Recumbent - Check Out My New To Me BikeE

Hello, this is my first "bent" I don't know what model it is so if any of you know, let me know.It has Hayes Hydro discs, Sram 9 speed. Anyhow I got it yesterday off CL for 200.00 I thought it was a great deal, I hope It was. Rides great !!

Nice! Have fun!

What a deal!

Sweet ride. Enjoy....=-)

How can I determine which model it is ?

http://www.simplecom.net/poleary/bikes.htm

Maybe an AT?


Damn shame they went out of business.

Great deal and a real sweet way to find out if bents are for you. Gotta feeling you're gonna have a fun summer.

It looks like an AT (air technology) and probably a later model from the disk brakes. Happy riding.

I agree it looks like an AT but with added disk brakes. I owned one as my first recumbent. I'm not sure what year mine was because I bought it used back around November 2000, shortly before BikeE folded the company. The AT had a rear shock only and I think the one with both front and rear shocks was called the XT. Somewhere I have a list of all of the models from back in 2000 or so. It listed for about $1100 not including disk brakes.

It's probably the easiest recumbent for anyone to hop on and ride away. It has zero learning curve. It's not a light recumbent and it seemed like it took a vast amount of energy to pedal it but that was long before I got my recumbent legs. Mine had the SACHS internal rear hub and I had problems with it by the second year I owned it. SACHS (now SRAM) is a bear of a company to deal with for spare parts. Certainly not all SRAM products are a problem. My trike has SRAM Dualdrive and it has performed flawlessly for more than 10K miles. Enjoy it. I've met people who could ride one for 30+ miles without getting exhausted once they got used to it.

Enjoy it. I've met people who could ride one for 30+ miles without getting exhausted once they got used to it.
Yeah I just got through my yearly charity ride from Houston to Austin, aprox 180 miles and I don't think I could do 50 mi on it yet.. definately different leg muscles used. I like it so far, I have it rigged with my daughters Burley trailer and we take 2-3 mi rides in the neighborhood. It sure is smooth..

The old venerable 3x7 hub had a loyal following, including me. I never had a bit of trouble with it; I just put a few drops of oil in a couple of times per season and it did its thing. The hub didn't like to be mis-adjusted, but OTOH, it was pretty easy to adjust and wasn't anywhere as picky about the adjustment as a 9-speed derailleur.

It is an NX. You can tell because it is Green and equipped with both Hayes Hydraulic Disc Brakes and a Schlumpf Mountain Drive.

The NX was the only model offered in Green and was only produced for one or two years.

What a great deal! Just the mountain drive and components are worth more than that!
Enjoy your ride dude!

What a great deal! Just the mountain drive and components are worth more than that!
Enjoy your ride dude!
Yeah that mountain drive crank is really cool.. Looks like I got off good, the guy that sold it to me was the original owner, and told me that it was 1800 new.. but I was thinking that he was just giving me the sell.. Oh well,,, I love it so far..

What a great deal! Just the mountain drive and components are worth more than that!
Enjoy your ride dude!
+1!
The Schlumph by itself is more than twice what you paid for the whole kit & kaboodle!

You SCORED, dude!

And I'm a big fan of BikeE's too!
But our Schlumph is on one of the Greenspeeds.

OK, I'll just say it ...

"I'm jealous"!!! :D

So if you ever want to upgrade, I've got 2 Bills sitting here, with YOUR name on 'em! ;)