On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Merijn Wijnen wrote: > > 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 thanks to all who responded... i do have to disagree with Merijn, as not all recumbents do not allow standing up in the first place... it would be physically impossible to stand up on the pedals of mine... well you could, but you'd be infront of the hadlebars!! i also do know about spinning, as i have ridden around the eastern USA and parts of canada [yes around - see http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark/bicycle for more details] but i haven't gotten the knack for it on the 'bent yet... mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. - English Proverb *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:48:08 PST
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