Gold Rush Replica vs. Stratus XP AL

I'm looking to switch from my 6+ year old RANS V-Rex for a LWB
recumbent and I've been out of the market for all that time and know
little of the developments. I think it will come down to either the
Stratus XP AL or the GRR. What are the relative merits of each?
When I tested the old Stratus years ago I wasn't that impressed and
would have gone with the GRR if I'd had the budget at the time. But I
hear that the Stratus XP is a big improvement. How do the 2 compare?
Excuse me if this has been covered before but I could not find a head-
to-head comparison anywhere.

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I'm looking to switch from my 6+ year old RANS V-Rex for a LWB
recumbent and I've been out of the market for all that time and know
little of the developments. I think it will come down to either the
Stratus XP AL or the GRR. What are the relative merits of each?
When I tested the old Stratus years ago I wasn't that impressed and
would have gone with the GRR if I'd had the budget at the time. But I
hear that the Stratus XP is a big improvement. How do the 2 compare?
Excuse me if this has been covered before but I could not find a head-
to-head comparison anywhere.

This may sound trite, but just ride both and buy the one you like
better, objective comparisons be dammed. In the end, the way you fit on
the bike and how it rides is the most important, and this can not be
determined by reviews from others.

Speaking of the V-Rex, I went to a shop expecting to come home with one,
but ended up with a Rocket instead, since I liked it a lot better. I
expect the same applies to the Stratus XP vs. GRR comparison - the
differences in handling, hand position, seats and riding position can
not be quantified as better or worse by any criteria other than personal
preference.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

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I'm looking to switch from my 6+ year old RANS V-Rex for a LWB
recumbent and I've been out of the market for all that time and know
little of the developments. I think it will come down to either the
Stratus XP AL or the GRR. What are the relative merits of each?
When I tested the old Stratus years ago I wasn't that impressed and
would have gone with the GRR if I'd had the budget at the time. But I
hear that the Stratus XP is a big improvement. How do the 2 compare?
Excuse me if this has been covered before but I could not find a head-
to-head comparison anywhere.

The main thing you need to compare are the prices. The GRR is vastly
overpriced, but even the RANS is not cheap. I have been cursing all these
expensive recumbents for the past 30 years. Hells Bells, any idiot can make
an expensive recumbent; it takes intelligence to make a cheap recumbent.
Anyone for the BigHa besides Larry Varney?

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota