Recumbent - Comments I hear all the time on my ReBike

On my ReBike ride across state last weekend I passed many regular bicycles and many highracer riders. These are some of the comments I heard

"You're gonna pass a lot of people with that thing and your big flag."
"I am going to crash if I try to keep up with you."
"Your hair is going to fall off from riding so fast."
"You're going to blow your snots on us when you pass ."
"No wonder you always go faster than the pack, you're cheating on that aero bike with the big flag."
"You can keep up with a motorcycle on that thing."
"Slow down, it's not a race when trying to go faster than a big flag."
"You look like a fast dork and my group looks like slow dorks."
"Slow down on that rusty fruit-cycle of yours."
"That ReBike is faster than my Aero."
"You beat us up all those hills AGAIN."
"No fair, you are too fast to draft, no one can keep up with that ReBike."
"You coast downhill way too fast to be street legal."

I guess I am darned if I do and darned if I don't. When I ride my $80 ReBike I pass everyone with expensive recumbents and regular bicycles. If there is a lesson to be learned it is do not spend a lot of money on a recumbent. An $80 used ReBike on ebay will be faster than most anything on the roads.

Mooky

Lol :)

You left out this comment: "Mooky, it's time to increase your medications again." ;)

On my ReBike ride across state last weekend I passed many regular bicycles and many highracer riders. These are some of the comments I heard


Spuds, get your own material or I'm going to have to talk to my agent. :D

All the rage at Interbike is ReBikes new Carbon ReBike. The real news is this ReBike will be faster and cheaper to buy than the overpriced hiracer recumbent product.

I have tremendous respect for the ReBike design team. They have been in on some of the hottest 'bent frameset designs for many years. ReBikes new cheap 70 dollar ebay bents are all GREAT designs. But the Carbon ReBike is a real crowd pleaser. Can I say Bacchetta Aero for under a thousand bucks? Heck No. Can I say Carbon ReBike for under $100? Heck Yes. And shod that darned ReBike with some good rolling tires at the next across state ride and all other expensive bicycles will be toast. No Carbon Aero, Ti Aero or expensive highracer needed.

A wise word to all American bent manufactures. Every one loves the ReBike.
Congrats to ReBike on another home run hit with the all new Carbon ReBike.

Mooky

Ya know Spuds, I'd swear you're selling rebikes on ebay for $80, as much as you rave about those things. Did you find an abandoned warehouse full of them or something?

Check out my Blog I tell the real story...
www.magillagorillakk.blogspot.com

I luv the ReBike way of life. It seems that the very affluent recumbent riders who spend too much money on bents like the Aero are very rich and snobbish and they resent ReBikes. But I have to say as a true blue recumbenteur that a recumbent bicycle over $100 is NO deal.

Anyone who chooses to ride a stick pole recumbent with an expensive price tag needs some medication.

Mooky



Ya know Spuds, I'd swear you're selling rebikes on ebay for $80, as much as you rave about those things. Did you find an abandoned warehouse full of them or something?

ReBike has produced a knock out punch to all competitors with the new carbon ReBike. The goal to market affordable carbon bikes for the rest of us will be a success. What more can you say about a fantastic riding affordable carbon recumbent that has the support of many recumbenteurs for so many years?

People with disposable income who are mostly over 40 identify with the ReBike in a big way. This is devastating for company's like Bacchetta who are struggling to find a market with all the overpriced pole bents they try to sell. Mass produced cookie cutter pole bents are no match to the super cutting edge recumbent like the carbon ReBike.

People with disposable income will continue throwing away money buying Aeros and the like. That is not cool and this will not go away anytime soon. There are many used overpriced Aeros for sale that do not sell. Rip off bent makers are laughing all the way to the bank IMO. I think pole bike makers like Bacchetta will survive till folks get tired of throwing their money away on a name brand and nothing else. The 60+ year old crowd continues to fracture hip and leg bones falling out of the seat of those pole bikes. When Bacchetta goes out of business the only producer of high end mass produced recumbent bicycles will be ReBike. They will be solo survivor in the mass market performance bent game.

