old guy on a bike: the butt-to-wrist slope
[Today's post is dedicated to my wrists.] I was checking out Electric Bike Review today, drooling over the Coboc ONE SoHo , and I caught myself making a list of changes I'd make. I realized that I've been doing that for the last few years when I check out a bike. You see, the Coboc is downright sexy as is, but it's a butt-in-the-air bike. I am not a butt-in-the-air rider. Sometimes I ride for recreation, but most of the time I ride to get to work or the store. Butt-in-the-air is just not that practical for middle-aged me getting around a busy town. If I were to ride the Coboc (as pictured) all of my (considerable) weight would be on my wrists. After a short while, I'd find my hands tingling and my back groaning obscenities. The Coboc has a negative BTW slope. Ouch. What I figured out is that I do a BTW slope measurement every time I my gaze falls upon a new bike. If the slope is negative or flat, I start looking at ways to give it a posit...