Ever been tempted to get a recumbent?

SimonAH

OK, I know, you'd also have to take up smoking a pipe, but I really fancy one, especially one of the Mike Burrows evil looking rocketships......and they're not even that viciously priced.

Hmm, bonus time in Nov. :twisted:

JackPozzi

Yes, I picked one up on ebay a while back, nothing special but it's great fun to ride! Even in Romford, where it's normal to get stones, sticks or bottles thrown at me for daring to ride in lycra, people just look and smile. OK they're probably laughing at me, but it's got to be better than violence

Norky

Yes, I have. A tadpole trike particularly, but I lately I have been liking the idea of one of those very low (and therefore fast) "low racers" like this: http://www.raptobike.nl/

stuaff

Norky wrote:

Yes, I have. A tadpole trike particularly, but I lately I have been liking the idea of one of those very low (and therefore fast) "low racers" like this: http://www.raptobike.nl/

Raptobikes are as mad as a box of frogs- I know an owner, who ignored the advice of an experienced 'bent rider to get one. Ultra-twitchy steering, front-wheel drive (with assorted complications)...

I'd quite like a tadpole myself- an ICE Vortex perhaps, or one of the HPVelotechnik models. And the Windcheetah's something special..!!

greg66_tri_v2.0

No.

Devilspawn.

Libraio

Been eying tadpole trikes for a while, especialy the KMX Cobra. Can't find a place to test one though. Low racer is also really cool but perhaps not really suitted for commuting in a busy city.

jimmcdonnell

I had a Trice Micro for a few years, very reluctantly sold it as it simply wasn't practical living in central London. It was by far the most fun I've ever had on wheels - handling was razor-sharp, went like stink, comfortable as a sofa.

I toured it through France, flew it with RyanAir to Biarritz (the airline were great - only charged me £15 (around 2000/01), took good care of it) then rode, pulling a BOB trailer, up along the Atlantic coast before taing a number of trains/ferry etc home. And after days of detailed conversations with French folk and their million questions about the trike, finally getting bottles hurled at me on the Archway Road.

'Bents are a very particular beast. I didn't find it practical but really wish I could have. I still look longingly at the Trice and Mike Burrows sites. One day...

kurako

bentmikey to the thread..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTnZ18TWeRU

EDIT: I've tried this my road bike. The left hander off the roundabout always gives me the sh!ts. It's downhill, reverse camber (or certainly feels that way) and the road surface is a mess.

SamWise1972

Want a Raptobike on a budget? Brad Graham's book Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza (which I have bought) will give you plans, here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atomic-Zombies- ... 672&sr=1-3

Alternately, plans are available on his site, including ones for various trikes that aren't in the book

http://www.atomiczombie.com/main.aspx?click=plans

Here's what his completed front drive lowracer looks like

SamWise1972

Actually, I just checked, and that lowracer is not the same one that's in the book. You can buy the Tomahawk plans for $17, but in the book is this one:



Once my garage is up, I'm going to take a welding course, and build some of those bad boys.

Aidy

Yep.

So I bought one.

Alphabet

The tadpole trike, which is rapidly becoming the most popular design, is often used by middle-aged or retiree-age former bicyclists

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricycle#Design

*snort*

gtvlusso

So - they don't make a fixed recumbant then?

I don't think I could bring myself to ride one - I feel comfortable with a high centre of gravity!

EKE_38BPM

Kurako wrote:

bentmikey to the thread...

I haven't seen BentMikey on here for ages. Not since I met and chatted to him going up Bromley Hill months ago in fact.

I got chatting to a bloke once and it turned out we both knew him. Small world.