tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post8898388432744984245..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Hoogeveen (en weer terug)David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-48881891194538766782008-11-14T10:38:00.000+01:002008-11-14T10:38:00.000+01:00A very nice video, David, Cycling Heaven :)and I s...A very nice video, David, Cycling Heaven :)<BR/><BR/>and I saw...horses running with you<BR/>(i like to think that, as it happened to me while riding on the island of Texel this summer, fun! - the sheep couldn't be bothered :-p -)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-64622155000631631572008-11-07T16:20:00.000+01:002008-11-07T16:20:00.000+01:00Really, it's not that quick a bike. It's a relativ...Really, it's not that quick a bike. It's a relatively tall recumbent. It has perhaps a 10% advantage over my three speed, that's all. I used to own an <A HREF="http://hembrow.eu/personal/holdsworth.html" REL="nofollow">upright which was consistently faster</A> than this recumbent, and also <A HREF="http://hembrow.eu/personal/speedross.html" REL="nofollow">another recumbent</A> slightly lower David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-25135003487723394602008-11-07T14:56:00.000+01:002008-11-07T14:56:00.000+01:00Great Journey. I can see the advantages of a recum...Great Journey. I can see the advantages of a recumbenr: that's an impressive average with a headwind.<BR/><BR/>The Cycleway on the junction looks narrower than elsewhere. How wide is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-46470870966833901942008-11-07T12:21:00.000+01:002008-11-07T12:21:00.000+01:00Not fit enough. I've gone further in 3 hours on an...Not fit enough. I've <A HREF="http://hembrow.eu/personal/cyclevision.html" REL="nofollow">gone further in 3 hours</A> on an unencumbered bike, but that was enough only for 109th place.<BR/><BR/>As I've mentioned before, I actually used to win the occasional race in the UK, but <A HREF="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/09/racing-again.html" REL="nofollow">not here</A>.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-79726290546431871592008-11-07T12:13:00.000+01:002008-11-07T12:13:00.000+01:00Blimey, that seems to be a fast average speed. You...Blimey, that seems to be a fast average speed. You're obviously fitter than I am! In any event, the mountain bike-style gearing on my donkey tends to limit my maximum sustainable speed on the flat to around 25-27 Kph (but, on the plus side, I HAVE got enough low gears to get me up even the very steepest of the Dutch mountains!)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112462990202280587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42700050514182945862008-11-06T21:28:00.000+01:002008-11-06T21:28:00.000+01:00What I love about the United States: We can put a ...What I love about the United States: We can put a man on the moon, but we can't (won't) build anything as civilized as your cycling infrastructure. Thanks for that video; it's a real eye-opener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com