LET'S GO RIDE

let get some kind of ride together that we all can go on i find it will be fun
to get everyone out for a ride there has got to be away to do this just my 2 cents KEEP ON RIDEIN

 

Sundays would be nice if for nothing else to allow Mark and his crew to come on out and experience Tellico. This is a beyond awesome ride with a nice railroad grade up and a thrilling coast back down. Premium riding for trikes. Smooth pavement almost all the way up and down except for one short section by the National Forest campground

 

Sounds like a nice ride. We have rode Walland road several times so far. I start new job on 22nd, see what weekends I have off and do a ride.

 

Also it is hard to find a road here that doesn't have a hill in it. Hills are hard to climb on recumbents, you can't stand to get any power. I wasn't a good climber on DF and worse on recumbent.

 

I haven't yet found a hill in east TN or anywhere else that I can't climb on my Rocket. I don't apologize for stopping on the hills sometimes, but I NEVER get off and push. Just takes developing some different muscles from riding uprights and learning how to spin. As for generating power, if U weigh 180 pounds, you can only push with 180 pounds max on an upright's pedal. If U can leg-press 500 pounds, you could push with 500 pounds on a 'bent's pedal (until you break the crank or blow out a knee). 'bent is a better way to go, hands (or feet) down.
The preceding was sponsored by the BIB ('bents is better) non-profit agency and is intended solely as propaganda. Any reference to upwrong bicycles is entirely intentional. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of RRI, but should be.

 

I LOVE this!!!

Unfortunately if I hit a hill that is too steep for me I don't have a choice but to get off and walk or else my left leg loses all feeling and all muscle control...not good. Also, walking once in a while allows me to stretch my muscles and allow for some blood flow in a different way. Sometimes I get a big kick out of the tingly feeling.

Besides, I am a girl an I am ENTITLED to the option of getting off and walking, it often times get me sympathy from some of the handsome guy riders who so kindly offer their assistance...and who am I to deny them their right to be manly and chivalrous?

 

The above is your opinion/experience... right?
Here's mine (in parenthesis):

This assumes that the muscles are there to develop.
(The station wagon exploded my right femur, the shards shredded the quadriceps.)

This assumes that the structure of one's knee can take the cyclic leg-pressing.
(As a consequence of the aforementioned impact and the subsequent surgeries, the right knee is both weaker than the left and bends at a sub-optimal angle.)

This assumes that the rider weighs 180Lbs or less.
(My weight fluctuates... but it is always less than 180#, as it's much less
stressful for me to walk around when I weigh as little as I possibly can.)

This assumes that the rider can sustain a high rate of 'spin'.
(spinning is aerobic and sometimes anaerobic. I'm pretty accomplished with that skill-set.)


That's a whole lot of assumin' goin' on there, ain't it?!


Here are some applicable (to the O.P.'s post) quotes:

-"If I can bicycle, I bicycle." ~ David Attenborough
-"It never gets easier, you just go faster." ~ Greg LeMond.
"The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash." ~Julie Furtado
-"It's not about the bike" ~ Lance Armstrong


-" 'Bents are bikes and bikes are fun." [FONT=georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif][/FONT] ~ Me.
Good thing too.
My 'bent allows a cripple like me to continue to enjoy bicycling!

 

We all have things that makes us less-than-perfect cyclists. Chondromalacial patella (knees) are becoming more of a Challenge all the time (decades of tennis & racquetball), as is weight.

Some have more challenges than others; sounds like you have more than your share. I hope you agree that regardless of how/where/when you cycle, 'bent is better.

 

looks like the 25th is good for everyone AD so let make it happen looking too see everyone there its going to be a great time some kind of cook out after the ride everyone can bring something LETS DO IT KEEP ON RIDIN lol

 

I plan to be in Bryson City, NC the weekend of September 25th for some canoeing on the Nantahala. I could give up paddling on Sunday for this! This would make a great combination trip!

Thinking about it, several other weekends might work for me as well.

Rich

 

thats cool just wanted to get the ball rolling on a club ride we should have at least 2 or 3 or more rides a year for this club out here just my 2 cents KEEP ON RIDIN