| Re: electric bikes on centuries
Bill Baka wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: Bill Baka wrote:
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::::: I have only had take advantage of a SAG ride once (rain) and the
::::: van was already crammed to the max. Fitting an electric or bent
::::: in would have been impossible. The SAG guy was more than a little
::::: busy collecting wet and frozen cyclists.
::::: Bill Baka
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::: Some 'bents require no more space than your typical bike, even less
::: for some.
:::
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:: Are you talking about folding bents?
No, not in particular.
A bent bent? There is one guy
:: in my area who uses a bent and it is definitely about twice as big
:: as any of my bikes. What I remember most is the God awful long
:: second chain from the front pedals and gears to the rear.
Mine has a very long chain...I call it a monster 'bent! 
:: I don't think that would bend.
:: Any examples in mind?
There are plenty of SWB bents around that are about the size of a normal
bike or even shorter. The handle bars are about the size of road bike bars
or smaller.
http://imageevent.com/aero92/vk2
Some have front wheel drive and thus don't have the long chain.
There is a LOT of variation in the 'bent world.
I got mine only because I like the different experience of riding one. I
still ride my road bike, though this winter I've only been on the 'bent
(just getting use to the handling characteristic, since they are different).
:: Bill Baka
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