Mooky

I think you are driving some people up the wall with your comments on Rebikes, but I'm willing to listen. Do they have a site where I can check out their products? What kind of stuff do they make? I think I want a SWB recumbent, and I think I might try to build mine myself...to start with anyway.

Check out my Blog I tell the real story...

I quickly perused your blog before and I thought it was cool. Now that I re-read it, I come to the inescapable conclusion that you need a life...

I luv the ReBike way of life. It seems that the very affluent recumbent riders who spend too much money on bents like the Aero are very rich and snobbish and they resent ReBikes. But I have to say as a true blue recumbenteur that a recumbent bicycle over $100 is NO deal.

Anyone who chooses to ride a stick pole recumbent with an expensive price tag needs some medication.

Mooky

well then anyone who buys a bike that looks like it is a electric scooter for the handicapped what can you say about that? I sdoubt that clunky thing can go as fast as most kids can run.

I think you are driving some people up the wall with your comments on Rebikes, but I'm willing to listen. Do they have a site where I can check out their products? What kind of stuff do they make? I think I want a SWB recumbent, and I think I might try to build mine myself...to start with anyway.


If you have never ridden a recumbent or hybrid (like the ReBike) you are missing the most comfortable ride on two wheels this side a Harley. The look of the 18-speed ReBike is beautiful with the 16 inch front wheel and the 26 inch rear but that look draws attention where ever you go. And everyone who tries a ReBike wants one. I have successfully negotiated some rocky dirt trails with no problems. On paved areas, it takes a "wedgie" rider a concerted effort to keep up with any ReBike. It will cruise at 27 mph easily and I have hit 40 mph with little trouble. I am not what you would call a dedicated rider. I am still as informal as when I was A kid, the only concession now is a helmet and a x-wide fanny pack to carry pretzels and riding food.

I purchased my used ReBike a few months after I gave away my old wedgie. I took one last ride and I realized how top-heavy I felt as if I was going to fall off. I had the exact same feeling when I test rode a Bacchetta Strada, Aero, Corsa and Cafe. 40 years of bike riding and not knowing why it was never "quite right" until the magic moment I rode the ReBike.

Quick shifting often results in rocket fast acceleration off the front sprocket. This is due to the long chain run common with all "bents." The 16 in. front wheel is smooth and fast. This is the fastest bike I have ever rode down any mountain switchback.

Finally, price. If you compare it to any overpriced high racer like the ones Bacchetta makes, it is a bargain at $75-80 used on ebay. All in all, the best way to get back into biking for us "aging boomers" is a ReBike. Not the over hyped and over priced high racer product. Who needs to pay thousands for some bike that is nothing but smoke and mirrors advertising when you can ride the real deal called ReBike.

Mooky

I tried to look up Rebike, and all I found was sites telling me the company had gone out of business. Do you have a link to an updated site?

well then anyone who buys a bike that looks like it is a electric scooter for the handicapped what can you say about that? I sdoubt that clunky thing can go as fast as most kids can run.

steveknight, and all the others who replied to him: Mooky apparently posts to piss off another poster, Magillagorilla, by copying the wording of MG's blog posts and sticking "ReBike" (which is an old, out of production, all-steel entry-level bent) all over the place to mock MG's obsession with super-light recumbent racers. As a side benefit to him, Mooky also pisses off everybody else here.

So again, *please* don't feed the troll. Just add him to your ignore list, and configure your mail filter to junk all emails containing the string "Mooky has just replied" in them.

steveknight, and all the others who replied to him: Mooky apparently posts to piss off another poster, Magillagorilla, by copying the wording of MG's blog posts and sticking "ReBike" (which is an old, out of production, all-steel entry-level bent) all over the place to mock MG's obsession with super-light recumbent racers. As a side benefit to him, Mooky also pisses off everybody else here.

So again, *please* don't feed the troll. Just add him to your ignore list, and configure your mail filter to junk all emails containing the string "Mooky has just replied" in them.


Yeah, just figured this out this weekend when I went from here to Magilla's site.

I tried to look up Rebike, and all I found was sites telling me the company had gone out of business. Do you have a link to an updated site?

No. They have been out of business for a long time.

