10 August 2006

A confession on recumbent bikes

| johnboy
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Many of you have weirdly strong views on the subject of the mostly harmless recumbent cyclist.

Maybe gangs of recumbent cyclists raided your village in the mountains, killing your father, raping your mother, and sold you off to a life of slavery? Maybe you freed yourself from the recumbent cyclist’s slave fighting pits and lived a life of pillage and adventure before settling in Canberra?

Maybe you’ve been revolted by the hedonistic abandon for which the recumbents are famed?

Or maybe things that are different just make you feel uncomfortable because you’re insecure in your own sexuality?

In any event, while I’ve never ridden one of the things, I must confess there appears to be one parked in my living room this very morning.

Recumbent bicycle

And I’m sorry to report to you it’s been here for some time.

Yes, I’ve said it before, we really are out to get you.

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petes human power boat project

http://users.cyberone.com.au/heal/INDEX.htm

i saved a few pictures, im not sure if the link is still good.

bonfire did you save the link? I’m the sort of tosser who *would* pedal across LBG with a coffee in one hand, a ciggy in the other, getting attacked by a magpie despite having orange flag thingy, tho I would just brain the maggie and use its guts as bait.

i googled across a link last year about a guy in canberra who built a kayak powered by pedals to a propellor ala recumbent bike style.

he had some photos of him ‘pedalling’ around lbg.

OK here a question for the disgrunted drivers… Would you rather I ride my bike quickly across the crossing infront of you, or ride to the edge of the crossing, leisurely dismount and stroll across admiring your finger nails digging into the steering wheel as you wait for me to slowly cross?

They don’t use the crossings properly because lots of primary schools will be getting closed in 2 years. Geddit?

Pedestrians using the crossing properly is no problem at all. Besides, the little shits that ride across or run in front of your car where there’s no crossing know they’re doing the wrong thing. That’s why they move so smartly when you buzz them…

AD, so you tend to cross the road at a rather pedestrian pace, then?

Absent Diane10:24 am 11 Aug 06

ahh… see I equally enjoy dawdling (sp?) across pedestrian crossings..for no other reason than to irritate impatient drivers…

I enjoy it when people cross the road illegally in front of me. Drop the V8 into neutral and give it a bit of throttle, burbles loudly through the high flow intake… Said idiots then hotfoot it across the road quite rapidly before they realise the car isn’t accelerating.

Ahhhhh, I’m a rock ape….

Not many cyclists are aware that if they ride on a crossing they have to give way to everything including cars. It’s a bit of a bizarre law. You can legally run over an 8yr old kid if you like.
I tend to stop for people who don’t know better (i.e. kids on bikes) and not stop for people who should know better (adults)

Anyway, I wonder if you could transfer the workings of a recumbent bike to a kayak (har har a recumbent kayak) with making it sink.
– leave the wheels on and have an all terrain recumbent +5 tosser points
– Attach the orange flag thingy to the yak +10 tosser points
– Pedal across LBG with a coffee in one hand, a ciggy in the other, getting attacked by a magpie despite having orange flag thingy +50 tosser points

Isn’t the corc trailbuilding @ stromlo on again this weekend?

You mean the one in the back ground don’t you? The recumbent is a act against the laws of nature and like motor bike should be banned from our road and bike paths.

My, isn’t that a beautiful bike?

or… in a car?

Were you on your bike when you didn’t stop at the pedestrian crossing, or were you dismounted ?

Coz one is legal and the other isn’t. (I’ll give you a clue – pedestrian)

I hate those things…

Not sure why, they just rub me the wrong way…

There’s just something fundamentally wrong with the concept!

James-T-Kirk2:43 pm 10 Aug 06

Ahh,

Kind of reminds me of the potential for carnage when driving down cotter road, and the commies are riding 7 abreast on a saturday morning…

Damn, Why didn’t I bring my Kenwood…

“This sheila on a bike had the hide to give me a gob full last night because I didn’t stop at the PEDESTRIAN crossing for her. Twit.”

I occasionally get the same thing. My response typically refers to hunting season now being open. Bitch.

James-T-Kirk2:38 pm 10 Aug 06

Hmm, Nice, comfie, soft, recumbent bike / sofa, that you could *share* with your very willing and consenting partner while tootling down the parkway.

Without any protection….

(A yellow flag)

This sheila on a bike had the hide to give me a gob full last night because I didn’t stop at the PEDESTRIAN crossing for her. Twit.

Where’s your orange flag? or have you just taken out a large life insurance policy?

I would love to know what percentage of bent cyclists have had a skirmish with a car…

Absent Diane12:58 pm 10 Aug 06

ah yes that would be grand… I reckon the only difficult bit would be trying to find two other people that equally share the idiotic ideal that a goodies is practical and safe!!

Absent Diane12:42 pm 10 Aug 06

futons are great…. someone should build a futon style recucumbent bike….maybe with 3 wheels instead of two…

Two futons sofas actually, and the picture is crystal clear thanks to a digital box thank you.

James-T-Kirk12:34 pm 10 Aug 06

Nooo –

I talked too early – Those are definetely rabbit ears…. Your telly reception must be fuzzy, as the NCDC demanded it to be.

Damn NCDC – They should have never gone away – Far too many tele antennas on rooftops if you ask me.

James-T-Kirk12:30 pm 10 Aug 06

Ahh,

All is forgiven.. I see you have one of those cool futon matress sofa bed thingos.

Can your balance handle such a beast JB?

truth to tell we’re not real keen on either off-road or in-the-wet.

whats next, confessions of a monkey bike rider…

If it gets parked in the lounge regularly I would hate to have to clean the wheels every time it rains before bringing it in the house.

Poles (and the smoking therof) are always found in association with recumbent bikes.

I’m not sure what’s most disturbing – the bike or the exposed brick feature wall.

I particularly like the way you have included a print of Blue Poles in the background 🙂

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