What handlebar is pictured? How iz da ergonomiks?

nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...grid-fireline/

On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...grid-fireline/

Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...grid-fireline/


Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg


Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On May 18, 4:41*pm, AMuzi wrote:
Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:

On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...x-29-carbon-an....

Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg

Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

No sh**, e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/44...n/photostream/
Hey, here in Portland, were totally in to it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/

-- or someone is in to it. Not me.

On 5/18/2011 6:41 PM, A. Muzi wrote:
Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...grid-fireline/


Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg


Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

Andy Muzi implicitly admits recumbents are bicycles!

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

On 5/18/2011 7:47 PM, Jay Beattie wrote:
On May 18, 4:41 pm, wrote:
Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:

On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...x-29-carbon-an...

Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg

Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

No sh**, e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/44...n/photostream/
Hey, here in Portland, were totally in to it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/

Hey, I know the owner of this Flickr page!

-- or someone is in to it. Not me.

Those are velomobiles, which are a form of trike, not a bicycle.

The bad thing about velomobiles is that I do not have one... yet.

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

Jay Beattie wrote:
On May 18, 4:41 pm, AMuzi wrote:
Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:

On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...x-29-carbon-an...

Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg

Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

No sh**, e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/44...n/photostream/ Hey,
here in Portland, were totally in to it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/

-- or someone is in to it. Not me.

Jay,
Does that mean that you won't be attending the recumbent races at PIR the
weekend of May 28?
Kerry

On 5/19/2011 1:07 AM, Kerry Montgomery wrote:
Jay Beattie wrote:
On May 18, 4:41 pm, wrote:
T�m Sherm�n� �_� wrote:

On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...x-29-carbon-an...

Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg

Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

No sh**, e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/44...n/photostream/ Hey,
here in Portland, were totally in to it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/

-- or someone is in to it. Not me.

Jay,
Does that mean that you won't be attending the recumbent races at PIR the
weekend of May 28?
Kerry

They would let Jay ride his horsey position bike if he asked nicely.

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

Tőm Shermân wrote:

Anton Success wrote:

nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...grid-fireline/

Trials bikes often have handlebars oriented that way-- because the
riders hold them from a standing position, and use bars much wider
than their shoulders, it isn't as dysfunctional as it looks.

However, on the bike in question it seems pretty dysfunctional. I
suspect it's pretty much the same as a BMX saddle tilted radically
nose-up, or an urban fixie saddle tilted radically nose-down. Fashion
at the expense of function. Same as the geometrically compromised
curvy plastic frame.

Someone can't decide whether to go for high performance, or a visual
suggestion of high performance that speaks to the technically
ignorant.

Chalo

On May 19, 1:19*am, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote:
On 5/19/2011 1:07 AM, Kerry Montgomery wrote:





Jay Beattie wrote:
On May 18, 4:41 pm, *wrote:
T m Sherm n _ *wrote:

On 5/18/2011 9:19 AM, Anton Success wrote:
nevermind the video picturing the flatbar
The curved up handles seem to be the opposite of what I'd consider
usable. Any thoughts?

http://seaotter.mtbr.com/2011/04/26/...x-29-carbon-an...

Remember when bicycles looked like bicycles?
http://seaotter.mtbr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_12991.jpg

Dearest recumbent rider,
pot, kettle, black.

No sh**, e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/44...hotostream/Hey,
here in Portland, were totally in to it!
*http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohpv/35...n/photostream/

-- or someone is in to it. *Not me.

Jay,
Does that mean that you won't be attending the recumbent races at PIR the
weekend of May 28?
Kerry

They would let Jay ride his horsey position bike if he asked nicely.

PIR is dead flat and a bore -- I've raced there about a zillion times
over the years (weekly races during the season -- ride to work, go do
an after-work 40-50 mile circuit race, ride home -- I could do 70+
miles on a work day) Anyway, I'd get killed by those things on a flat
course. I would prefer to race them on the Mt. Tabor course or
through the West Hills. I would even wait at the top. -- Jay Beattie.