The Mughshot thread.

Weltall Elite · Post by **Weltall Elite** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:13 pm

You brave souls...

(j/k) There's actually some good looking people here. And this is the Internet no less! Shocking!

Chief Petty Officer Klerk · Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:10 am

spose I should post a mug or 2 of myself from animania

Yes I am the tea...er...the one in the white shirt.

Again the white shirted warrior

Nazgul · Post by **Nazgul** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:33 am

Pic

A pic taken last vacation in Denmark.

Weltall Elite · Post by **Weltall Elite** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:35 pm

I would feel VERY uncomfortable on a bike like that.

Nazgul · Post by **Nazgul** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:21 pm

You just have to get used to it. In Denmark we ( my father and I) followed a part of the North Sea cycling route. He had his 29 speed Koga myata worldtraveller and I my recumbrent bike. Unless the roads where realy poor (I hadden't thought of putting wider tires on my bike) he had to work hard to keep up with me.
I does make a lot of difference.

KashimArbalestAS · Post by **KashimArbalestAS** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:25 pm

I've seen those bike things before. Are they common in Denmark? Seems cool riding on it as long as there isn't any obstacles in your way. The incline of the seat gets you to lay down partially I guess, it would be awesome in riding it on a sunny day.

Post by **Taurec** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:27 pm

Actually Naz should tell about his first test ride on that bike.

The incline of the seat gets you to lay down partially I guess, it would be awesome in riding it on a sunny day.

The Dutch name is lig(lay) fiets(bike)

Weltall Elite · Post by **Weltall Elite** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:38 pm

It looks like it forces you to lay back, but with no head or upper back support, you're doing a lot of work to hold yourself up.

KashimArbalestAS · Post by **KashimArbalestAS** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:04 am

What do you mean? You're supposed to lay back, in my observation though it might or might not restrict your line of sight. If that thing was faster than a bike presumably, then that means the pedaling and system of moving the bike forward is more economical and advantageous than a normal bike.

Weltall Elite · Post by **Weltall Elite** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:14 am

Well, look at the seat. It doesn't seem to go any higher than the middle of his back. So his head and most of his torso would be supporting itself up, right?

KashimArbalestAS · Post by **KashimArbalestAS** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:21 pm

I've never rode one of those before so I wouldn't know. The only time I saw them was on tv I believe. I don't think they're common in the US.

ZyreX · Post by **ZyreX** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:10 pm

saw lots of them bikes in denmark too...

Kaze · Post by **Kaze** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:13 pm

That's me...

http://www.directupload.net/show/d/491/64s5gIjK.jpg

and here... cosplaying Bankotsu (Inu Yasha)
http://www.directupload.net/show/d/491/ucP5IrnT.jpg

Nazgul · Post by **Nazgul** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:22 pm

@ Kaze: I like your vegtable knife

@ Weltall Elite: Most of your thorax is supported on a recumbrent bike. It's just the last inches and your neck that don't have support. But what is more important is where the incline starts. On very low racers that is only the upper part of your back, wich puts a lot of stress on it. On tour bikes the incline starts with your lower back and gives amost no problems with back or neck.
What does give problems is the line of sight. In the city can't see over cars or high obstacles and in return cars have dificulties seeing you. you need a high recumbrent bike for cities. But then you lose a lot of your aerodinamyc advantages.

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:26 pm

* tee hee veggie knife *

Kaze: Is that a Ginsu? Ya know: it slices, it dices, it Loriena Bobbit-izes.

Nazgul: Somehow I don't think you need to worry about aerodynamics in the city. * KiLlEr use to ride his 12 speed in manhatten, and never needed to peddle. He just held onto busses. Easy enough, since they all run on Natural Gas and not desile.*