Recumbent Bicycle Group or Not?

"gotbent" wrote in message
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"OcalaPCBear" wrote in message
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I joined this group a couple of weeks ago because I am interested in
recumbent bicycles. All I have seen so far is tons of drivel from an
idiot named Edward Dolan. Eddie boy....if you are such an intellectual
as you seem to think you are, why can't you find the appropriate forum
for your comments? This is a group about recumbent bicycles not a
group to expound on Edward Dolan. Go make yourself a group named
Edward Dolan and have a ball! To the rest of you....just ignore him he
will go away. Or better yet....is there a moderator? If so block his
posts. As for me I have far better things to do with my time. I'm out
of here.


Wow! What a pathetic rant. There are bent posts here when people aren't
spouting off about Ed. Where's the recumbent themed post you were going to
share with us Ocala...? This looks like your first and last post and all
it did was add to the background noise. Shame on you for enticing us to
read your lame complaint with a catchy subject title.

Yes, Gotbent and I are not all that far apart on what it takes to have a
viable newsgroup.

I am here mostly for housekeeping chores. I do not want to see this
newsgroup become a chat room for clubby types. I think maybe Gotbent and I
might agree on this.

Furthermore, I will stay off of politics if everyone else also stays off of
politics. If you don't, then I will be here for you. However, I do like to
comment from time to time on cultural matters and I will not ever object to
anyone who wants to take me on in a civil manner.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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On Apr 16, 5:31 pm, "gotbent" wrote:
"OcalaPCBear" wrote in message

oups.com...

I joined this group a couple of weeks ago because I am interested in
recumbent bicycles. All I have seen so far is tons of drivel from an
idiot named Edward Dolan. Eddie boy....if you are such an intellectual
as you seem to think you are, why can't you find the appropriate forum
for your comments? This is a group about recumbent bicycles not a
group to expound on Edward Dolan. Go make yourself a group named
Edward Dolan and have a ball! To the rest of you....just ignore him he
will go away. Or better yet....is there a moderator? If so block his
posts. As for me I have far better things to do with my time. I'm out
of here.

Wow! What a pathetic rant. There are bent posts here when people aren't
spouting off about Ed. Where's the recumbent themed post you were going
to
share with us Ocala...? This looks like your first and last post and all
it
did was add to the background noise. Shame on you for enticing us to read
your lame complaint with a catchy subject title.

Whines about "The Troll" - does NOT own a Sunset Lowracer.

DOES NOT whine about "The Troll" - OWNS a Sunset Lowracer.

Anyone else notice the correlation?

Mr. Sherman's love affair with the Sunset Lowracer is quite idiosyncratic.
However, I must admit I almost bought one myself some years ago but I could
never overcome the high price. So instead I got a WizWheelz and I have never
looked back. More and more I have come to appreciate its low crank (the
present ones have a much higher crank).

The new Hostel Shoppe catalog has now come out and anyone but me notice how
high the cranks are on all the short wheel base recumbents? Only RANS
remains sensible to me. The Volaes all have way too high a crank - at least
for my foot circulation. The only advantage of a high crank is the laid back
seat position, which gives you the ultimate in comfort. But at what cost?
Yup - foot numbness. Thanks, but no thanks.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

On Apr 17, 3:12 am, Edward Dolan wrote:
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote in ooglegroups.com...



On Apr 16, 5:31 pm, "gotbent" wrote:
"OcalaPCBear" wrote in message

groups.com...

I joined this group a couple of weeks ago because I am interested in
recumbent bicycles. All I have seen so far is tons of drivel from an
idiot named Edward Dolan. Eddie boy....if you are such an intellectual
as you seem to think you are, why can't you find the appropriate forum
for your comments? This is a group about recumbent bicycles not a
group to expound on Edward Dolan. Go make yourself a group named
Edward Dolan and have a ball! To the rest of you....just ignore him he
will go away. Or better yet....is there a moderator? If so block his
posts. As for me I have far better things to do with my time. I'm out
of here.

