Rotor Cranks? What Else Is There?

Alex Rodriguez wrote:

Don't worry, once you are out on your 'bent, all the girls will throw
themselves at you.

If you're relying on your choice of transportation to help you get
girls you'll have a lot more luck riding *in* a Benz than *on* a 'bent.
Just FYI. ;-)

Regards,
Bob Hunt

Tim McNamara wrote:

Except for the really stupid looking shoes. Most of them look like
shoes from Barnum & Bailey's Bowlarama.

For some values of "most"... It's quite easy to find very normal
shoe-like cycling shoes as long as you're not after really high
performance racing kit. My favourite cycling footware are Shimano SD-60
SPuD sandals, they look just like a pair of Tevas or similar.

Pete.
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NYC XYZ wrote:

But then why aren't y'all clamoring for Rotor cranks? Just about all
the arguments being made for clips ... apply to cranks....

Not really: there's a weight penalty, there's a very significantly
greater cost penalty, and there is some degree of debate as to how
effective they really are. Clipless pedals are proven in action by
thousands and thousands of cyclists doing millions of miles, just as
clips and straps before them were proven, Rotors aren't.

What else is there to this 'bent business?

Not particularly more than there is to the upright cycling business.
You're better off with clipless pedals on a DF if you're interested in
performance, you're better off with panniers rather than a backpack on a
DF if you're lugging loads any sort of distance, and so on, and so on.
Aside from the seat on a 'bent, pretty much anything you can get for
them is available for upright bikes too.

Sheesh, it's getting more expensive by the day!

You've spent $$$s on a really nice bike as a basis so it makes sense to
go the full way. There's no point buying a Bentley and putting on
remoulds and vinyl seat covers, same applies here.

Pete.
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Tim McNamara wrote:
Alex Rodriguez writes:
...
Clipless pedals have real benefits to them with virtually no
drawbacks.

Except for the really stupid looking shoes. Most of them look like
shoes from Barnum & Bailey's Bowlarama.

On a high BB recumbent, plain, dark colored shoes are preferable, since
the rider's feet will be in his/her line of vision.

--
Tom Sherman

aka Jobst Brandt wrote:
...
There are always inventors who believe that something significant was
overlooked and that their invention will revolutionize bicycling.
None of them have done so....

Pedal drive to the wheels?

Hand operated brakes?

Chain drive instead of direct drive?

Multiple gear ratios?

None of these are recent inventions, but things have progressed
significantly since Karl Drais von Sauerbronn's "Laufmaschine".

--
Tom Sherman

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"Bob" writes:
Alex Rodriguez wrote:

Don't worry, once you are out on your 'bent, all the girls will throw
themselves at you.

If you're relying on your choice of transportation to help you get
girls you'll have a lot more luck riding *in* a Benz than *on* a 'bent.
Just FYI. ;-)

A lot of that depends on your local cycling culture. I get plenty
of opportunities for socializing with women riders, especially on
the more cyclist-frequented streets here. And the women are often
the conversation initiators.

It helps that they can usually catch up to me.

Women cyclists are lovely; the world is graced by their presence.


cheers,
Tom

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Hull 697 wrote:


Rotor Cranks are nifty if you have knee problems, certain knee
problems. I test rode them and the regular cranks and really liked
Rotors. Throw in BeBop pedals and my left knee just does not bother me
like it used to. Do they add power? Damned if I know. Couldn't care
less if they _*cost*_ me power as another poster maintains. Compared
to the cost of knee surgery they are cheap. Like a lot of things in
BentWorld, it's a personal thing.

I'd love to try one out...sounds interesting, and seems to deal with
the knee/ankle issues that clips/clipless do.

Girl/Woman? Got one. Took her along when I started bent shopping.
Had to buy her one too. Expensive things, women. For further reading
on women and 'bents see http://bacchettabikes.com/forum2/tm.asp?m=7505
which hopefully will take you to a thread called "Corsa - Chick
Magnet?"

Hmm...wonder how this HP Velotechnik SMGTe will do. Would a helmet add
or detract from making an impression?

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/m4w/136014026.html

Another post higher in this thread gave some sage advise about ride
your bike until things start wearing out, then upgrade based on
knowledge and experience.

Yes, certainly. Unless I experience enough physical discomfort of some
sort or other, if these ain't "necessary" then they'll remain on the
Upgrade List for X-Mas...2010!!

Good advice. Sages are synonymous with Wise
Men.

Thought they were only identical to centrocercus urophasianus.

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Hull 697

Peter Clinch wrote:


Not really: there's a weight penalty, there's a very significantly
greater cost penalty, and there is some degree of debate as to how
effective they really are. Clipless pedals are proven in action by
thousands and thousands of cyclists doing millions of miles, just as
clips and straps before them were proven, Rotors aren't.

Ah, well I didn't know about the cost factor being "very
significant"...but Velovision, in that issue with the Hase Ti-Pino
reader review, tested Rotor cranks and found them to be a very modest
~5% increase in speed, and noticeably more comfortable, though nothing
life-changing or revolutionary.

SNIP

Tom Keats wrote:

Women cyclists are lovely; the world is graced by their presence.

Isn't that the truth. They're all great, but I'm incredibly fortunate to
have ridden with a particularly attractive one for almost 30 years now.

Bob wrote:
Alex Rodriguez wrote:

Don't worry, once you are out on your 'bent, all the girls will throw
themselves at you.

If you're relying on your choice of transportation to help you get
girls you'll have a lot more luck riding *in* a Benz than *on* a 'bent.
Just FYI. ;-)

Actually, a 'bent should be about the same in that regard as a
rusted-out 300TD wagon with mismatched quarter panels, bike rack, and a
"powered by waste vegetable oil" sticker.

Chalo