Forum: Recumbent

hi gang, video of my homebuilt highracer! http://www.recumbent.tv/home/viewvideo/599/personal/highracer-movie.html

I'm looking for a 700c high racer frameset. Anybody have a source or ideas?

My wife is showing some interest in a trike. Does any member have a comment or expierence with Actionbent trikes. They are adv one for $1185 and free shipping. Does anyone know anything about it?

Hi, everyone! I just purchased a pre-bent tube kit for a dual 26" SWB highracer from bentechbikes.com, and would like to build/purchase a seat similar to the one used on the Rans Enduro highracer. I'm trying to get away as cheaply as possible, so $500+ for a seat does not work for me. If anyone...

DIY recumbent home builder/mechanics are a resourceful breed. Almost uniformly, our efforts are based on taking an existing bike frame or two and bodging it/them together with parts from other bikes and creating something new. I've seen a lots of exciting projects made from trash day recovered...

Picked up a V2 from a private party in Orange County via Craigslist. Red, fenders, rack, cyclometer, bar mirror, good condition, but will need new chainrings, chain and rear cluster soon as they look worn. Paint/frame (steel) is in very good shape and I have ridden it a few times. I am surprised...

I'm wondering if anyone has tried 661 2 strap biking sandals? If so how did you like them and were they true to size? (especially the width, I wear a EE) I bought a pair of Lake's but they have some kind of stretch fabric between the straps, doesn't work well with wide feet. Here are the ones I...

Local news has reported that Zipp Speed Weaponry will be moving from Speedway to Indy in order to have a larger production facility. They will be increasing work staff and production output. Are Zipp wheels used on any recumbents? Looks as if they primarily make 700c wheels, with a few 650c models.

So who has had experience, good or bad, with Angeltech in Colorado?

Whats with the weather, in B.C. Canada its been the warmest January ever, normally we would have had 2 to 3 feet of snow (like last year) by now. Fortunately its only been raining, riding my CaTrail with the Windwrap fairing I manage to keep my feet dry and no windchill factors either. Whats the...

The HPRA used to host a race at the Brian Piccolo Park in Broward Cty, Florida for a number of years. It was decided that a few of us would resurrect it in 2010 following a hiatus of a couple years. The Sebring 12/24 race is Feb 13/14, and the Catrike rally is Mar 6/7, so we didn't want to...

Right now, my Bacchetta Giro 20 is almost adjusted right. But I want to move the seat up a little I think. Problem is that the best way to carry the bike up the stairs to my apartment is to pick it up by the center of the frame and just lift. If I move the seat forward much more, I won't be...

I’m looking for some advice in regards to the proper size Bob Yak to fit my Tour Easy. The bike is circa late ’99 or early 2000, 700 rear wheel, full wrap fender, and the seat struts extend below the QR Skewer. http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/Bikes/IMG_1807.jpg I assume...

Hi, I just ordered a Slipstream and would like to ask if anyone here has suggestions or experience with panniers for this bike or just some good review information for rear panniers in general. I ordered the Slipstream rear rack so I don't need that. I'm concerned about the panniers being...

Tired of getting cold wet hands when you bike in the rain? Tired of having water run into the sleeves of your raingear and pool up around your elbows? You can keep your hands and arms warm and dry even in cold nasty rainy weather by wearing rubber gloves lined with knit polyprophelene glove liners....

I'm blogging about My BikeE, my project Counterpoint Presto SWB bike, and trying to ride with my kids. http://homebrewhpv.blogspot.com/ Check it out a leave a comment. Enjoy

Mrs. Grouch and I are considering replacing our Santana tandem with a recumbent. I feel like I don't know enough to even know what questions I should be asking. I'm attracted to the Seavo because it has 2 26" wheels. Transporting the thing is an issue that has to be solved. I want to be...

Hello, I'm considering buying an Optima Orca, not because I've researched different bikes and picked that one out, but because I've come across one for sale online and here in New Zealand used recumbents for sale are few and far between. Seems to be a good price and good condition so I'm wondering...

I need a reality check. I bought a DF bike ostensibly for commuting 1.5 years ago, and haven't commuted yet. I think I just romanticized the idea of bike commuting, really. Used it for some rec rides/utility runs. Now, I'm seriously considering giving the commute a go. But I have my doubts on...

Look for HPV Grasshopper owners in Montgomery County, Maryland area to for riding group.

Hi there, guys-- I ride a Rans Stratus, and like a fool I messed around with the seat position that had been perfect for about 2000 miles. Now I can't seem to find exactly where I left it. Could someone quickly fill me in on how I go about getting the correct seat position back? I know it's...

Some of you know the saga/drama I have had to deal with regarding the seat frame on my Vison R40. I have had the bike since 2001. In that time frame 5 of 8 welds have broken and been repaired. Advanced Transportation, the company who used to build Vision recumbents went out of business and...

SOLD Tried selling this on the "other" message board with no luck. I'll let this go for $1000 with fenders till Sunday only. Pick up only, no deliveries. This trike is in great condition with only some scratches on the bottom tube. Its been tuned up and its ready to go to a new home. Come get...

I own a Greenspeed GTO, with Dura-Ace bar end shifters. I've been having problems with the shifters failing after only a few hundred miles of riding, and once within 50 miles of installation. The failure begins with the index shifting. First, it stops clicking into place and begins to...

hi all, here are links to my build and ride of my new `bent. little more expensive this one, about £300, $ 485, worth every penny/cent! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhayjtFZLpk http://www.recumbent.tv/home/viewvideo/402/personal/the-redbull-racer.html hope everyones checking out the...

Seems to me... traditional bikes.. at least for me... work my hamstrings more than the quads. I've rode a crank forward (Day 6).. around 5-6 miles.. and it seemed the quad muscles were used more equally. I'd be interested in comments from those experienced in both crank positions. Recumbent is...

Hi All I am buying a house and so my beloved StreetMachine must go. It is listed on ebay right now. See link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180448020270&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_1044wt_1156 Thanks

The current owner (the second owner) says that he just had some sort of servicing done on this vehicle. He says he bought it about 5 years ago from a friend of his who is a recumbent fanatic but the current owner says he has just never had the time to ride it and it has been sitting in his garage...