Re: Getting old is not for sissies

On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 07:43:22 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 2/28/2025 5:52 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:40:18 -0600, 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:
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On 2/28/2025 11:50 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:31:08 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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On 2/28/2025 11:24 AM, cyclintom wrote:

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

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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.
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But I think it's still important to keep giving ourselves reasonable
challenges, to maintain skill and agility.

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

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

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

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+1
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Very different from a two-wheeler!

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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.
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C'est bon
Soloman

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Fixed gear is not any more safe nor unsafe than coasters.

 
would be for me.
 

Some (I for one) feel they offer better rider control.  This
may be perceptual.
Others note that pedaling through fast turns can be a
problem. (then again I have never had a pedal strike on mine
over decades)

 
I quite often coast through sharp corners on the Catrike.
 
I was thinking about fixies just the other day on my ride and thought
maybe I could set up a fixie on the Catrike. Then I considered how
often I coast. Keeping my legs moving the whole ride is not something
I want to do.
 
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C'est bon
Soloman

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I thought about your comment this morning.
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While almost everything humans can imagine is possible when
time and money have no value, there's no practical
straightforward way to make a Catrike fixed gear.

I've already taken most of the slack out of the return chain with
idlers and I'm pretty sure I could get the rest.

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C'est bon
Soloman