Re: your worst touring bike

No bad touring bike experiences, but I did make the mistake of doing a
long day hike in the Sequoia National Park in cheap cowboy boots ...
(alright, alright, I was only 22).

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Scott Little <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is not meant to razz our recumbent colleagues. It is just a personal
> experience that I had.
>
> My worst touring bike was a BikeE RX recumbent. I used it for a tour of
> approx. 700 miles (1100km). The bike was later stolen - poor sap!
>
> The BikeE was fine for casual riding, along a rail trail or along the
> beach. It was not the greatest touring bike. It was terribly slow, even
> slower than me. It could not climb worth a darn, even worse than me. I am
> not referring to double digit grades here. Just simple little rises now
> and then.
>
> Also, the bike did not accept a mid-ship rack, and all the weight was on
> the rear end. That made the front tire rather sloppy whenever I hit a soft
> patch.
>
> Did I mention that it was slow? Did I mention that it could not climb?
>
>
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