I done did the thing and got one
 

Amongst all the research here and every other recumbent forum I got on I ran into a gentleman that was selling his Greenspeed GTO and a ton of gear to boot. I think I have done well, even though red is not my favorite color, it is really my least favorite color, but I can deal with that.

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Welcome to the un-fold. A trike isn't the only thing I ride, but its the ride I like the best. I dont foresee ever being without one.

It is awesome so far. If I had walked 4 miles last night I wouldn't be able to walk this morning. Feel pretty good for my short ride with the kids.

Hey Bullman,

Did your GTO come with this for the hills?

Greenspeed Recumbent Trikes - SRAM Dual Drive

It did. 81 speeds with the hub. Glad you don't have to work through all the gears to get to the top,

Let me know when you're ready to hit the New River trail with it!

Will do. I have several people that I know that want to make that ride including the gentleman that sold me this GTO. I took it up thrill hill today here in town, and even as out of shape as I am I can climb it. I had to stop and sit in the recliner for a while a few times on the way up, but I made it, and it didn't take all day, and I think I may have even done it faster than I could have walked it.

Congratulations. 'Bents are a lot of fun, and Greenspeed makes a great trike.

Keep riding. The smile only gets bigger. :D

I noted he hasn't let the beard come in yet. Required equipment to ride a trike, even for women. This was established in another thread. Hope you are wobbling a lot on it too.

Also, OP, Kudos on perfect grammatical use of "done did".

I'd 'a said "done doodit," but I'm not sure if that's the right spelling.

Can't let the beard come in, at least not more than 4 days worth. One of those work related things where all I can have is a cheesy mustache.

Four days worth should have come in on the first few miles. Unless you shaved upon arriving back at home you are doing it wrong. ;)

As a side note. You may have noted in the other thread that getting your bent legs takes a minute, so order ahead of time.

Got my chain tools today, so my next trick is to shorten this critter up a bit to fit me. Right now at the farthest the crank is out from my seated position my leg is at max extension so I need to fix that. When I shorten the chain should the chain be on any particular set of sprockets or does that matter?

Set up on your biggest/biggest so that you can be sure you have the right tension on your der.

Put the chain on big/big and running through the jockey pulleys, pull the chain tight, add one link for safety. If the boom may be moved again, leave a few more links reserved for future use. Better too long than too short.

Punkncat and BlazingPedals are both right. You really don't want a chain that's too short.

Red bikes/trikes are faster than other colors.

Nice trike Bullman, you know that red makes your trike faster.

Yup. Truth.