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Impressions from Bike to Work Day
On 5/14/2011 4:19 PM, SMS aka Steven M. Scharf, the *self-proclaimed*
World's Greatest Expert™ wrote: On 5/13/2011 4:59 AM, Duane Hebert wrote: But there is a trend in Montreal that is starting to concern me. I went for a rec ride yesterday morning and in 2 hours I actually saw 3 bents. Now I'm nervous. Wow, must be a Canadian thing, like poutine. Recumbents have become rarer and rarer in the U.S.. It was a cute fad, but the disadvantages of recumbents, especially for vehicular cycling, are so overwhelming that most of the owners went back to regular bikes. Yet another recumbent "expert" that knows nothing. Oh wait, it is Scharf. No wonder then. If Scharf had a clue, he would know that a recumbent's natural environment *IS* vehicular cycling, as vehicular cycling does *not* require jumping curbs and other such silliness (sorry Dan O). This caused recumbent manufacturers to go out of business. Nonsense. Those that went out of business were due to inadequate capitalization, poor management, personal misfortune, and/or trying to expand production too rapidly. Several manufacturers are still around (e.g. RANS, Easy Racers) that started in the late 1970's or early 1980's, and plenty of new manufacturers (e.g. Catrike, Volae, Bacchetta) have entered the market to replace those that failed. Recumbents are great for long distance touring, with several key advantages, but you see fewer and fewer commuters using them. Maybe Scharf is just promoting fiction as fact, as is his wont. -- Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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