Re: Getting old is not for sissies

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 2/28/2025 4:14 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:36:28 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 2/28/2025 11:50 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:31:08 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 2/28/2025 11:24 AM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri Feb 28 11:14:11 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

 
Sorry to hear that. I was riding over lumpy wet ice in a gravel parking
lot yesterday. I was very conscious that falls can now have much worse
consequences than they once did.
 
But I think it's still important to keep giving ourselves reasonable
challenges, to maintain skill and agility.

 
 
 
 
I expect that your old steel touring bike is more apt for conditions
like thqat than Andrew's higher performqance bike.

 
Wheelbase, tire width, tread or rider position would make no
difference leaning into a turn over ice.

 
I suspect that riding a Catrike on ice would be really fun.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman

 
+1
 
Very different from a two-wheeler!

 
Very diferent indeed. Tell me that you weren't out riding your fixie
on icy roads. Riding a fixie seems risky enough without any ice.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman

 
Fixed gear is not any more safe nor unsafe than coasters.
 
Some (I for one) feel they offer better rider control.  This
may be perceptual.

In theory it would offer slightly more probability of staying upright on
ice, as it forces one to not change stuff, ie stop peddling or so on, and
change on ice doesn’t end well, two of my gravel folks hit the deck few
weeks back as they saw my rear wheel move on the ice, and panic braked.

For myself where I adjust my position being a old MTBer at heart it’s
something of hinderance. And indeed it’s even more of niche on MTB’s for
various reasons, SS MTB are much more common which suggests I’m not alone
in feeling it hinders ones movement and control of weighing the bike which
is one of the fundamentals of off road cycling.

As aside Roadies on Gravel bikes are easy to spot as they are so fixed in
position.

Others note that pedaling through fast turns can be a
problem. (then again I have never had a pedal strike on mine
over decades)
 

On road yes it’s not a non issue but it’s certainly not a big issue, take a
slightly wider line and so on, off road do scrape pedals on stuff regularly
but that’s kind what you get for riding off road, same reason my shoes have
a armoured toe box.

Roger Merriman