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>>1036054
Recumbents are objectively worse at everything than normal bikes. They're just useful for going fast in a straght line, as long as there's no wind, hills, cars, or children who throw sand in your face.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2016 12:28:50 No.1036080 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2016 15:24:00 No.1036098 Report

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>>1036055
>Interlaken

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2016 18:08:20 No.1036117 Report

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>>1036061
>You can merge with a frigging skateboard when you are good enough.
That, by the way, is the mechanism by which humans are able to use tools; the tool becomes an extension of your body, so far as your brain is concerned. It's no different if it's a bicycle than if it's a hammer or a screwdriver or banging on nuts with a rock to break them open. It doesn't matter what kind of bike it is either if you ride enough this phenomenon occurs.

Of course the above has nothing to do with the fact that recumbents of any design are an evolutionary cul-de-sac. There's too many disadvantages and outright problems (some of them dangerous to the rider) for them to ever be popular, and all anyone has to do to see this is true is to look at professional cycling; there is no 'recumbent' class in TdF or any of the big Pro Tour races, it's all traditional bikes. Recumbents will always be a small niche reserved for people with biomechanical problems that prevent them from riding a normal bicycle. Really though because of the safety hazard they present to the rider, and the traffic hazard they represent because of the lack of visibility even compared to a normal, upright bicycle, they should be banned from public roads. Furthermore you're suicidal on a steep technical descent so they should certainly be banned from any really hilly routes. In the end they're only really safe to be used on flat terrain with no sharp curves or other technical areas, ridden at a slow rate of speed, away from other riders so as to no endanger them. Might even be best to just sell them with out a drive wheel and get one of those indoor trainers that you substitute for a wheel, and the unfortunates who are relegated to recumbents can then turn pedals in the comfort of their homes away from dangerous situations.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2016 21:41:49 No.1036151 Report

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>>1036117
Are you the same guy who think bents brake worse?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 05:00:57 No.1036184 Report

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>>1036117

This is how we know you're retarded.

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BaconRider !yuA7eZE8l2 Sun 25 Dec 2016 06:38:39 No.1036188 Report

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>>1036054
>one entity
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,half,, thats, whathey call it,,, I callit,, VICTORY!
,, cages are freaked by bents,, like a child in the road., justhis week widepasser almost headond traffic,, ifso, then I will gethere forthe shrapnel cloud!

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 06:39:17 No.1036189 Report

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>>1036076
>They're just useful for going fast in a straght line, as long as there's no wind
Are you literally retarded.

I think recumbants are silly, but one of the very few things that they are inarguably, unequivocally, objectively 100% better than normal bikes at is pushing through wind.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 11:47:40 No.1036209 Report

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Bents have a place in the bicycle world. They are not for young people though. If you are below 30 a roadbike is the most fun bike you can get.

Above 40 things start to hurt a little for the normal man. When you get really old and you want to keep on riding, an upright bent like this is really comfortable and useful. You can keep on cycling until your 75.

Also, recumbents vastly differ from each other, more so then normal bikes. There are some really crazy designs out there that I disapprove of as well, especially those that are lower then the door of a car. But these are a very rare sight. A good recumbent is at the same height of a car seat. When I rode one I looked car drivers directly in the eye.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 14:20:19 No.1036217 Report

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>>1036209
Also, since they tend to be a rare sigh.
Visibility in practice isn't an issue. Unless you're riding a super low bent.

Rarity means people are more likely to notice it.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 14:40:49 No.1036218 Report

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What is the highest level of recumbent racing? Do they have tours?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 15:36:54 No.1036226 Report

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>>1036061
cold dropping some wisdom on these /n/egroes

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 20:48:57 No.1036273 Report

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>>1036076
hour record for upright bike: less than 55 km
hour record for recumbents: literally over 90 km

upright downtubes BTFO

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2016 23:59:20 No.1036298 Report

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why would you want to lay down like that. backpacks make my back sweaty enough. imagine riding with a permanent backpack...recumbents are stupid.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 15:33:15 No.1036406 Report

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>>1036054
ER WUNT TO RIYDE MU BIRSICKLE I WANNUH RIDE MUH BIRRRRRRK

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Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 23:25:52 No.1036469 Report

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>>1036298
>recumbents are stupid because your back gets sweaty
kill yourself my man

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Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 02:55:28 No.1036485 Report

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>>1036054

If you're going to go that far, why not just go the extra mile and add a penis pump?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 12:04:02 No.1036544 Report

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Walmart recumbents when?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Dec 2016 04:33:33 No.1036675 Report

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>>1036054
I want to know what that wheel is in the background. is it part of the bike?

>>1036189
Not the anon you're replying to, but what about crosswinds?

>>1036298
I'm sure someone has devised some sort of mesh back or ventilated seat to mitigate sweating.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Dec 2016 06:08:32 No.1036693 Report

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>>1036675
but how many of those have you seen

I've seen a bunch of cumbents posted and not a one had a hammock

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Anonymous Wed 28 Dec 2016 15:52:26 No.1036751 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Dec 2016 16:35:19 No.1036753 Report

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>>1036273
That doesn't refute the post you are quoting, though.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Dec 2016 17:47:47 No.1036765 Report

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>>1036675
>what about crosswinds
they're still better than uprights for crosswinds because lower center of mass

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