xxtheshockerxx

I wish i would have ordered mine about a week earlier....it has been so nice out here. instead of below 0 F temps it has been 40-60 F all week. i hope the weather holds out for next week so i can get some time in on the bike. i am really excited if you couldnt tell

xxtheshockerxx

update.

I guess Bacchetta was a little behind last week and got my bike shipped friday instead of wednesday. So hopefully i will have my bike by this wednesday or thursday.

KaisoArt

I used the Shimano m324s to learn to ride clipped in in my DF bike. I'm transferring them to my soon to arrive CA 2.0. On my DF, I started by riding with one foot clipped in, and the other side using the platform side of the pedal. I then practiced clipping and unclipping while riding, knowing one foot was always free. The Shimano SPD needs a slight twist to release. Practice and get it automatic. Same for the other foot. I also had the pedal clip tension set very loose at first. Now I just have m520s on that bike. Hopefully, the m324s will work just as well to help me learn on the CA 2.0.

xxtheshockerxx

thanks for the advice.

Notso_fastLane

I'll second (or third...or twelfth, whatever) what Kaisoart and others have said. I really like the clip on one side, platform on the other style I got for my recumbent (just got it a few weeks ago), and for only $40, I'm going to get a set for my other bikes too. I only wound up riding about ~100 yards before just clipping both feet in, but I probably would have been better off if I'd made myself not clip at least one foot in before I'd done a few more miles. Most of my initial falls were just from not being able to get my foot out quickly enough.

The good news is, the recumbent is so low, falls aren't bad at all...I can almost use my arm as a kickstand.

If you ride in the rain more than a few times a year, I'd recommend fenders. It took some bending of the aluminum mounts to get them to fit (tw-bents Elegance), but not having cold water hit you in the back of the head/neck is worth it.

xxtheshockerxx

i am sure i will take it down atleast once when coming to a stop with shoes and pedals

i think i might wait a few weeks to get them though. I do think i am going to get the double sided ones just incase i dont want to ride with my shoes.

same goes for the fenders. i will be getting a set sometime. i dont ride that much in the rain but you never know when it might just decide it is gonna rain while im out.

thanks for all your help Notso_fastLane

BlazingPedals

Everyone who rides a 2-wheeler with clipless pedals, with no exceptions,l is a present or future member of 'Club Tombay,' that illustrious assemblage of skilled and experienced riders who have had 0 mph falls due to not unclipping in time. Or unclipping the wrong foot. Or unclipping the correct foot but then leaning the wrong way... Just remember to roll on impact. Sticking an arm out to catch yourself is just about the only way you'll get hurt.

Dudelsack 

I sense a Tombay in my future so strongly that I think I should try to track stand the Giro while I'm clipped in, just to go ahead and get it over with.

I have to admit that I'm not as happy with the A520s on my bent as I was on the DF. I might see if my son-in-law would lend me his Candys for a few weeks.

xxtheshockerxx

now i really do own one love it!

Dudelsack 

Now that's what I'm talking about!

Capecodder

Love that KGGO poster! Oh,nice bike too LOL......

xxtheshockerxx

want one? i have probably 70-80 laying around haha. thanks

Notso_fastLane

I like the exerciser/stand. I would get one, but I want to just ride year round.

xxtheshockerxx

I would ride all year but once winter hits i can stay out too long.

Burnette

Sharp looking bike xxtheshockerxx. What are using for hydration, water bottles or can you put Fastback bladders in your bag?

vic303

Good luck getting fenders to fit that....if you manage, please let me know what brand and how you made it work. We've been unable to find a set of fenders that will work on the RANS equivalent (F5). Not enough fork clearance on the front, especially after swapping up to 559 wheels.

Dudelsack 

Bacchetta markets fenders for their bikes. They are not cheap but I understand they work well.

xxtheshockerxx

thanks. I use water bottles. I usually just take 2 bottles and if i need to fill them at stops on the trail. I have only got one 20 mile ride in so far. go figure when i buy a new bike winter decided to show up. haha

I will let you know. bacchetta makes fenders and IIRC they are around $50 for them. how do you like your F5? my dad was looking into one for this year. he wants to jump on the bent bandwagon

vic303

The F5 is actually DH's bent. Mine is the Vrex. He really likes the F5, and has converted it to dual 26" wheels, though you have to run the narrowest tires possible really, to get clearance on the frame and fork. So 26x1" or so. It is fast for him, and comfortable he says. The only issue we have seen so far with it was the older style headset arrangement, has a tendency to vibrate loose. Took much tinkering and experimenting to get it to lock up solid, once it had worked itself loose.

Dudelsack 

I bought a new Camelbak bladder with a filter and extension tubing and a filter. It fits right in the Brainbox. It looks cool but I didn't use it on the ride today. I drank hot tea out of a Thermos instead.

xxtheshockerxx

i might have to try that. i bought an off brand bladder bag thing and have yet to use it.

i bought a mirror today off bacchetta. next is the OAB ( one armed bandit) for my light. then fenders in the spring.

I do have to say this Corsa is pretty fast. My first ride outside i got up to 28mph with little effort and didnt want to push it much farther with the little bit of actual riding i had before that.

xxtheshockerxx

hello fellow Iowan. It is freezing out but I couldn't go long without taking my new bike out. I rode the high trestle trail
(it is in my front yard pretty much) on the 15th or so. It was near 60 degrees then...now it is terrible outside.

Notso_fastLane

I'll get some pictures of mine this weekend and post them. It took some doing, and it was tricky to bend the aluminum posts right (and it isn't really pretty, since I'm working with very limited tools here), but they are on and good now.

Notso_fastLane

As promised, here's what I had to do to get the fenders on my bike. I ordered them from the Hostel Shoppe, just called and gave them my wheel sizes and told them what model I had, and went with their recommendation. I think it was less than $40 for the set.

The front wasn't too bad. Only had to bend one side, to clear the disk brakes:
https://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...Elegance05.jpg
(You can also see my custom light mount in that shot.)
The back was much trickier, pretty much every piece of aluminum had to be bent and/or cut to get it to work.
https://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...Elegance04.jpg
https://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...Elegance03.jpg

I did it all with just pliers and wrenches, since I don't currently have my workbench with a vice and the rest of my tools, but it works fine, and given how often the roads are wet around here, they are a necessity for commuting!

edgross208

I wish this last claim were true. In 2001, with only a few hundred miles of experience on my Vision VR65 (but thousands of miles and 4 decades of commuting on various DFs), I came to an easy dead stop at a stop sign and found my right foot unwilling to come out of the SPD pedal. I fell the short distance onto my R shoulder and in so doing tore 3 of the 4 tendons that make up the rotator cuff; the 4th tendon (biceps long head) had been torn years before in a misguided swing on an overhead ladder in a fitness course. The effect of this injury was a flail shoulder: I could move my arm forward and back (with pain) but could not raise my forearm by rotating at the shoulder. I was able to get home by putting my hand on the bar and keeping it there, and I was even able to drive a gearshift car by propping my elbow on a pillow.

Surgery ensued a month later, with good results, except that just a few weeks ago I experienced a repeat injury to the biceps long head when I squirmed around in a car to fasten my seatbelt on the right; my surgeon says it's not important to repair it again, though it is painful and makes the biceps bunch up (known as the "Popeye deformity").

I didn't stick my hand out to stop the fall; that might have done its own damage. I offer my experience as evidence that a short fall without an outstretched hand can do severe damage to a recumbent rider, even at a dead stop.