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Old 02-06-10 | 01:40 PM
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homebuilt highracer

hi gang, video of my homebuilt highracer!

https://www.recumbent.tv/home/viewvid...cer-movie.html
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Old 02-06-10 | 02:31 PM
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You're riding that thing on the wrong side of the road Fun video & neat bike - congratulations.
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Old 02-07-10 | 04:25 AM
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You're riding that thing on the wrong side of the road Fun video & neat bike - congratulations.
thanks!
luckily everyone else drives on the wrong side too, so it kinda works out!
that was my first `real` bent homebuilt, and not long finished my lowracer....hmmmm, what next!
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Old 02-07-10 | 07:05 AM
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Looks nice, does the handlebar/stem flex a bid with the the long-ish steertube?
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Old 02-07-10 | 04:31 PM
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Good work! How about a front drive lowracer?
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Old 02-09-10 | 07:27 AM
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cheers guys!
steering flex, no, not really, ali tube is long, but hadles well, i`m not really pulling on it anyway.

i`ve just built my lowracer, which is also on the recumbent.tv site!
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