just joined in the fun

**Kilted_John** · 2nd October 07, 02:02 PM

Welcome from Duvall, WA...

-J

**B Hall** · 2nd October 07, 02:21 PM

welcome from Ohio

**way2fractious** · 2nd October 07, 03:47 PM

Welcome, bikeolounger, from the great Central Valley of California. Now that I've finished my cross-country tour astride a wedgie (an Atlantis by Rivendell with a well-worn Brooks B-17 saddle), I may have to aquiesce to my aging frame and convert to a 'bent.

**bikeolounger** · 2nd October 07, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

to the rabble from Southern California.

Bents are fun! I have a SWB Haluzak and a LWB Linear. I regularly ride them with the kilt(spandex underneath.) In fact that's the only time I make concessions to under garments..

Cool, a 'Zak! I've worked on a couple of them (used to be the main tech at a bike shop that sold 'bents), and enjoyed riding them. My first recumbent was a Linear (1992), and it got replaced by a Vanguard. I still have the Vanguard, and added (then sold) a BikeE AT and a RANS V-Rex. The 'Rex got sold to buy the parts for my custom-built Strada.

I got my first kilt in time to wear it to the Saturday evening party associated with the Old Kentucky Home Tour, the weekend after Labor Day. If any of you cyclists haven't done this ride, it's a great excuse to come to Kentucky! It's a scenic (moderately hilly) ride with great food stops.

W2F, Rivendell only makes excellent frames-they don't make anything less than excellent. The B-17 is probably the only saddle I would own if I were to spend any real time on a DF bike. 'Bents aren't just for old guys--I've been riding them since my 31st birthday.

**BEEDEE** · 2nd October 07, 05:25 PM

from coastal North Carolina

Brian

**Kiltman** · 2nd October 07, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by bikeolounger

As I finally got around to joining this forum, it's time I introduce myself.

I am Tom, and my screen name, bikeolounger, has been seen in many places on the web. The name comes from my preference for riding recumbent bicycles.

Both the Mrs and I have recumbent trikes. They are wonderful to ride and I now exercise on a recumbent machine. My son also rides to work on a recumbent. They're great for the back.
Welcome from Eastern Washington State.

**Coinneach** · 2nd October 07, 06:52 PM

from both southern US coasts!

**ccga3359** · 2nd October 07, 07:03 PM

Welcome from Ontario, Canada. Excuse me for asking but those who ride these type of bikes kilted, isn't your bum pretty close to the ground? Doesn't the kilt hit the ground or worse can fall into the spokes?

**Pour1Malt** · 3rd October 07, 02:32 AM

walcome tae the rabble!

**way2fractious** · 3rd October 07, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by bikeolounger

I got my first kilt in time to wear it to the Saturday evening party associated with the Old Kentucky Home Tour, the weekend after Labor Day. If any of you cyclists haven't done this ride, it's a great excuse to come to Kentucky! It's a scenic (moderately hilly) ride with great food stops.

O.K.... now I have an excuse to return to Kentucky. What a treat it would be to do that two-day ride unladen. Two weeks ago I camped overnight in My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown, one day out of Lexington. My route was the less challenging Route 62 (hill-wise, anyway, not traffic-wise) and probably not quite as scenic.