I've written about BikeE in several issues since the company went under. I
wrote a review of the RX after my using it as my full time bike for one season.
We also have discussed who has replacement parts on more than one occasion.

The bike has many proprietary parts. If it were me, I'd want one of every known
weak point if I were planning to keep my RX for years. The exception might be
the crank/mid-drive which would be replaced by a Schlumpf or SRAM Dual Drive,
and you could even lighten the bike by removing the mid-drive.

RCN is a print magazine. We have many free sample issues and articles on the
web. The fact remains that we're a print publication (have been since 1990) and
80% of our revenue comes from subscribers.

My signature includes our website URL link. Sorry I don't have any articles
about spare parts readily available. This is on my list of articles to write.
We did this for the Trek recumbent when it went out of production.

Bob Bryant
http://www.recumbentcyclistnews.com