Wow! What a pathetic rant. There are bent posts here when people aren't
spouting off about Ed. Where's the recumbent themed post you were going
to
share with us Ocala...? This looks like your first and last post and all
it
did was add to the background noise. Shame on you for enticing us to read
your lame complaint with a catchy subject title.

Whines about "The Troll" - does NOT own a Sunset Lowracer.

DOES NOT whine about "The Troll" - OWNS a Sunset Lowracer.

Anyone else notice the correlation?

Mr. Sherman's love affair with the Sunset Lowracer is quite idiosyncratic.
However, I must admit I almost bought one myself some years ago but I could
never overcome the high price....

What good is hoarding money (once one has enough for the necessities
of food, shelter, clothing and at least one recumbent)?

The Earth Cycles Sunset Lowracer is FUN to look at, FUN to discuss and
lastly (and most importantly) FUN to ride.

The Sunset Lowracer is also [drum roll] ON TOPIC for
alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent, so no one can legitimately complain no
matter how many times I mention it.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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On Apr 17, 3:12 am, Edward Dolan wrote:
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote in
ooglegroups.com...



On Apr 16, 5:31 pm, "gotbent" wrote:
"OcalaPCBear" wrote in message

groups.com...

I joined this group a couple of weeks ago because I am interested in
recumbent bicycles. All I have seen so far is tons of drivel from an
idiot named Edward Dolan. Eddie boy....if you are such an
intellectual
as you seem to think you are, why can't you find the appropriate
forum
for your comments? This is a group about recumbent bicycles not a
group to expound on Edward Dolan. Go make yourself a group named
Edward Dolan and have a ball! To the rest of you....just ignore him
he
will go away. Or better yet....is there a moderator? If so block his
posts. As for me I have far better things to do with my time. I'm
out
of here.

Wow! What a pathetic rant. There are bent posts here when people
aren't
spouting off about Ed. Where's the recumbent themed post you were
going
to
share with us Ocala...? This looks like your first and last post and
all
it
did was add to the background noise. Shame on you for enticing us to
read
your lame complaint with a catchy subject title.

Whines about "The Troll" - does NOT own a Sunset Lowracer.

DOES NOT whine about "The Troll" - OWNS a Sunset Lowracer.

Anyone else notice the correlation?

Mr. Sherman's love affair with the Sunset Lowracer is quite
idiosyncratic.
However, I must admit I almost bought one myself some years ago but I
could
never overcome the high price....

What good is hoarding money (once one has enough for the necessities
of food, shelter, clothing and at least one recumbent)?

It is not a question of hoarding money, but a question of having enough to
live on. The god damn utilities alone are enough to kill you here in
Worthington, Minnesota. And the g.d taxes - well, the less said about that
the better. Everyone knows that Minnesota is right up there next to
Massachusetts when it comes to taxes. Yea, Minnesota , the land of 10,000
taxes.

The Earth Cycles Sunset Lowracer is FUN to look at, FUN to discuss and
lastly (and most importantly) FUN to ride.

The Sunset Lowracer is also [drum roll] ON TOPIC for
alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent, so no one can legitimately complain no
matter how many times I mention it.

I do not mind anyone mentioning recumbents no matter how often. After all,
I have got 12 recumbents myself (3 of them are recumbent trikes). Anyone
else on this group even approach this number?

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

On Apr 17, 10:13 pm, Edward Dolan wrote:
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote in ooglegroups.com...

On Apr 17, 3:12 am, Edward Dolan wrote:
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote in
ooglegroups.com...

On Apr 16, 5:31 pm, "gotbent" wrote:
"OcalaPCBear" wrote in message

groups.com...

I joined this group a couple of weeks ago because I am interested in
recumbent bicycles. All I have seen so far is tons of drivel from an
idiot named Edward Dolan. Eddie boy....if you are such an
intellectual
as you seem to think you are, why can't you find the appropriate
forum
for your comments? This is a group about recumbent bicycles not a
group to expound on Edward Dolan. Go make yourself a group named
Edward Dolan and have a ball! To the rest of you....just ignore him
he
will go away. Or better yet....is there a moderator? If so block his
posts. As for me I have far better things to do with my time. I'm
out
of here.

