Fabian
Well-Known Member
Hi arceeguy
I've owned a lot of nice things, cars, motorbikes, radio controlled models ect.
The second most fun thing i've ever owned: a postie bike.
Without question, the most fun i've ever owned and had the pleasure of improving - a motorised bicycle.
Nothing has come close!
I've never enjoyed a toy (that doubles as transport) as much as my motorised bicycle.
Everything is a challenge; the art of motoring is just embedded in a motorised bicycle.
To maintain maximum speed, you need to be always looking ahead at the road terrain, for subtle changes in angle, picking the right gear ahead of time, having the right revs onboard,otherwise it's all over and you've just stuffed it up; having to change back into first gear for a slow climb till the road flattens out and you can pick another gear and start all over, trying to build speed.
With a car or motorbike, you just turn the key and go - it's so boring.
That's probably the best way to descibe it.
A motorised bicycle takes you back to the pioneering challenges posted by early mechanised transport - everything was a challenge (reliability wasn't guaranteed) and you needed mechanical knowledge and repair skills to fix problems along your journey.
When i travel from point "A" to "B", sometimes it's filled with challenging hill climbs, and gear change after gear change after gear change, my god, did i say gear changes; your arrival at destination brings on feelings of achievement, almost like climbing Mt Everest.
Nothing i've ever owned has given me so much satisfaction and a sense of adventure.
The ordinary road you travel on, effortlessly in a car, takes on a new sense technical challenges, never experienced by any other means of mechanised transport, particularly with a heavily loaded trailer.
Fabian
I've owned a lot of nice things, cars, motorbikes, radio controlled models ect.
The second most fun thing i've ever owned: a postie bike.
Without question, the most fun i've ever owned and had the pleasure of improving - a motorised bicycle.
Nothing has come close!
I've never enjoyed a toy (that doubles as transport) as much as my motorised bicycle.
Everything is a challenge; the art of motoring is just embedded in a motorised bicycle.
To maintain maximum speed, you need to be always looking ahead at the road terrain, for subtle changes in angle, picking the right gear ahead of time, having the right revs onboard,otherwise it's all over and you've just stuffed it up; having to change back into first gear for a slow climb till the road flattens out and you can pick another gear and start all over, trying to build speed.
With a car or motorbike, you just turn the key and go - it's so boring.
That's probably the best way to descibe it.
A motorised bicycle takes you back to the pioneering challenges posted by early mechanised transport - everything was a challenge (reliability wasn't guaranteed) and you needed mechanical knowledge and repair skills to fix problems along your journey.
When i travel from point "A" to "B", sometimes it's filled with challenging hill climbs, and gear change after gear change after gear change, my god, did i say gear changes; your arrival at destination brings on feelings of achievement, almost like climbing Mt Everest.
Nothing i've ever owned has given me so much satisfaction and a sense of adventure.
The ordinary road you travel on, effortlessly in a car, takes on a new sense technical challenges, never experienced by any other means of mechanised transport, particularly with a heavily loaded trailer.
Fabian
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