I've got a clementine, i like it a lot and look forward to many years using it on family rides. But i wouldn't pick it if i was looking for an excercise bike. If i'm looking to workout on a bike, i want to be able to climb small hills quickly, to travel fast and impress myself w my capacity for speed.
With the clementine, i want to look around, aim for potholes and enjoy riding over them while marvelling at how smooth the ride is. I tried working out to jack johnson once. I really like his music, but it was a horrible mismatch; the music was sending me chill signals while i was trying to ramp up to push heavy weights away from myself. I think i'd experience a similar disconnect if i were to use the clementine for excercise rides. The roadini however.... Sky in new west > On Mar 20, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Roberta, I don't own a Clem, or for that matter any bike with upright bars. > My wife rides a Betty Foy, with albatross bars and she uses albas on our > tandem, which we regularly ride 40 - 50 miles a day, including on tour. I > can't think of any reason not to, unless your in a hurry. A 40 - 50 mile > ride suggest about 3 hours of pedaling, hopefully with at least a couple of > breaks. Give it a go; I'll bet you like it. It's more about personal > preference than right or wrong. > > Michael > >> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:09:19 PM UTC-4, Roberta wrote: >> For those of you who own this, how do you feel about Clem for longer >> "exercise" rides--40-50 miles-- that is NOT touring. That is, I won't >> load the bike with anything other than what I need on a one day >> jaunt--lunch, flat kit, water, windbreaker, etc. I don't want a slog of a >> bike. (yes, I do realize that the "engine" is most important, but this >> engine has two bikes and I go faster on one vs. the other.) Most of the >> area is flat, but in the city park and in some of the suburbs, it is hilly. >> >> I did consider a used Cheviot, but didn't get the sense that it was a "long >> ride" bike-- a bit too upright. I could be wrong. >> >> I'm considering a Clem L so I can do (and want to do more often) longer >> exercise rides. My minimum ride is 12.5 miles (1 hour) , but I like to go >> 25 miles (2 hours) each weekend day. Once or twice a month I'd like to do a >> longer ride. >> >> Thanks, >> Roberta, PBH 82.5, 57 YO, trying to get into better health > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
