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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	It's not always about speed... Oct 29^th, 2007, 10:51am Good alternative to time trail racing... for the next get-together, perhaps? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrD8h5IfV9I
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Killer Bee Five Star Member CA2.0 proto type Posts: 1308	Re: It's not always about speed... Reply #1 - Oct 29^th, 2007, 11:58am Hey,even with a sore knee,I could give this race a try. Sign me up!!
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catroad254 rbent member Posts: 239	Re: It's not always about speed... Reply #2 - Oct 29^th, 2007, 9:26pm Now that's my kind of racing. I wonder if trikes are allowed? Ken
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Richard rbent member Posts: 480	Re: It's not always about speed... Reply #3 - Oct 30^th, 2007, 8:35am Talk about slow. On one of my whiterock rides a young DFr pulled up beside me at the red light and stopped, without putting his feet down. He sat there through the whole light balancing himself. When the light turned green he said " have a good day" and took off. He would win this race.
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: It's not always about speed... Reply #4 - Oct 30^th, 2007, 11:35am I compare DF vs 'bent balancing to trying to balance a broom on your palm vs. trying to balance a whisk broom... granted, that's a bit of overkill...
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Re: It's not always about speed...
Reply #5 - Oct 30^th, 2007, 5:59pm

Quote from Richard on Oct 30^th, 2007, 8:35am:

Talk about slow. On one of my whiterock rides a young DFr pulled up beside me at the red light and stopped, without putting his feet down. He sat there through the whole light balancing himself. When the light turned green he said " have a good day" and took off. He would win this race. Wink

That's called a track stand. It's fun, but hard to do.

I'm in it to Schwinn it.

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Rose Pedals rbent member Posts: 133	Re: It's not always about speed... Reply #6 - Oct 30^th, 2007, 9:53pm Im all up for this one!! Sign me up!
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FooRider baccheater '06 Corsa Posts: 255	Re: It's not always about speed... Reply #7 - Oct 31^st, 2007, 5:37pm Quote from aikigreg on Oct 30^th, 2007, 5:59pm: That's called a track stand. It's fun, but hard to do. ...especially on a recumbent.
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Opus the Poet

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Re: It's not always about speed...
Reply #8 - Oct 31^st, 2007, 6:31pm

The only 'bent I could do a track stand on was the swinging seat FWD low racer, which had so many other "odd traits" that I would only have been able to ride it after a very long training period. Its high speed handling was tricky to say the least. BTW coroplast makes excellent "sliding pads" for learning to ride bikes with "odd traits".

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