SatRday- Toronto region owners?

I'm seriously considering buying a Bike Friday SatRday. Does anyon
know of one in the greater Toronto region? (Or Montreal, or upper Ne
York state?

I sure would love to try one out before ordering

Such a tough desicion, especially when I could get one heck of a tourin
machine for that dough! Or fulfill my highracer fantasies! Or... buy
ticket around the world! Gulp

Best

Moosebear (AKA Vincent de Tourdonnet


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I'm in the process of considering a DoubleDay by BF. I have a Longbikes'
Vanguard (Ryan design) with BTCs but even then it is too cumbersome to fly
conveniently.

I will miss my hydraulic disk brakes.




"Moosebear" wrote in message
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| I'm seriously considering buying a Bike Friday SatRday. Does anyone
| know of one in the greater Toronto region? (Or Montreal, or upper New
| York state?)
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| I sure would love to try one out before ordering.
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| Such a tough desicion, especially when I could get one heck of a touring
| machine for that dough! Or fulfill my highracer fantasies! Or... buy a
| ticket around the world! Gulp!
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| Best,
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| Moosebear (AKA Vincent de Tourdonnet)
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Jay wrote:
Moosebear at wrote on 2/5/04 3:50 PM:
I will be at a southwestern Ontario recumbent event this Saturday in
Brantford and will ask around about a Bike Friday SatRday.


Thank you, Jay. I'll try posting there. I thought about taking the G
train to Hamilton with my BikeE, then biking out to Brantford for tha
Ice racing bent event, but with the current conditions I fear that on
of those customized ICE bikes would be the only safe way to go

Enjoy the event, V


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Moosebear, if you tried to play ice polo on a skating rink driving a BikeE
with one hand you'd end up on America's Funniest Home Videos. CLWBs and ice
rink should not be mentioned in the same sentence.

BTW is your interest in the Sat R Day purely for the suitcase option?
There is another folding bent available in Montreal that folds for easy
transport and the learning curve between a BikeE and this (almost a real
bent) would be zero.

Joshua (Toronto)
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"Moosebear" wrote in message
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Jay wrote:
Moosebear at wrote on 2/5/04 3:50 PM:
I will be at a southwestern Ontario recumbent event this Saturday in
Brantford and will ask around about a Bike Friday SatRday.



Thank you, Jay. I'll try posting there. I thought about taking the GO
train to Hamilton with my BikeE, then biking out to Brantford for that
Ice racing bent event, but with the current conditions I fear that one
of those customized ICE bikes would be the only safe way to go!

Enjoy the event, V.



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Evsolutions wrote:
BTW is your interest in the Sat R Day purely for the suitcase option?
There is another folding bent available in Montreal that folds for easy
transport and the learning curve between a BikeE and this (almost a real
bent) would be zero.
Joshua (Toronto)
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Thanks, Joshua, I am not uniquely interested in the suitcase option. In
fact, I think for my purposes I would more often use the semi-fold
option that the SatRday also provides...

Praytell, what company in Montreal offers this folding bent which
you mention?



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Moosebear wrote in message ...
I'm seriously considering buying a Bike Friday SatRday. Does anyone
know of one in the greater Toronto region? (Or Montreal, or upper New
York state?)

I sure would love to try one out before ordering.

Such a tough desicion, especially when I could get one heck of a touring
machine for that dough! Or fulfill my highracer fantasies! Or... buy a
ticket around the world! Gulp!

Best,

Moosebear (AKA Vincent de Tourdonnet)

Moose,

Go to the www.bikefriday.com website and write to Hanz or one of the
sales people. Ask them to have a SRD owner in that area contact you.
Might work.

I'll post to the YAK list for you and see if anyone answers.

I do own a SAT R DAY and all I can tell you is that I love riding it
as much as my V-REX. For sure with the 16" wheels you feel the road a
bit more, but it's just flat out fun. Every now and then I can
"motor" a bit and it's fun to jump on to an upright pace line and be
tool'n along at 20 mph on those little wheels and then you get
"Wow...that little thing can move" comments. Of course that's sucking
wheel and not pulling!! )
Slow Joe

wrote:
I'll post to the YAK list for you and see if anyone answers.
I do own a SAT R DAY and all I can tell you is that I love riding it as
much as my V-REX. For sure with the 16" wheels you feel the road a bit
more, but it's just flat out fun. Every now and then I can "motor" a
bit and it's fun to jump on to an upright pace line and be tool'n along
at 20 mph on those little wheels and then you get "Wow...that little
thing can move" comments. Of course that's sucking wheel and not
pulling!! ) Slow Joe


Thanks, Joe, it's really quite remarkable how positive people lik
yourself seem about the ride they get on their Satrday... I actuall
want to use it as my daily commuter as well, to replace my BikeE. I ge
the feeling it will be considerably zippier. Hearing you compare i
favourably to a Vrex is great

How quickly do you find you can do the sort of semi-fold option? I'
wondering about that

I'm nervous about the $4000 Canadian it will cost me if I go for it..
but I guess as a SatrDay owner, with Bus, train and plane and SatRday
one has more mobility than most people dream of, and with lots more fun

Thanks for your post

Best, Moosebea


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I can't remember the name of the Montreal bike, but if it is the one I
am thinking of, it isn't really a recumbent.

