

]]> By: Tee http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-32047 Tee Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:41:29 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-32047 Love, love, love my Tevas. I wear 'em with my stripey Life is Good socks. And shorts. And a tank, tee, and hoodie. I *so* belong here. <3 Love, love, love my Tevas. I wear ‘em with my stripey Life is Good socks. And shorts. And a tank, tee, and hoodie. I *so* belong here. <3

]]> By: ben http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31987 ben Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:48 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31987 I have been following "View From the Cycle Path"  Someday I do hope to own a mango. I have been following “View From the Cycle Path”  Someday I do hope to own a mango.

]]> By: ben http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31986 ben Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:26 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31986 I have been following "View From the Cycle Path"  Someday I do hope to own a mango. I have been following “View From the Cycle Path”  Someday I do hope to own a mango.

]]> By: ben http://yehudamoon.com/20100908/#comment-31985 ben Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:59:58 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/09082010/#comment-31985 I have been following "View From the Cycle Path"  Someday I do hope to own a mango. I have been following “View From the Cycle Path”  Someday I do hope to own a mango.

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