Spuds, get your own material or I'm going to have to talk to my agent. :D

Trnsrtr,

You hit it right on the head. Same you-know-what, different screen name.

All the rage at Interbike is ReBikes new Carbon ReBike. The real news is this ReBike will be faster and cheaper to buy than the overpriced hiracer recumbent product.

B.S.

Rebike was not at Interbike.

Nice try Spuds!

You will have to buy a used ReBike like the one I bought on ebay for $80.

Mooky


I tried to look up Rebike, and all I found was sites telling me the company had gone out of business. Do you have a link to an updated site?

On my cross state ride this morning I met a highracer rider who said.
"That is one cool looking ReBike. Do you want to trade it for my Aero?"

I passed him while waving and said "Noway".

Mooky

All the carbon ReBikes that were displayed at the ReBike booth at Interbike have been sold to a lot of happy ReBike customers. Thank you all for making the all new carbon ReBike a success and a home run hit.

God Bless

Mooky

All the carbon ReBikes that were displayed at the ReBike booth at Interbike have been sold to a lot of happy ReBike customers. Thank you all for making the all new carbon ReBike a success and a home run hit.

Still B.S. The following is the official list of all exhibitors for Interbike starting with "R" and their booth numbers.

R


R-1 410
RACE FACE PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 539
RACER MATE INC 400
RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY L18
RAIN SHIELD 1216
RAIZIT PRODUCTS, LTD. 6612
RALEIGH AMERICA, INC. 2037/2249
RANS BICYCLES INC 4514
RAV X INC 981
RAXTER/ROUGH RIDER 6826
RED STAR LOCKS CO. LTD 438
REMA TIP TOP/ NORTH AMERICA INC. 170
REMERX S.R.O. 1454
REMINDERBAND INC 6168
RENN MULTISPORT 6818
REYNOLDS COMPOSITES LLC 613
RIDEABLE BICYCLE REPLICAS INC. 4618
RISK PLACEMENT SERVICES INC 221
RISSE RACING TECHNOLOGY INC 1260
RITCHEY BICYCLE COMPONENTS 3327
RIVENDELL BICYCLE WORKS 2945/2947/3144-3147/3344
RNM SPORTS 5213
RNU INTERNATIONAL CORP 5401/5403/5602-5603/5800/5802
ROCK "N" ROLL LUBRICATION LTD 411
ROCKET 7 4802
ROCKET SCIENCE SPORTS 2664
ROCKGARDN SPORTS 5043
ROCKSHOX 1339
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BICYCLES 551
ROCKY MOUNTS INC 4627
ROHLOFF INC 1253
ROLF PRIMA WHEELS 1618
ROOF RACK REMINDER 2464
ROTECCYCLES/GRC 5230
ROTOR CRANKS 775
RUDY PROJECT 3431
RUDY RACK 4743
RV-INNO 1575
RVJ INTERNATIONAL 4671
RYDERS EYEWEAR 2659

It will cruise at 27 mph easily and I have hit 40 mph with little trouble. I am not what you would call a dedicated rider. I am still as informal as when I was A kid, the only concession now is a helmet and a x-wide fanny pack to carry pretzels and riding food.


You know, when you transfer your bike computer from your roadbike with the 700c wheel you need to change the setting for the 16 inch wheel circumfrence. :) How about a Peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

You know, when you transfer your bike computer from your roadbike with the 700c wheel you need to change the setting for the 16 inch wheel circumfrence. :) How about a Peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

ROTFL!

You're right, Paul. He might also check and see if it is set to KM/h. :eek:

My neighbor bought a carbon ReBike at Interbike. It is a beauty for $100.
The ReBike booth was by the yellow semi in the parking lot.
All carbon ReBike units were sold within hours of opening the doors at Interbike.

People love affordable recumbents like the carbon ReBike. Some folks are tired of paying thousands for recumbents like expensive highracers that do not deliver.

Mooky

It will cruise at 27 mph easily and I have hit 40 mph with little trouble. I am not what you would call a dedicated rider. I am still as informal as when I was A kid, the only concession now is a helmet and a x-wide fanny pack to carry pretzels and riding food.


come on now you know the only time you got that rebike up to that speed was when it was duct taped to the top of your 5 tone gremlin. hell the thing smokes so much that the fire department feels a obligation to follow you around whenever you drive it.

