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begin  Deirdre Schmeirdre quotation:
> Still, as my bike has front suspension (to prevent RSI in
> hands/arms) and REAR suspension (easier on the seat), I fail to
> understand why Rick keeps insisting on dissing it.

	I'm a heavy guy.  The suspension does matter, especially when
you're hopping off of curbs and rattling across embedded train tracks.

	I actually wore out my wrists using the stupid rotary shifting
mechanism on my old bike, though, and now I've got tendonitis.  I
probably could have healed if I had stopped typing, but I really
didn't notice it until too late.

	The big complaint against mountain bikes is that it is hard
to find a good one.  Too many people buy them because they can't
balance while leaning forward, and so many mountain bikes turn out to
be cheap pieces of shit.  Leaning forward even just a little bit
improves your efficiency while riding, especially on slight inclines.

	It also hurts, if you've got testicles and happen to weigh a
lot.

	I recall an old dilbert from back when it was funny:

	1. Problem: bicycle seats are uncomfortable.
	2. Engineer's diagnosis: there is something wrong with your
pants.
	3. Engineer's solution: wear dorky spandex pants.

	I really wouldn't ride anything nowadays except for a
recumbent, and I cannot justify the costs.  Leaning back gives you
the same benefits as leaning forward, and a lateral motion for
pedaling allows you to get a benefit from eliptical pedal gears.

> Granted, it is a WEIRD looking bike, but I'm a strange looking
> person and I deserve better than a banal bike.

	Shocks are nice.  Off-road biking is nice.  Road bikes are
VERY GOOD at what they do.  Recumbents are EXTREMELY good at what road
bikes do.

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