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Old 07-18-08 | 11:13 AM
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Bikes: a lowrider BMX, a mountain bike, a faired recumbent, and a loaded touring bike









As you can see by the photographs, yes, there is such a bike.
But there is only one of them in the whole world , and it's mine (Mine! All mine! hah, hah ha ha ha!)

Seriously, you have to build your own. The odd thing Ergonomically is that when you move your butt back on the "banana" seat, you actually find it easier to tuck in behind the fairing. I find it keeps my back flatter and I don't experience pain in the neck, like I did on drop bars of the old road bike.
There is the option of standing for hill climbing. I replaced the rear hub with a Sturmey Archer three speed hub.
In retrospect, I should have made the seat a little wider. The seat is seven inches wide at it's widest, and I should have made it 8" or 9".

This bike won a ribbon at the NYC Reliquary Museum's annual Bike Fetish Day May 10th, 2008.
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