Am 02.07.2006 um 07:54 schrieb p_segundo:

> What I would like to know is : is that recumbent comfortable ?

Yes. While others seek a bench or other seat during a break, I stay
on my Flevo Bike. It could be more comfortable if there were most of
the year more air reaching my back, or at least the sweaty clothes.
At least for my way to ride the Flevo, i.e. use most of my back to
transfer the pressure from pedaling onto the seat, not only my
pelvis, I haven't found yet a fabric that keeps conducting air while
riding. Or it's the way that I steer with my shoulders? At least I
use them to stabilise my path which is one straight line in snow. A
bit uncomfortable are the heads of the lock nuts that come a few mm
out of the seat's surface. It might have to do with my measures but
after some hours of sportive riding (kind of racing or continuously
rising a mountain) I feel some extra pain in the back. I felt --
meanwhile I ground the heads and since this was not enough I put a
stripe of quite rigid polyethylene foam on them. A real proof of this
concept is still missing: no hours long climbing with luggage!

And it's easy to fetch a banana or a map from my luggage bags while
riding!

> Is the position on the seat pleasant ?

Yes. If you don't like it, i.e. you feel that you cannot steer
perfectly, you can buy a piece of high-grade steel that is put
between the frame and the rear damper. It lifts the seat a few cm.
You sit then more upright and have better control of the bike at very
low speeds (<10 km/h).

> Can one stay several hours riding it with the same comfort as with
> other recumbents ?(I like riding 200 km a day)

I survived a few such days. And I was able to continue my tour next
day. This works also after ten days. If the lock nuts start to hurt
you automatically change your sitting position to a less optimal one
with no straight spine or such.

> Is there the same comfort on the Flevobike or the Flevoracer ?

I cannot compare, I have only the Bike. The Racer has no front
suspension. It has big wheels which can make it a bit too stable at
high speed. Could be you see from it the roofs of cars while from the
Bike you can look through the cars. Falling down off the Bike is not
dangerous, only 40 cm or such ...

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Greetings

Pete

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