Recent content by hepcat

Bob,  Seriously? I don't believe in New Age philosophy, and I don't believe everyone should get a trophy just for showing up. I'm not responsible for how others feel about what I write.  If they respond strongly, its likely that they identify with what I've written in some way.  But it is THEY...

Cindi, that's not what I said at all.   Please go back and read my original posts.  What I DID say was that almost anyone who is determined enough to ride a bike to improve their health can do it, with the proper and necessary modifications to the bike for their situation.  Just because an...

Bob, I'm not challenging your perspective, and frankly I agree with it; but I'd like to ask on this topic, is this an invitation to discussion, or is your post intended as a warning to shut down my participation in a good, enlightening discussion on the topic.    To quote Dudley Field...

As I said at the beginning of my post, you found an option that worked for you, and you dismissed shorter cranks as "throwing the baby out with the bathwater" because you believe that you only needed a shorter crank on one side.   I wasn't taking issue with your solution at all... there are MANY...

Wow...  I'm an old fat guy with lung issues and arthritis.  If you want to take my post as disparaging, I guess you're entitled to your opinion.   I had hoped you'd rather find it inspiring in that if I can do it with MY issues, then likely you can do it too, and without electric motors. I rode...

I'm glad that you found a solution to your particular issues.  There are a LOT of 'accommodation' kinds of equipment out there, sometimes you just need to do a little digging to find out what's right for your needs.  Short cranks aren't a waste at all if that's what you need to accommodate your...

There are some tricks to getting the derailleurs working properly that aren't necessarily intuitive, but you can find video tutorials online.  Once you get it figured out, and get them dialed in which only takes a couple of minutes when you know how... keeping them shifting properly only takes...

Since you're already comfortable with the SM, you ought to take a look at the Grasshopper fx.  There are no heel strike issues at all, and the riding position, like the SM is pretty upright. That thing about 'how low to the ground' that people have a fear about isn't borne out in practice.  The...

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Then your bike is over-geared for your current fitness level...  and that can be fixed with a simple swap-out of gears; the only limitation being that you can't gear down so far that you can't maintain about 3mph forward.  You need that minimum velocity to be able to stay upright on a...

Oh no...  don't misunderstand...  as an adaptive device they shine.  E-bikes and trikes are awesome for folks like you...  they give you the ability to continue to exercise to the point that you can, and then you can still get home...  that's not the demographic I'm concerned about at all. ...

The problem, of course, isn't the electric bike itself or ANY bike for that matter... it's short-sighted infrastructure planning that has been designed as an auto-only oriented transportation system.  Everything else, including mass transit, pedestrian traffic, and human-powered vehicles of all...

Art, my trailer is a Burley Nomad cargo trailer.  I carry my tent and gear in it.   With the cargo rack it can carry an amazing amount of stuff.  More, actually, than I care to drag around.  I usually have a fair amount of spare room. [/URL] I bought a camp-rite trailer once, but it was HEAVY...

Wow... sorry to hear you crashed!  That really is NO fun.  I hope that it is, indeed, a minor injury and that you're back in the seat quickly!  Yeah... heel strike is NO fun either.  My Grasshopper will be my 'forever' bike at this point.  It fits me better than any other recumbent I've ever...

I think that most of the folks here are really good folks who have done what they can to figure out their issues and either still need direction or are looking for alternatives.  Everyone enjoys sharing their thoughts and experience with those folks.   But every once in a while we see a post...