04-13-2016, 11:59 PM | #76 |
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I hope that your cough goes away and you feel better very soon. By the way, good on you for your donation to a very worthy cause. Almost as good as writing it yourself. I assume that "MS – 150" stands for multiple sclerosis – 150?
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04-14-2016, 08:42 AM | #77 |
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My wife has m.s. ,thank you for the donation .
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04-14-2016, 09:41 AM | #78 | |
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Mostly pavement. Some gravel. Nothing offroad. I do have a trek mountain frame that I could probably build into a good bike. Need to drag it out of the rafters.
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04-14-2016, 12:45 PM | #79 |
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Unless you want to spend a ton of time looking for parts, it's and cheaper to buya working bike.
I see nice bikes here all the time for $150 or less. Mountain bikes are good in the mountains, but pigs on the road. I think road tires would help a lot, but if youremostly paved I'd steer you away from a mountain bike towars a hybrid or a road bike. A road bike will be more efficent than a hybrid on the road, and could do short runs of smooth and packed dirt/gravel but loose dirt or gravel would do poorly. It's just like motorcycles. We have dirt and road bikes, which do their respective things well. We also have dual sports (hybrids in thbe bike world) that are OK at both but excellent at neither. For a casual rider pulling a trailer sometimes on 90% paved a hybrid or a durable road bike would be a good choice. JMHO ;-)
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I did another long training ride yesterday on the Motobecane. This time I made an effort to unweight the saddle during descents and to pedal out of the saddle with a few upshifts while climbing every now and then. I also bought some Butt Balm from the LBS and although it sure felt odd (...) my nether regions seemed to be better.
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Then just about any bike will do. Just stay away from corn cob freewheels/freehubs, tires narrower than 32mm, and turkey wings on the handle bars.
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http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/rover1.htm
I agree. I think something like this will be ideal. Three front sprockets. Enough gearing range to pull anything. Comfortable seating position, light enough and would do gravel and smooth dirt trails well. This is an excellent company to deal with BTW.
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My rear-end thanks me...
I was having a lot of discomfort riding upright bikes...
finally broke down and got this: TerraTrike Rambler Shimano Nexus 8-speed rear with a Schlumph Hi-speed drive in front. Yes, it's like sitting in your lawn chair peddling down the road. I can ride for a couple of hours again without having a numb nether region when I get home. BillR |
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Cool trike, Bill! What is a Schlumph?
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Sweet. You had me at Nexus8. Schulmph is just icing on the cake.
Doc, the Schulmph, for lack of a better description, is an internally geared crankset. Or, I know what it is but I don't know how it works.
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Schlumpf Drive in Wikipedia
My misspelling orginally. "F" instead of "H" on the end... As Cheesy said, internally geared crankset. 27 tooth ring, low is 1:1. When you shift to high range it's 2.5:1 and acts like a 67 tooth ring. There's a button in the spindle you push with your heel to shift from high to low ranges. With the Nexus in back, low is 17 inches. I haven't even tried to figure out high...it's way more than I care to push, even down hill. No derailleurs to mess with, fairly quiet, etc. Kato, It would be great for a trailer. BillR |
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Kato-Just a heads up. Costco has some decent looking hybrids for under $200. If I wasn't trying to quit n+1*, one would have come home with me.
*I think it was easier to quit smoking.
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