[Bent] Article on bents

[Sfriedlander2 at aol.com]

A nice article on recumbents, from the folks at Adventure Cycling, who  
occasionally recognize that bents do exist. Also something on a cardboard  bike. 
-Steve
 
In a message dated 7/3/2008 1:18:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bikebits at adventurecycling.org writes:

LAID-BACK CALIFORNIANS
Recumbent bicycles may not be for everyone,  but you'll find that a
lot of those who ride them promote and defend their  attributes with
tremendous zeal and fervor. For one thing, they say,  recumbents are
great for people who've suffered injuries to their backs,  necks, and
other, more sensitive, parts of the body. Take, for example,  former
recumbent skeptic Gary Souza of Sacramento. About  a decade  ago, due
to a rupture in the area of his rear end, Souza was told by  his
doctor to stay off bicycles for a year. But for Souza, an  avid,
high-mileage cyclist, that was unthinkable. "He had seen a  few
quirky souls, mostly aging baby-boomer men, on the road,  pedaling
away on what seemed like a modified Barcalounger," writes  Sam
McManis of the McClatchy Newspapers. "These guys always drew  snickers
from the serious cyclists. But Souza was desperate to ride." So,  he
got a recumbent--and he hasn't looked down from the seat of  a
standard diamond-frame bike since. Click here to read the rest  of
McManis's story, which also includes a list of recumbent pros  and
cons:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/392773.html


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FOR  SEATTLE? NOT. PHOENIX? MAYBE.
Phil Bridge is a 21-year-old design student  at England's Sheffield
Hallan University who has built a bicycle almost  entirely out of
cardboard. The cost to construct the bike was only around  $30, but
its durability is still an unknown (you'd definitely want to keep  it
out of the rain). Read more  here:
http://tinyurl.com/6ztco9









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