PloddinPedro
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Ah great. Your Google-fu must be much stronger than mine! I had seen the Radladen site before but for some reason I couldn't resurrect it!
So how many recumbent riders have we?
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Andy in Sig
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My HPV Street Machine gave up the ghost the weekend before last, which was fair enough as it was about 20 yrs old and had done many thousands of miles. The circumstances were a bit rum though. I was getting near the top of a slope and suddenly everything felt very soggy and I thought that the suspension had somehow gone. So I tightened it up and then did about 1 km fast downhill. At the bottom of the hill the problem was even worse, so I tightened it yet more got back on the bike and promptly fell off having gone about 18 inches. It was then, lying on the ground, that I spotted that the central frame tube had split in two and the only thing that had held it together was the aluminium water bottle cage which was screwed to the frame fore and aft of the crack! I just burst out laughing at my luck.
Anyway this has precipitated me actually doing something that I've been thinking about for a while: I went and ordered a HPV Scorpion which I reckon will be even more fun than the Street Machine was. With a bit of luck I should have it by the end of January and I just hope that the weather then will be OK to take it out for a spin.
Anyway this has precipitated me actually doing something that I've been thinking about for a while: I went and ordered a HPV Scorpion which I reckon will be even more fun than the Street Machine was. With a bit of luck I should have it by the end of January and I just hope that the weather then will be OK to take it out for a spin.
and you get a new 'bent
]The great thing about ANY trike is that it is less dependent on weather
Even better is that some of the best times are on days when you would not venture on two wheels
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Andy in Sig
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Yes, you're right. I'm certainly looking forward to being able to go out early on an icy day as opposed to having to wait for the sun to have an effect.
If you go for studded tyres, get all three wheels shod!
I had the brilliant idea onthe CAtrike of a rear studded tyre for drive, which was briliant
Then discovered that braking is not that good without grip... and that studded tyres on teh fornt make stopping more efficient
However studded tyres do prevent sliding hadbrake turns
I had the brilliant idea onthe CAtrike of a rear studded tyre for drive, which was briliant
Then discovered that braking is not that good without grip... and that studded tyres on teh fornt make stopping more efficient
However studded tyres do prevent sliding hadbrake turns
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Catrike 700 here.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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I've just joined this club... custom build ICE Adventure with Rohloff hub and some disability modifications...
piccies to follow when it arrives
piccies to follow when it arrives
numbnuts
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WoW well done
jayjay
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Ex-cell-ent! Photos will be good.
classic33
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Non sofar!
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Humm, did I miss it in here? I have some more. I'll turn the laptop on later when my husband lifts it off the floor and gives it to me, when he's awake and edit the new ones! They can come here first. They have details... In the meantime the one the other threads have is this one... But I think you have gone to bed now...
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Andy in Sig
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@Cunobelin
Well here it is, my new trike, yesterday in Ravensburg, just after breakfast in the cafe on the right and after the first ride of the year, only 65 km but my legs are feeling it today, alright.
Well here it is, my new trike, yesterday in Ravensburg, just after breakfast in the cafe on the right and after the first ride of the year, only 65 km but my legs are feeling it today, alright.