Can I say Carbon ReBike for under $100? Heck Yes.
Mooky


My pedals cost more than $100.

steveknight, and all the others who replied to him: Mooky apparently posts to piss off another poster, Magillagorilla, by copying the wording of MG's blog posts and sticking "ReBike" (which is an old, out of production, all-steel entry-level bent) all over the place to mock MG's obsession with super-light recumbent racers. As a side benefit to him, Mooky also pisses off everybody else here.

So again, *please* don't feed the troll. Just add him to your ignore list, and configure your mail filter to junk all emails containing the string "Mooky has just replied" in them.

OOOOOOOOOOO... I get it now. :o

My $75 used ReBike can do more than your expensive pedals.

Mooky


My pedals cost more than $100.

steveknight, and all the others who replied to him: Mooky apparently posts to piss off another poster, Magillagorilla, by copying the wording of MG's blog posts and sticking "ReBike" (which is an old, out of production, all-steel entry-level bent) all over the place to mock MG's obsession with super-light recumbent racers. As a side benefit to him, Mooky also pisses off everybody else here.

So again, *please* don't feed the troll. Just add him to your ignore list, and configure your mail filter to junk all emails containing the string "Mooky has just replied" in them.

I know Mooky and he can at least ride a bike fast. You piss me off.
You insult behind your computer and say things you would never say face to face.
A few trolls might liven up an other wise boring place to read about bicycles.
Mook's stuff is pure satire your stuff is what gets teeth knocked out of peoples mouths. Big difference ppc or what ever the heck you call yourself but I am calling you on it.
You have nothing valid to say about recumbents. Mooky does. The Rebike is the ultimate slam post to most fat assed old guys that ride recumbents and hence the satire and humor.
Your posts about me need to stop. I can't stop you if you won't but I know you are a gutless wimp and coward none the less....

Magilla

The Rebike is the ultimate slam post to most fat assed old guys that ride recumbents and hence the satire and humor.

Hmm, am I to deduce that you are Mooky? :)

You wouldn't know satire and humour if they bit you on the behind and shouted "we're satiric and humorous": the Rebike thing is a typical example of repetitive humour: it was funny once, and after the third time it's become annoying as hell. Unlike satire, the only thing it brings peope to think of is "this Mooky guy is a pain in the rear".

As for fat-assed old guys, they ride bikes they like and quite frankly I don't think any of them gives a toss about your obsession with fast recumbents, your love-hate relationship with Bacchetta or your opinion on what makes Trek great. Fast or slow, they ride and enjoy themselves and have fun, instead of creating nonsensical embittered blogs and advertising whatever truth it's supposed to reveal, that nobody cares about, on this here forum.



Your posts about me need to stop. I can't stop you if you won't but I know you are a gutless wimp and coward none the less....

I've already told you what I have to tell you: you need to get a life. I'm telling you this for your own good, it's not healthy to be obsessed about bikes like you are.

You must be a fat old guy ppc.
You need to ride more it will be good for you.
Thanks for your concern....

MG

I agree with ppc.

The junk this Magilla Mooky person is posting at his web sites http://highracers.blogspot.com/
and http://magillagorillakk.blogspot.com/ are the indication of a sick individual. The Magilla Mooky web sites have nothing to do with recumbents. Get a life Magilla Moky.

Mike



Hmm, am I to deduce that you are Mooky? :)

You wouldn't know satire and humour if they bit you on the behind and shouted "we're satiric and humorous": the Rebike thing is a typical example of repetitive humour: it was funny once, and after the third time it's become annoying as hell. Unlike satire, the only thing it brings peope to think of is "this Mooky guy is a pain in the rear".

As for fat-assed old guys, they ride bikes they like and quite frankly I don't think any of them gives a toss about your obsession with fast recumbents, your love-hate relationship with Bacchetta or your opinion on what makes Trek great. Fast or slow, they ride and enjoy themselves and have fun, instead of creating nonsensical embittered blogs and advertising whatever truth it's supposed to reveal, that nobody cares about, on this here forum.




