[python] Re: question

Hi Brian,

I used to have a challenge twister (
http://ligfiets.net/fietsen/type.php3?id=38 ) and found no trouble in
controlling it in a precise manner. I do not know the actionbent, and
may be this is just a particulary nervous bicycle to use?

The python -like the flevo- is a bike with very flat and very long
learning curve. And I do not believe the python is more difficult to
learn than a flevo, maybe even the opposite. Also the inevitable falling
from the bike while learning is more agreable on a python, because of
the very low seat height.

I do find I have a simular precise control with the python and flevo as
on my challenge bike.  And the python/flevo is not nervous at all. On
the down side however direction changes are slower. I guess moving legs
plus front frame have more inertia than just pushing handlebar
left-right. I find this especially a problem in slippery situations,
where reaction speed is very important.

So I think your mileage may vary, litterally.

It may be childish to mention, but I find it fascinating to weld and/or
braze. I get actually happy by just taking two pieces of metal, and
welding them together. May be that constitutes for enough reason to
start building something ---python or not python  ;-)

Dirk

brian smith wrote:

I ride a swb under steer actionbent (made in Taiwan)
Yesterday I converted my indoor upright exercise bicycle into a recumbent with the same seat/BB heights proportions and seat angle as my actionbent. It is a vast improvement. I have removed the handlebar and as i pedal away i dream that i am on a python as I am only a few inches above the floor and my hands are on my lap or holding a book.

Question ........ I get much pleasure and satisfaction on group rides with other cyclists, almost all of whom ride uprights. When I switched to my actionbent, even after 4000+ miles I found i still lacked the same sort of precise control I had on an upright. The bent seems to have a mind of it's own.
How practical is it to think of riding a python in a group of other cyclists?

front wheel drive, low racer, hands-off riding, 26 or 27 front and back ....... have great appeal for me. I have a fairly well equipped workshop but no welding nor brazing experience, and at 76 wonder if I am not too old to start exploring a new field. i have a frame that I could convert easily to a flevobike, perhaps that would be the way to start.

Enjoy this forum immensely .........  regards to all,  Brian  in SC  USA

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