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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Getting old is not for sissies
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:52:41 -0500
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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:
>> 
>>> 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.

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.  

--
C'est bon
Soloman