Wow! What a pathetic rant. There are bent posts here when people
aren't
spouting off about Ed. Where's the recumbent themed post you were
going
to
share with us Ocala...? This looks like your first and last post and
all
it
did was add to the background noise. Shame on you for enticing us to
read
your lame complaint with a catchy subject title.

Whines about "The Troll" - does NOT own a Sunset Lowracer.

DOES NOT whine about "The Troll" - OWNS a Sunset Lowracer.

Anyone else notice the correlation?

Mr. Sherman's love affair with the Sunset Lowracer is quite
idiosyncratic.
However, I must admit I almost bought one myself some years ago but I
could
never overcome the high price....

What good is hoarding money (once one has enough for the necessities
of food, shelter, clothing and at least one recumbent)?

It is not a question of hoarding money, but a question of having enough to
live on. The god damn utilities alone are enough to kill you here in
Worthington, Minnesota. And the g.d taxes - well, the less said about that
the better. Everyone knows that Minnesota is right up there next to
Massachusetts when it comes to taxes. Yea, Minnesota , the land of 10,000
taxes.

When most USians complain about paying taxes, their real complaint is
that some of the tax money goes to people who are not of their race
and class. How many of the rich criticize corporate welfare (aka
socialism for business) or those of the middle class despise mortgage
deductions?

It is also those with the most who complain the loudest; though
doubling their taxes would not force any real change in their
lifestyle. The egotism of over promoting one's accomplishments,
ignoring the good fortune of birth into the proper family and social
class, and last but not least, undervaluing the contributions of
society and labor in wealth creation is an illness that is destroying
this nation and society.

One must question the patriotism of those who begrudge supporting the
common good of the nation.

The Earth Cycles Sunset Lowracer is FUN to look at, FUN to discuss and
lastly (and most importantly) FUN to ride.

The Sunset Lowracer is also [drum roll] ON TOPIC for
alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent, so no one can legitimately complain no
matter how many times I mention it.

I do not mind anyone mentioning recumbents no matter how often. After all,
I have got 12 recumbents myself (3 of them are recumbent trikes). Anyone
else on this group even approach this number?

butbutbut, the Earth Cycles Sunset Lowracer is the Most Fun Bicycle in
the Known Universe!

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

On Apr 16, 8:30 pm, "Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman"
wrote:
snip

Whines about "The Troll" - does NOT own a Sunset Lowracer.

DOES NOT whine about "The Troll" - OWNS a Sunset Lowracer.

Anyone else notice the correlation?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you would care to donate one of your Sunset Lowracers to me for
research purposes, I would be happy to provide another data point for
your analysis. :-)

Best,

Dan

In article , says...

Due to all the trolls, everyone has abandoned this group. The majority
are now at Bentrider Online - http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/

What troll? Get a half-decent newsreader and it need never disturb your
tranquility again :-)

--
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
Mushroom! Mushroom!

Dave Larrington wrote:
In article , says...
Due to all the trolls, everyone has abandoned this group. The majority
are now at Bentrider Online - http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/

What troll? Get a half-decent newsreader and it need never disturb your
tranquility again :-)


Yea but apparently there are no more free decent newsreaders anymore.....

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:48:55 -0500, DougC
wrote:

Yea but apparently there are no more free decent newsreaders anymore....

Free Agent is still out there. I use Agent instead, but remember FA as
OK, especially for being free. Don't know if Forte kludged up FA like
they have to some degree with Agent.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Curtis L. Russell wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:48:55 -0500, DougC
wrote:

Yea but apparently there are no more free decent newsreaders anymore....

Free Agent is still out there. I use Agent instead, but remember FA as
OK, especially for being free. Don't know if Forte kludged up FA like
they have to some degree with Agent.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Free Agent is not free anymore. Apparently the current trial only works
for 30 days, and then you gotta pay for it.
~