| Re: Unhappy bentriders ?
"jacques" <jamnospam@bluewin.ch> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.09.25.17.57.53.690563@bluewin.ch>.. .
> I may consider buying a bent in the next months. I hesitate because it is
> expensive and I'm not sure I will really like it in the long term. I've
> read a lot of stuff explaining all the advantages of the bent thing.
>
> As a skeptical person I would like to have the cons too. I don't think I
> will find them on alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent.
> Is there somebody here who has owned a recumbent, not liked it, and
> stopped using it ? If so, why ?
>
> Thanks for the advice
>
> Jacques
I ride regular bikes when I do not want to be noticed by the police.
I have never been pulled over when riding a regular bike. On a bent it
happens every six months like clockwork. I can ride a regular bike in
traffic and break every traffic law without anyone noticing. Cops
notice bents and like to hassle bent riders. When I go dumpster diving
I always do it on a regular bike. It is easier to look into dumpsters
on the higher reglar bike. If I have to make a hasty retreat, it is
easier to blend into a crowd on a regular bike. I would not recommend
a bent as a getaway vehicle for a bank robbery. Regular bikes have
been successfully used as getaway vehicles because nobody notices
them.
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