Year
2011
Year
2011
A rich man’s world
I’ve had many odd remarks thrown at me on the recumbent, but this is probably the most bizarre. Said by a fairly professional looking business woman as she stalked in from of me in queueing traffic this evening, with genuine scorn in her eyes. I’m going to put my lack of witty repartee down to […]
A wobbly commuters guide to stopping and starting
Three weeks in, I think I’ve more or less got the hang of manoeuvring in traffic without being a liability. The bit I’ve found hardest to get used to is stopping and starting, mainly because below about 5kph my balance gets a little dicey. I thought I’d jot down my thoughts on the subject here, in case […]
Light up
We were blessed today with one of the West Coast’s world beating instant rainstorms, of the type that has drivers hunched against the windscreen staring through a world of spray. On that note, a useful link to various ways of mounting lights to recumbents. This becomes interesting when mounting lights on the handlebars just serves […]
Overconfidence and ditches
A steady downhill, will speeds reaching an effortless 35kph A sweeping right-hander, bike leant over like Rossi, Fleetwood Mac resounding in my head A switchback, to an unexpectedly sharp left A bit of a wobble A departure off the paved surface, still at about 30kph A descent into the 2’ gentle ditch by the side […]
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