{"id":13991,"date":"2025-04-21T21:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13991"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:38:42","slug":"non-electric-recumbent-for-a-few-days-bionicoldguy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13991","title":{"rendered":"Non-Electric Recumbent For a Few Days \u2013 BionicOldGuy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-12552\">\n\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header -->\t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>On Friday I was out for a long ride on my recumbent and I happened to look down at my front wheel and noticed a broken spoke. The wheel appeared in good enough shape, not too badly \u201cout of true\u201d, and was still ride-able. So I headed home and switched bikes, completing the ride on my upright. I later took a good look at the wheel and found it actually had 5 broken spokes. All broke at the J-bend where the spoke comes out of the hub. I was surprised because I\u2019d never broken more than one spoke before and also usually there is an audible ping. This is my front wheel with the electric motor, so the spokes are subjected to torque from the motor as well as impact, e.g. from potholes. It had performed just fine for well over a year so I assume I must have hit something fairly big recently. I ordered replacement spokes on Amazon, being pleased to find out they come in custom lengths so I could order the right size. I\u2019ll fix the wheel when they come in and get it back on the road. I will strive to stay on smoother roads in the future. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime I can still ride my upright if I want electric assist, and I have the original wheel back on the recumbent. The timing is fortuitous. I hadn\u2019t been riding my upright enough since I recovered from my last bout of sciatica. So my butt was getting sore on longer rides on the upright. A came across an amusing term for this on an ultramarathon cycling website: \u201cmarshmallow butt\u201d. I need to toughen my butt back up, from \u201cmarshmallow\u201d to \u201ciron\u201d, because in May I\u2019m going in a friend\u2019s van down to Paso Robles for a few days of cycling, and my recumbent won\u2019t fit so I\u2019ll be taking my upright. I\u2019ll make sure to get more saddle time in on the upright before them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/04\/21\/non-electric-recumbent-for-a-few-days\/image-388\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10.png\" data-orig-size=\"992,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10.png?w=992\" width=\"992\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10.png?w=992\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12560\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>El Toro From a Different Angle on the Coyote Creek Trail. This was on my recumbent without electric assist yesterday. I can still go for nice long rides, it just takes longer<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-linkedin\"\/>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"\/>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\">\n<div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbionicoldguy.home.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F21%2Fnon-electric-recumbent-for-a-few-days%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fbionicoldguy.home.blog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F04%2Fimage-10.png&amp;description=Non-Electric%20Recumbent%20For%20a%20Few%20Days\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"entry-author author-avatar-show\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=80&amp;d=&amp;r=G\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=80&amp;d=&amp;r=G 1x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=120&amp;d=&amp;r=G 1.5x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=160&amp;d=&amp;r=G 2x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=240&amp;d=&amp;r=G 3x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=320&amp;d=&amp;r=G 4x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-avatar --><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"author-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished by <span class=\"author-name\">BionicOldGuy<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-heading --><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\tI am a Mechanical Engineer born in 1953, Ph. 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