So how many recumbent riders have we?

[mrandmrspoves]

The Linear will be going on eBay tonight.
30 miles out on the Trice today - felt like an easy jaunt despite it being only my 2nd trip out since January. No shoulder pain is an absolute bonus. (I must admit that after my 1st trip out on the Trice earlier this week, my calves ached like anything whenever I walked anywhere for the following 2 days!)

 

[BenM]

T(I must admit that after my 1st trip out on the Trice earlier this week, my calves ached like anything whenever I walked anywhere for the following 2 days!)

If god had meant us to walk... he wouldn't have given us recumbents!

B.

 

[starhawk]

"I must admit that after my 1st trip out on the Trice earlier this week, my calves ached like anything whenever I walked anywhere for the following 2 days!"

That is the effect of using the common toe position of the cleats, have felt it myself, had to use the help of both arms to climb a set of stairs. Now I have swapped the cleats for a pair of Terra Trikes Strapped Heel Support Pedals, the axle are about the midfoot position, and the effect is: No problem with the calfes anymore! That may be the reason Triathlons athlets prefer the midfoot position, they have to run after the cycle trip

 

[mrandmrspoves]

"I must admit that after my 1st trip out on the Trice earlier this week, my calves ached like anything whenever I walked anywhere for the following 2 days!"

That is the effect of using the common toe position of the cleats, have felt it myself, had to use the help of both arms to climb a set of stairs. Now I have swapped the cleats for a pair of Terra Trikes Strapped Heel Support Pedals, the axle are about the midfoot position, and the effect is: No problem with the calfes anymore! That may be the reason Triathlons athlets prefer the midfoot position, they have to run after the cycle trip

You may be right ......but when I had my Linear I had brought my cleats down my foot by about 1.5cm from the standard ball of foot position and had kept them that way when I swapped to the Trice.
I think I was probably overstretching as I have just returned from 42 miles after putting the cleats back to a standard position and shortening the beam by about 3cm - and I feel like I could happily repeat the journey (So long as I could have another of the rather nice cheese scones I had in Swaffham with my mug of cappuccino!)

 

[starhawk]

You may be right ......but when I had my Linear I had brought my cleats down my foot by about 1.5cm from the standard ball of foot position and had kept them that way when I swapped to the Trice.
I think I was probably overstretching as I have just returned from 42 miles after putting the cleats back to a standard position and shortening the beam by about 3cm - and I feel like I could happily repeat the journey (So long as I could have another of the rather nice cheese scones I had in Swaffham with my mug of cappuccino!)

Yes I also used the back position on my "spinning shoes" when I had the stairs experience, but the midfoot position is several centimetres further back near the arch of the foot. I was in the process of modifying the spinning shoes when I found Terra Trikes pedals, suits me much better and improves my climbing abilities when cycling

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Can I add these two? http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-kids-on-bikes-pics.111334/post-2465697

 

[Dave hypahippy]

I ain't got one the one in my Picture is borrowed I can look but NOT ride

 

[arallsopp]

Well, as it seems this thread has idled a while, thought I'd ring in the changes.

SMGTe, much loved, workhorse, trailer pony.
Challenge Furai, needs new steering ball joints, resting...
Challenge Seiran, preloved, has new fork following an incident. Pending fitting.
Fietser RAW, shortly to retire to an RSA run facility for dead velos. May get replaced.

...and one more, soon to be on its way, and quite unexpected.

 

[StuAff]

Well, as it seems this thread has idled a while, thought I'd ring in the changes.

SMGTe, much loved, workhorse, trailer pony.
Challenge Furai, needs new steering ball joints, resting...
Challenge Seiran, preloved, has new fork following an incident. Pending fitting.
Fietser RAW, shortly to retire to an RSA run facility for dead velos. May get replaced.

...and one more, soon to be on its way, and quite unexpected.

RSA run facility? Lee W (saw his work on a no-longer-dead Quest XS)?
New one? Do tell.

PS: Should be lots of idlers in this thread

 

[arallsopp]

RSA run facility?

Royal Sun Alliance. Insurer of the driver that got too cosy with my tail in April. They're coming to collect the RAW in exchange for funding her replacement. I like to think that she'll be retired to a nice field, with a velodrome maybe, space to stretch her legs, and a nice oil bath. Where all the bikes go, I guess...

New one? Do tell.

Shan't. Sorry. But I will appear on (not in) it at some point. It will be unexpected. I have decreed.

 

[StuAff]

Royal Sun Alliance. Insurer of the driver that got too cosy with my tail in April. They're coming to collect the RAW in exchange for funding her replacement. I like to think that she'll be retired to a nice field, with a velodrome maybe, space to stretch her legs, and a nice oil bath. Where all the bikes go, I guess...



Shan't. Sorry. But I will appear on (not in) it at some point. It will be unexpected. I have decreed.

Unexpectedly ride an FNRttC some time (and I mean ride the whole thing, obv.!).

 

[StuAff]

PS: I saw your post in the thread from the Mango owner on the other place, replied to that.

 

[arallsopp]

PS: I saw your post in the thread from the Mango owner on the other place, replied to that.

Me too ....and despite all I said there, my next bike will most likely have a Rohloff.

 

[Recycle]

Me too ....and despite all I said there, my next bike will most likely have a Rohloff.

Here is an interesting gear concept:
http://pinion.eu/en/discover-pinion/pinion-p1-18/
The chief disadvantage is that is bespoke for the bike but it should be ideally suited to a recumbent modification because only the boom sleeve holding the bottom bracket needs to be swapped. You could add this to any recumbent with a bit of engineering.

 

[starhawk]

When I was about to buy me a trike I was thinking about a Rohloff, sounded like a good idea, but the price and the fact that you had to do the setup with the shifters yourself made me decide to go for the standard, an X9 SRAM. Now I'm glad I did so, that meant that I could easily upgrade to an e-trike without loosing to many gears. The thing that I didn't like doing the setup with shifters myself came to an end, I have now converted my old twist shifters to bar end shifters, not so complicated after all