Comments on: 08/15/2012 – Under the Influence http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:53:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Daniel http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-55027 Daniel Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:48:50 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-55027 I have two recumbents. One for racing, for long travels, and to go fast everywhere. It has a 559 rear wheel and a 406 front wheel. It's really fast and confortable. ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/refletsdevert/5634238134/in/set-72157628349299809 ) The other for bad roads, potholes. It has a rear suspension and two 406 wheels, is more solid. ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/refletsdevert/7433433398/in/photostream ). What is funny is that this bike is not bad to use as a cyclocross bike :) And I have a classic race bike :) I like to use it sometimes ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/refletsdevert/7410421254/in/photostream ) I have two recumbents.
One for racing, for long travels, and to go fast everywhere. It has a 559 rear wheel and a 406 front wheel. It’s really fast and confortable. ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/refletsdevert/5634238134/in/set-72157628349299809 )
The other for bad roads, potholes. It has a rear suspension and two 406 wheels, is more solid. ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/refletsdevert/7433433398/in/photostream ). What is funny is that this bike is not bad to use as a cyclocross bike :)

And I have a classic race bike :)
I like to use it sometimes ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/refletsdevert/7410421254/in/photostream )

]]> By: Ergates_thi_Ant http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54657 Ergates_thi_Ant Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:12:25 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54657 @mickey85, because they are both recumbents? :rolleyes: @mickey85, because they are both recumbents? :rolleyes:

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54643 Anonymous Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:09:43 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54643 Thank you. "Diamond frame" is clear enough, it was just that the two letters by themselves didn't "ring a bell". Thank you. “Diamond frame” is clear enough, it was just that the two letters by themselves didn’t “ring a bell”.

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54630 Opus the Poet Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:09:17 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54630 Ond neither bike is the one in my Gravatar picture. That's Gigi, a bike I made in 2008, from a 2004 RANS Fusion Crank-forward frame and seat. Ond neither bike is the one in my Gravatar picture. That’s Gigi, a bike I made in 2008, from a 2004 RANS Fusion Crank-forward frame and seat.

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54629 Opus the Poet Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:02:39 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54629 My main 'bent (I have 2 at the moment) was made in 1983, I also shave my head in the spring and let my hair and beard grow come fall because having long hair and a beard under a full-face helmet is murder in a TX summer, but nice and warm in the winter. My second-best 'bent I made for a car show back in 2004 and won my class (Human-Powered Vehicle). but it was made too nice to be a good ride, too heavy. The Campy Centaur gruppo shifts nice though. Not enough ratio range for a 'bent with the 11-23 cassette, either. climbs good but runs out of gears on top with the ISO 451 drive wheel (20.19" tall). My main ‘bent (I have 2 at the moment) was made in 1983, I also shave my head in the spring and let my hair and beard grow come fall because having long hair and a beard under a full-face helmet is murder in a TX summer, but nice and warm in the winter. My second-best ‘bent I made for a car show back in 2004 and won my class (Human-Powered Vehicle). but it was made too nice to be a good ride, too heavy. The Campy Centaur gruppo shifts nice though. Not enough ratio range for a ‘bent with the 11-23 cassette, either. climbs good but runs out of gears on top with the ISO 451 drive wheel (20.19″ tall).

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54636 Opus the Poet Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:52:21 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54636 Hence the trem "aero-belly". Hence the trem “aero-belly”.

]]> By: Rick Smith http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54638 Rick Smith Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:47:18 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54638 Fixed! Fixed!

]]> By: Wolfgang http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54664 Wolfgang Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:31:40 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54664 Thanks, didn't think about that, because Joe's head isn't THAT large! His halo measures a maximum of 20" - and so would be fitting a 'bent *g* BTW: bicyle tires are one of the 3 things I think of in inches (computer-monitors and disks being the 2 other ones). BTW2 looking at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrradreifen#Reifen-_und_Felgengr.C3.B6.C3.9Fen there are two totally different sizes, both numered "700" ... (depending whether ETRTO or French system). Thanks, didn’t think about that, because Joe’s head isn’t THAT large! His halo measures a maximum of 20″ – and so would be fitting a ‘bent *g*

BTW: bicyle tires are one of the 3 things I think of in inches (computer-monitors and disks being the 2 other ones).

BTW2 looking at
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrradreifen#Reifen-_und_Felgengr.C3.B6.C3.9Fen
there are two totally different sizes, both numered “700″ … (depending whether ETRTO or French system).

]]> By: UncleBaldie http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54631 UncleBaldie Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:16:44 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54631 @Bicycle Bill Well said. Makes sense to me.... @Bicycle Bill
Well said. Makes sense to me….

]]> By: Bicycle Bill http://yehudamoon.com/20120815/#comment-54632 Bicycle Bill Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:49:11 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08152012/#comment-54632 <span><span><span>I do have a recumbent (an ancient LWB Linear with the l-o-n-g handlebar coming back from the front wheel).  I also have a beard of sorts if I let the shaving go for a bit, and I don't wear sandals since my feet look like they belong to a Hobbit and I don't want to be responsbile for anything that might occur should the unsuspecting public have to view them.   I have also noted that when I am riding my 'bent that the general consensus among the younger crowd is that I am riding one cool bike, and even among the grown-ups there's always a two or three who are dying to ask if they could give it a try — and if I'm not running late for anything or just out for a leisurely ride, I usually oblige.             We must stop becoming so fragmented among ourselves — roadies vs. MTBers, commuters vs. recreational riders; racers vs. tourists; fixies vs. geared bikes.  If it's got two wheels and is human-powered, it is a bicycle and the person on it is a bicycle rider; heck, I'll even cut you some slack if you're on a trike so long as it isn't made of plastic and doesn't say "Little Tykes" or "Big Wheel" on it.  Let's get our act together and start to become unified against those who would deprive us of our places to ride, whether it's the paved road, the technical single-track, or the recreational bike paths on the old railroad rights-of-way.  Save the "my bike is better than yours" discussions for the post-ride bull session.</span></span></span> I do have a recumbent (an ancient LWB Linear with the l-o-n-g handlebar coming back from the front wheel).  I also have a beard of sorts if I let the shaving go for a bit, and I don’t wear sandals since my feet look like they belong to a Hobbit and I don’t want to be responsbile for anything that might occur should the unsuspecting public have to view them.   I have also noted that when I am riding my ‘bent that the general consensus among the younger crowd is that I am riding one cool bike, and even among the grown-ups there’s always a two or three who are dying to ask if they could give it a try — and if I’m not running late for anything or just out for a leisurely ride, I usually oblige.      
     
We must stop becoming so fragmented among ourselves — roadies vs. MTBers, commuters vs. recreational riders; racers vs. tourists; fixies vs. geared bikes.  If it’s got two wheels and is human-powered, it is a bicycle and the person on it is a bicycle rider; heck, I’ll even cut you some slack if you’re on a trike so long as it isn’t made of plastic and doesn’t say “Little Tykes” or “Big Wheel” on it.  Let’s get our act together and start to become unified against those who would deprive us of our places to ride, whether it’s the paved road, the technical single-track, or the recreational bike paths on the old railroad rights-of-way.  Save the “my bike is better than yours” discussions for the post-ride bull session.

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