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After getting reaquainted with cycling by riding a recumbent for the
last few years, I am looking at purchasing a diamond frame bike to complement my recumbent. Coming from a very comfortable recumbent, I am looking for a bike that is very comfortable to ride for longer rides (100-200 miles per day)and am looking at the Co-Motion NorWester which seems to be a good balanced bike, with a relatively short top tube,and long chainstays which appeal to me because I have long legs and a short torso . I will not be doing any fully loaded touring nor racing but want a good performing versatile bike. Any comments on the Co-Motion or suggestions at other bikes to look at? Paul |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 11:27:11 -0700, PJ wrote:
After getting reaquainted with cycling by riding a recumbent for the last few years, I am looking at purchasing a diamond frame bike to complement my recumbent. I find that the suspension on my Moulton(s) goes some way to catching up to the comfort of an unsuspended SWB 'bent (Speed Ross). The Ross and the Moulton are both comfortable under different circumstances, but for long rides give me a bent every time! If you want to try a non-diamond upright built for long distances a Moulton in AM, NS or APB guise is worth a look. (Sadly there isn't a dealer on every intersection, but neither is there a 'bent dealer, so presumably you can live with this.) Mike |
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Find a bike that fits, and be sure to put the saddle far enough behind the
cranks to spread your weight between your hands and butt. Check out the explanantion in this page on perineum tenderness as to positioning: http://www.cyclingnews.com/fitness/?...rs08-02#Penile Bruce "PJ" wrote in message om... After getting reaquainted with cycling by riding a recumbent for the last few years, I am looking at purchasing a diamond frame bike to complement my recumbent. Coming from a very comfortable recumbent, I am looking for a bike that is very comfortable to ride for longer rides (100-200 miles per day)and am looking at the Co-Motion NorWester which seems to be a good balanced bike, with a relatively short top tube,and long chainstays which appeal to me because I have long legs and a short torso . I will not be doing any fully loaded touring nor racing but want a good performing versatile bike. Any comments on the Co-Motion or suggestions at other bikes to look at? Paul |
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Try a Rambouillet from Rivendell Bicycles. I also ride recumbents and
purchased the Rambouillet. It is the most comfortable upright I've ever ridden. www.rivendellbicycles.com "PJ" wrote in message om... After getting reaquainted with cycling by riding a recumbent for the last few years, I am looking at purchasing a diamond frame bike to complement my recumbent. Coming from a very comfortable recumbent, I am looking for a bike that is very comfortable to ride for longer rides (100-200 miles per day)and am looking at the Co-Motion NorWester which seems to be a good balanced bike, with a relatively short top tube,and long chainstays which appeal to me because I have long legs and a short torso . I will not be doing any fully loaded touring nor racing but want a good performing versatile bike. Any comments on the Co-Motion or suggestions at other bikes to look at? Paul |
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PJ Wrote: (eflayer2) wrote in message . com One of the other bikes that I have been looking at and will test ride is the Gunnar Sport. Pretty similar dimensions to the NorWester but at a much lower price tag. With 105 components it would come in at about $1500 and a bit more for Ultegra. Any feedback on Gunnar's? An additional question is what would be a good all-round (no pun intended) tire for this kind of bike at say a 28c? Paul best "all-around" 700x28 IMO: Rivendell/Panaracer Ruffy-Tuffy. Superb handling tire (stock on the aforementioned Rambouillet) -- sfcommuter |
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"PJ" wrote in message m... (eflayer2) wrote in message . com... In my opinion nicer looking, but approximately the same form and function would be a Rambouillet from Rivendell. Another option might be Steve Rex of Sacramento, CA. He made me a gorgeous, custom designed to my body parts, fillet braised steel frame with Reynolds Ouzo Pro fork, custom painted in a color of my choice, for less than the MSRP of an off the rack CoMotion. I have been through no less than 6 frames in three years, and the Rex is da bomb. The other frames just did not fit as well as my Rex. Steve knows about long distance, comfort riding. One of the other bikes that I have been looking at and will test ride is the Gunnar Sport. Pretty similar dimensions to the NorWester but at a much lower price tag. With 105 components it would come in at about $1500 and a bit more for Ultegra. Any feedback on Gunnar's? An additional question is what would be a good all-round (no pun intended) tire for this kind of bike at say a 28c? Paul I have Rivendell Rolly-Polly 28c tires on my Waterford RS. I enjoy the comfort of both. |
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PJ wrote:
After getting reaquainted with cycling by riding a recumbent for the last few years, I am looking at purchasing a diamond frame bike to complement my recumbent. Coming from a very comfortable recumbent, I am looking for a bike that is very comfortable to ride for longer rides (100-200 miles per day)and am looking at the Co-Motion NorWester which seems to be a good balanced bike, with a relatively short top tube,and long chainstays which appeal to me because I have long legs and a short torso . I will not be doing any fully loaded touring nor racing but want a good performing versatile bike. Any comments on the Co-Motion or suggestions at other bikes to look at? I own a NorWester with S&S couplers which I often drag along with me when I travel. I use it for exercise and light touring when away, for bad-weather riding at home, and for anything which requires carrying a bigger load than is convenient on a racing bike. The NorWester has the right braze-ons, mounting bolts and heel and toe clearances for fenders and racks, and sufficient space for bigger tires. The NorWester is a big, strong bike. At a lot of other bike companies it would probably be called a loaded touring frame but since Co-motion also sells a touring-extreme brute, the Americano, they call the NorWester something else. It's a bit on the heavy side (massive steel front fork, big rear triangle), and stiff and strong. For what I use it for (not much load) it handles comfortably and feels very stable. While I'm a fairly cautious descender I've ridden my NorWester at over 40 mph on downhills without shimmying or other scary stuff. Mine is equipped with a vanilla road bike Ultegra triple group, and I can report that with the longer chainstays the triple drive train shifts and runs a lot cleaner than has been my experience with it on racing geometry frames. I can't think of anything negative about the bike other than the fact that you need to have a fair amount of excess cash lying around to buy one. As for comfort, it seems to me there's a couple of separate aspects to this. With respect to the issue is how much road hash ends up at your hands and butt, while this is a strong, stiff frame which is unlikely to be real comfortable on 23 mm tires at high pressure, bigger tires at lower pressures are the best way to smooth this out independent of frame construction. The NorWester frame wants bigger tires. I use 700x28c tires on mine, at 90 psi if I'm not carrying anything, and they make the bike ride smooth as silk. The other part of being comfortable, however, that being how well the bike fits you, is in my opinion a specific individual issue which isn't possible to generalize. You are correct that the NorWester has a short cockpit; not only is the top tube a bit short, but the slack seat tube angle makes me push my seat forward to get my knees where I like them with respect to the pedals, which puts me even closer to the steerer. While I don't mind this, and have no trouble doing significant mileage on the bike, I'd just note that I find my other bike, a Calfee, to be more to my liking in terms of geometry (in fact the latter seems to suit me better than any bike I've owned so far, something I wouldn't have expected to be the case but discovered after I happened to take a test ride). If I could only have one bike I'd keep the Co-motion, since it is useful for more stuff, but I really like riding the other bike. The Co-motion is a good, versatile bike, but if "Most Comfortable Bike" is your primary goal then you might keep an open mind about what might work best for you and actually ride as many bikes as you can before buying something. What you find most comfortable might surprise you. Dennis Ferguson |
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