Forum: Recumbent

this post is provided mainly for member "3alarmer". hope youre watching, you asked for it. the recumbent ive been planning for is nearly finished. as you can see its design owes a lot to a great many other builders; ami designs, fleet trike, atomic zombie, goobertech,johns trike, delorenzi, ihpva...

I was riding on the Mount Vernon trail (Washington DC area) today, and saw a type of bike I'd never seen before. It was a tandem with the front rider in a recumbent position, and the back rider in an upright position. Front rider was a woman, the back rider was a man. Wish I'd had a camera and...

Do your pants ride up when you ride a recumbent? Just curious. Thanks.

Why are recumbents are not 'kings of the road' and DFs the odd thing out? Why do kids not start out with cheap swb bents with training wheels? Is there something about a DF that inherently makes it a better ride? If, as most of us believe, bents have the inherent advantage, why aren't more people...

I'm getting ready to purchase a trike for myself this week- just got a Terratrike Rambler for my wife, she loves it... I'm a sportier kind of guy :lol:, and even though my feet might betray my age (osteoarthritis), bad back and a stiff neck, I'd like to get the Cateye Speed! I'm considering the...

I just purchased a lightly used Status XP in Aluminum for an upcoming eleven day tour in Colorado. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1&doc_id=9864&v=1o The wheels are 26" with 1.4 tires. When I wear those our I plan to install 1.5's or 1.75's with a bit of tread. Have you done any dirt...

I don't ride much at night, so don't need a fancy lighting system. Use a head lamp for distance spotting and a powerful flashlight for proximity and redundancy. Have any of you had experience with a mount that works well for holding a flashlight? The mount would be permanent, the light only when...

Curiosity question for those riding SWB bikes. How hard is it to get one restarted on a steep uphill grade? How steep a grade have you restarted one? Without 'cheating.' I ask for a buddy who just got himself a Giro. I've found my TE quite easy to restart on very steep grades, far easier than a...

Having nothing better to do on this balmy spring-like day in NE Tx, decided on a fairing efficiency project. Using builders plastic, a coat hanger, and cable ties, I quickly slopped together a fairing of sorts for my TE. Enlisting the assistance of my grandson, we set him to coasting down a...

Hi everyone. Some of you may have saw my thread trying to get some info on bents and decide on what I wanted to get. Well I finally pulled the trigger on a 700c Bacchetta Corsa. It was shipped out today :thumb: and i should have it by Monday or Tuesday. I am really looking forward to it. ...

Hi guys. My 13 y/o son will outgrow his bike in the coming year. He wants a recumbent as his next bike. Gasp, shock, weeping, gnashing. "Dammit, we've always been a diamond frame family. What's wrong with how your daddy, and your daddy's daddy, rode? Can't you be like the other boys? ...

Man, does the name say it all! Tour Easy. Exactly. I knew it was gonna be a much better ride than my old df, but it exceeded my expectations. Just completed 5 days on the Texas gulf coast with a buddy. He on a df, me on my bent. We've toured together before. He was always way out ahead. Not...

My wife wants to do a 300 mile charity ride this summer. Currently rides a BikeE CT. It is fine for the occasional 25-30 mile rides we go out for in the summer. She even did a metric century with it. I suggested an upgrade to a bike with larger wheels for better roll and efficiency. And was a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi5yZ05W-OY thats it...my upgrade !

I went to look at the Burley Canto, and the Catrike Pocket this morning and this is what came home with me. It's pretty much loaded with everything I need. It came with the rear rack, bag, new tires and tubes installed, tool kit, bottle holders, lights, mirror, bar extentions, headrest, flag...

Was wondering how bent riders deal with being seen in parking lots, to avoid being backed over as you pass by parked cars, or not get hit when you try to turn out of a line of cars entering the lot, to the bike rack in front of a store, at say, a large mall? I cannot see oncoming cars, so I have to...

When I first collected the data to create my own hand and foot powered bicycle, I realized the followings: As we can notice that human beings who walk erect are slower in walking than animals which walk with four legs, I found that a bicycle which is powered by hands and feet is much faster than a...

I've been thinking I might want to thin out the seat pad on my RANS standard seat. The darned thing is not lightweight, but it is comfy. I have considered having about an inch cut off the thickness of it (from the bottom) with a bandsaw. That should lighten it considerably but still leave enough...

Yah. They're a little slower than an upwrong, but they just keep on going, and going, and going. Checked the TE and me out today on the Telimena Scenic Drive in west central Arkansas. Grades to 16%, lots of 10%ers. Perfect riding day, little traffic. Stopped to catch my breath twice on the...

I've been looking at the recumbent quadracycles that are produced by Rhoadescar. Specifically the 4W1P model, as I am seriously considering getting one at some point. While my road bike is fine for getting around town, I'd like to go a little further afield and feel that this particular make/model...

My doctor told me today that my knee caps tilt to the outside. I know that the recumbents use different muscles and i was curious if one could help me strengthen the opposite muscles to re align my knee caps. CE

Hi all....... I'm looking into giving recumbent bikes a try, and am looking at a 2004 Burley Django SWB the guy want's 500 for the bike but it's in like new condition. Is this a good starter bike, and what about performance wise? Not many hills in my area to be concerned with. I weight...

I'm going to look at a Bacchetta Corsa SS tomorrow and would like your thoughts. This would be my first bent and I've never even been on one before, would this be a good starter bike? All I know about it is that it's yellow and has SRAM XO derailleurs a (Brainbox?) mirror and is in excellent shape.

Posting for my father who is 71 yo and looking to buy a recumbent. He had an accident on his road bike in October that resulted in some bone fractures. In talking with him yesterday he's excited about using a recumbent to continue his fitness and riding. However, this would be his first foray...