http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The future of recumbant cycling?? en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:45:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-12873 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:12:15 +0000 ruggtomcat 12873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>humm, some good shots there... I wonder if it really is any faster than a 'bent? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7910 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:37:23 +0000 Min 7910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could increase the circulation? Or decrease it..</p> <p>(Why am I still here? Shudder.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7908 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:13:35 +0000 LaidBack 7908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>'I wanted to look away but couldn't.'</em></p> <p>Some people say that about 'real' recumbent bikes and large people on Bromptons;-0</p> <p><em>'Ha! But he could take several passengers - imagine he had a couple of kids. They could just sit on dad's back'</em></p> <p>Like it.. but lying prone may keep additions to his family down? Is it good ergonomically for one's 'equipment'? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7900 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:13:36 +0000 Min 7900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Sorry to hear you were poorly Min, wanting to watch a man frotting a bicycle is probably a sign you are on the mend(!) "</p> <p>Eeeeew, I didn't WANT to I was just being fractious. :-p</p> <p>That said, it is both hilarious and repulsive at the same time. I found that I wanted to look away but couldn't. Hope I never see one in real life! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7892 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:58:35 +0000 Arellcat 7892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>But pedantic recumbent riders are even more annoying than those that ride their bicycles head first ;-)</em></p> <p>Did you mean "...than those <em>who</em> ride..." perchance? :-p</p> <p>I think I first saw the Cool Breeze Prone Low-Profile bike back in 1997 in Encycleopedia 4. As for pedantry, it is, by its very nature, a <em>procumbent</em> bike; recumbent would imply riding it while lying on one's back. Confusingly, Damjan Zabovnik's Evie creation is a recumbent rather than a procumbent, because although he rides lying down and head first, he isn't riding it face down. :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7891 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:54:54 +0000 Smudge 7891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sore back in 3..2..1.. almost straightaway!<br /> Sorry to hear you were poorly Min, wanting to watch a man frotting a bicycle is probably a sign you are on the mend(!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7886 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:51:01 +0000 Min 7886@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm getting there but still pretty rough, thanks Kim and LB. </p> <p>"great use of a great word. Not seen that in ages."</p> <p>Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to use it in polite conversation sometime in the next week. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7883 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:44:19 +0000 Kim 7883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hope your feeling better Min. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7882 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:14:47 +0000 Cyclingmollie 7882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LaidBack: "Just as well they didn't post the tandem version"</p> <p>Ha! But he could take several passengers - imagine he had a couple of kids. They could just sit on dad's back - cool. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7870 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:31:45 +0000 spytfyre 7870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Min - ha ha, frotting, great use of a great word. Not seen that in ages.</p> <p>@Laidback - I dunno I tend to ride mine hands first, my head only meets pedal when a van or bus (or soon a tram?) has tried to kill me... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7868 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:29:00 +0000 LaidBack 7868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thought you'd been quiet...</p> <p>At least the flu will keep your mind off any other 'bike related' aches and pains...</p> <p>I did want to point out that 'recumbent' is spelt with an 'e'. <em>But pedantic recumbent riders are even more annoying than those that ride their bicycles head first ;-)</em></p> <p>Hope you get well soon! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7852 Mon, 31 May 2010 14:54:00 +0000 Min 7852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well I have just managed to drag myself out of bed today <br /> (I've got flu-all sympathy gratefully accepted) after<br /> what seems like a few weeks and as I emerged blinking <br /> into the daylight I thought that what I (and the world)<br /> really need to see is a video of a man frotting a bicycle. </p> <p>So I'm bumping this thread.</p> <p>Ha! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7599 Thu, 27 May 2010 12:42:40 +0000 Arellcat 7599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I wanted to be really bloody-minded I'd start commuting by car, and be really really kind to every cyclist by not overtaking until there was lots of space and then giving tons of room! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7594 Thu, 27 May 2010 12:24:32 +0000 Dave 7594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>re: the traffic jams. Will be interesting to see how practical Leith Walk is once redone, as there's not going to be much spare space (one lane for all traffic, small cycle lane next to the parked cars).</p> <p>If I wanted to be bloody minded I'd start commuting with a trailer, that would really cause some delays! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7577 Thu, 27 May 2010 10:35:48 +0000 spytfyre 7577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Just as well they didn't post the tandem version"<br /> @ Laidback - I can imagine the person to the rear never quite being heard when shouting which direction they wanted to go, being somewhat muffled<br /> Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ATM... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7474 Tue, 25 May 2010 20:50:57 +0000 LaidBack 7474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That will be from your Shetlandic contact T?</p> <p>Actually someone has warned me about recumbent trikes being a nuisance to drivers... </p> <p>Let's ban trikes first and move on to the bikes later!*</p> <p><em>* except prone bikes of course - as long as they have a white reflector on the front and a bell.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7473 Tue, 25 May 2010 20:42:18 +0000 chdot 7473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>News from Shetland -</p> <p>"Saw recumby thingy trike causing Shetland's first traffic jam in a decade yesterday" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7460 Tue, 25 May 2010 18:11:00 +0000 LaidBack 7460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>oh god, I think I threw up in my mouth a little... </em></p> <p>Just as well they didn't post the <strong>tandem version</strong></p> <p>That's got a <em>parental guidance</em> <strong>18</strong> warning ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7455 Tue, 25 May 2010 17:14:20 +0000 Kim 7455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye, <a href="http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010/05/flipping-script-upside-down-and-against.html">Bike Snob NYC</a>, is evidently a Citycycling reader ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7452 Tue, 25 May 2010 17:07:37 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 7452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Pretty sure I've seen that video before somewhere, can't remember where it was linked from though. Citycycling?</em></p> <p>Certainly was. Citycycling once again ahead of the curve.... ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7432 Tue, 25 May 2010 15:13:11 +0000 spytfyre 7432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*hurp*<br /> oh god, I think I threw up in my mouth a little... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7426 Tue, 25 May 2010 15:03:51 +0000 cb 7426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks Steveo, I can see that one!</p> <p>Pretty sure I've seen that video before somewhere, can't remember where it was linked from though. Citycycling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7420 Tue, 25 May 2010 14:17:11 +0000 steveo 7420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This better cb?<br /> <img src="http://forums.bit-tech.net/picture.php?albumid=99&amp;pictureid=10702"></p> <p>picture hosting courtesy of my friends over at bit tech. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7419 Tue, 25 May 2010 14:14:59 +0000 cb 7419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Oh yes..."</p> <p>Did I mention that Flickr is a no-no too. :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7418 Tue, 25 May 2010 14:14:27 +0000 steveo 7418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Oh my</em>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7416 Tue, 25 May 2010 14:09:02 +0000 chdot 7416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh yes...</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4638363283_b411ae70a6_o.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7414 Tue, 25 May 2010 14:04:54 +0000 cb 7414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When you can't see the video (at work) comments like "'why is that man having sex with a bicycle?'" don't help temper my curiosity.</p> <p>I'm going to guess that this is a video of a recumbant where you ride in a superman position (and see where you're going using a mirror). Is that right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7410 Tue, 25 May 2010 13:49:19 +0000 LaidBack 7410@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Is this the future? ;-) </em></p> <p><strong>No. No.</strong> And thrice <strong>No.</strong></p> <p>Of course it does allow you to peek out from between parked cars more easily!</p> <p>Voice over my shoulder from LaidBacksdottir - <em>'why is that man having sex with a bicycle?'</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7378 Tue, 25 May 2010 10:04:26 +0000 chdot 7378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=844#post-7375 Tue, 25 May 2010 09:51:27 +0000 Kim 7375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-akkbNyiXE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-akkbNyiXE</a><br /> <center>.</center></p> <p>Is this the future? ;-) </p>