FWIW I had a Rans Wave that had a hinge in the frame installed by Jim
Best. I didn't get any local takers on when I listed it for sale, so I
ended up trading it in on a Rocket (wanted to try SWB). It is now at
Urbane Cyclist in downtown TO. It is not the folder the Sat R Day is,
but for the $difference, you might want to take a look. The frame and
wheels _will_ go into a large suitcase. You have to remove the wheels,
fold it, lay it in the case, remove the bars and lay them on top, and
remove the rear deralleur (wouldn't quite fit!). Seat would go in a
duffle. I still have a couple of these suitcases (one damaged by UPS
). You could have those for free.

The hinge is held together by screws. Not the fastest, but very
secure.

The bike came with a 16" front wheel, but I upgraded it to 20". I gave
Urbane both, inlcuding the fork for the 16".

johnriley1 (at) rogers(dot) come

Moosebear, have you checked with Bikefriday lately, I was under the
impression they are not building the saturday's at this time. I could be
wrong. Also, have seen two great deals on them on e-bay. Also have you
considered the HPM Phaser? I had the RCN test bike, it was very nice.
The USS and seat where top notch, and bike was quick. Also, Calhoun
cycle has done some RANS rockets with SS couplers, they have one on
their used bike section I believe under the "previous bikes we've sold"
if not there, Check with Mark Stoinich they may have it on their site.
You could bike up a used rocket and do the SS couplers and still be way
under a grand!

Moosebear wrote:
wrote:
I'll post to the YAK list for you and see if anyone answers.
I do own a SAT R DAY and all I can tell you is that I love riding it as
much as my V-REX. For sure with the 16" wheels you feel the road a bit
more, but it's just flat out fun. Every now and then I can "motor" a
bit and it's fun to jump on to an upright pace line and be tool'n along
at 20 mph on those little wheels and then you get "Wow...that little
thing can move" comments. Of course that's sucking wheel and not
pulling!! ) Slow Joe



Thanks, Joe, it's really quite remarkable how positive people like
yourself seem about the ride they get on their Satrday... I actually
want to use it as my daily commuter as well, to replace my BikeE. I get
the feeling it will be considerably zippier. Hearing you compare it
favourably to a Vrex is great.

How quickly do you find you can do the sort of semi-fold option? I'm
wondering about that.

I'm nervous about the $4000 Canadian it will cost me if I go for it...
but I guess as a SatrDay owner, with Bus, train and plane and SatRday,
one has more mobility than most people dream of, and with lots more fun!

Thanks for your post.

Best, Moosebear



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Hi John

You are correct, it is not a true bent, but it does fold and is under
$800.00 CAD and could be modified easily into something better.
Belize Bicycles of Canada and the bike is called the Easy Ryder or something
like that.
If you look back a few months (maybe November) Marci (the one who collects
bents) was in Montreal and took it for a test ride and said she loved it/I
saw one in Toronto in September and thought it was pretty nice compared to
the EVOX 140 semi-bents.

Speaking of EVOX, have you noticed Quetzal Recumbents is no more. All their
USS bents have been cancelled and MIKADO kept 2 Quetzal Semi-Bents...one is
a 24 spd Aluminum and for a Semi-Bent it looks very refined...now if only
they could slap on a CF cobra seat//

Joshua
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"john riley" wrote in message
om...
I can't remember the name of the Montreal bike, but if it is the one I
am thinking of, it isn't really a recumbent.

FWIW I had a Rans Wave that had a hinge in the frame installed by Jim
Best. I didn't get any local takers on when I listed it for sale, so I
ended up trading it in on a Rocket (wanted to try SWB). It is now at
Urbane Cyclist in downtown TO. It is not the folder the Sat R Day is,
but for the $difference, you might want to take a look. The frame and
wheels _will_ go into a large suitcase. You have to remove the wheels,
fold it, lay it in the case, remove the bars and lay them on top, and
remove the rear deralleur (wouldn't quite fit!). Seat would go in a
duffle. I still have a couple of these suitcases (one damaged by UPS
). You could have those for free.

The hinge is held together by screws. Not the fastest, but very
secure.

The bike came with a 16" front wheel, but I upgraded it to 20". I gave
Urbane both, inlcuding the fork for the 16".

johnriley1 (at) rogers(dot) come