F > Sorry; > There's no such thing as spinning a recumbent up a hill. You'll just burn > out your legs. Instead, find an easy comfortable rythm while climbing and > then catch your friends on the level. > John Winskill (ridden recumbent - Counterpoint Presto - since 1991) I do definitely not agree. Since 1990 I have ridden fully packed (heavy) recumbents all over Europe, and in my experience if you do have a large range of gears climbing is not different from conventional bikes. On an upright you can stand on the pedals, but only for a few hendres meters, not for miles on end. Also on uprights the better climbers just sit and spin. However, your legs have to adjust to the different position, so it will take you about a year to adjust fully. Greetings, Merijn ****************************** Merijn Wijnen Vinkenhofje 8 5613 CN Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel.: 040-2939991 (job: 040-2650539) Fax: same as tel., call before sending or try twice E-mail: Home: merijn_at_music.demon.nl Job: m.wijnen_at_ind.tno.nl Web-site: http:\\www.music.demon.nl *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 08 1999 - 11:12:14 PST
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