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02-24-10, 02:07 PM
I've joined the Recumbent Trike Club! I picked up an old Thebis 201. I was curious when I saw it. My son thought I had lost my mind. My wife didn't think I needed another bike. Passers by, as I was loading it into my truck, thought I had bought some sort of wheelchair experiment gone awry.
Until we rode it. I immediately developed a bad case of recumbent grin. My son wants one. So does my wife! She rode it down the street & returned. Then she did it again. And again.
It's now sitting in my living room awaiting a good cleaning.
In spite of having sat for an unknown number of years, the tires held air, but I need to order some new tires & tubes for it.
Some observations:
It's not as hard to steer as I've read it to be.
It's pretty quick.
It pulls to the left.
It's fun to ride.
It's comfortable.
Son & I rode around the neighborhood a while. We took the Thebis and Son's CAAD9 and swapped back & forth. In no time, I felt like I was being punished when I had to ride the Cannondale. I like my new toy. My main worry is that I might not be able to return to my DF bikes. Why would I?
Until we rode it. I immediately developed a bad case of recumbent grin. My son wants one. So does my wife! She rode it down the street & returned. Then she did it again. And again.
It's now sitting in my living room awaiting a good cleaning.
In spite of having sat for an unknown number of years, the tires held air, but I need to order some new tires & tubes for it.
Some observations:
It's not as hard to steer as I've read it to be.
It's pretty quick.
It pulls to the left.
It's fun to ride.
It's comfortable.
Son & I rode around the neighborhood a while. We took the Thebis and Son's CAAD9 and swapped back & forth. In no time, I felt like I was being punished when I had to ride the Cannondale. I like my new toy. My main worry is that I might not be able to return to my DF bikes. Why would I?