I've already told you what I have to tell you: you need to get a life. I'm telling you this for your own good, it's not healthy to be obsessed about bikes like you are.

I agree with ppc.

The junk this Magilla Mooky person is posting at his web sites http://highracers.blogspot.com/
and http://magillagorillakk.blogspot.com/ are the indication of a sick individual. The Magilla Mooky web sites have nothing to do with recumbents. Get a life Magilla Moky.

Mike

Like I said, he is Cindybin's brother. A troll who creates an alter ego to argue with.
Just to get more attention. Anyone who's spent any time at all on Yahoo message boards is familier with such individuals.
http://www.cindybin.com/
http://yahootrolls.com/

I think he's funny, harmless. If you don't like it, ignore him/them.

I know Mooky and he can at least ride a bike fast. You piss me off.
You insult behind your computer and say things you would never say face to face.
A few trolls might liven up an other wise boring place to read about bicycles.
Mook's stuff is pure satire your stuff is what gets teeth knocked out of peoples mouths. Big difference ppc or what ever the heck you call yourself but I am calling you on it.
You have nothing valid to say about recumbents. Mooky does. The Rebike is the ultimate slam post to most fat assed old guys that ride recumbents and hence the satire and humor.
Your posts about me need to stop. I can't stop you if you won't but I know you are a gutless wimp and coward none the less....

Magilla

Why is it okay for you to say what you think and not him? For that he pisses you off? So then he's a gutless wimp and a coward.
I don't think you and Mooky/Spuds are the same person. Name calling is childish. Sure some people have said a few things about Mooky, but he invites it. It's like he relishes it.
I've never seem anyplace on these forums that says you can't join in a discussion because "you have nothing valid to say". That's not to say ppc has nothing valid to say. What I'm saying is lighten up. ;)

What on my Blog site is bad? Point it out. It is an accurate account of personal expericence of the bent vs the DF world of cycling.
That other site was created in Chicago. So what. It was funny reading.
Hey show up with a recumbent any recumbent at a group ride with a bunch of real serious DF roadies and see how they treat you. I mean serious. None of this we wait for the slow riders crapola but an all an out focking race at certian points in the ride.
I could use the help from Chicago but still a bunch of no-shows for Tuesday nite group ride.
So carp away. My site is not fat old guy friendly. Don't read. Don't point your browser in my direction. Its for hard core performance recumbent folk and a few DF folk that bother to read that are into performance riding. It's a thing called passion and some will never have this as far as cycling goes. So do what you want and read what you want.
I have the right to speak and I have athority to speak from my experiences. Like it or not.

Magilla Gorilla

What on my Blog site is bad? Point it out.

Magilla Gorilla

You have no up to date reviews of the ReBike or the carbon ReBike at Interbike and your opinions are way too biased to be taken seriously. The ReBike is the best recumbent ever made and you never mention that once on your web site.

Mooky

You have no up to date reviews of the ReBike or the carbon ReBike at Interbike and your opinions are way too biased to be taken seriously. The ReBike is the best recumbent ever made and you never mention that once on your web site.

Mooky
here is that best in the world clunker
http://cgi.ebay.com/Regis-Recumbant-ReBike-Like-New-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ7181841418QQcategoryZ106949QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Too expensive. I got my ReBike used for $75. It is the fastest recumbent on the roads, up the mountain passes and down the switchbacks.

Never pay over $100 for any recumbent without a big yellow flag.

Mooky


here is that best in the world clunker
http://cgi.ebay.com/Regis-Recumbant-ReBike-Like-New-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ7181841418QQcategoryZ106949QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Too expensive. I got my ReBike used for $75. It is the fastest recumbent on the roads, up the mountain passes and down the switchbacks.

Never pay over $100 for any recumbent without a big yellow flag.

Mooky
got that right over 80 and you are really ripped off. I see yours went down 5.00 in value sincey ou bought it about 3 months ago.
hate to hear what it soudns like when it hits rock bottom (G) still with arm rests it would be a perfect old persons scooter.