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oldslowbenter wrote: ... New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small - large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit too high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially with a $150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the air flow pad. Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley |
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NYC XYZ wrote: Johnny Sunset wrote: I had no trouble riding a HP Velotechnik Speedmachine with the "T" bars even though the seat was about 5 cm too far back. I would get the "T" bars since they look so much better (opinion). -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley You mean OSS? USS seems more "natural" and "aesthetic" to me. While the Speedmachine is now available with USS, there are two different OSS setups. See http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/spm/details_e.html. I can't wait to test-ride already!! I don't understand your comment about the seat, though. Isn't it adjustable? As Peter Clinch [1, 2] states below in this thread, adjusting distance to the pedals is not something one wants to do on a frequent basis on a sliding boom bicycle. [1] Medical Physics IT Officer, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK [2] http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent/msg/67d0e58c49442bd9?dmode=source&hl=en. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley |
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oldslowbenter wrote: "Johnny Sunset" wrote in message oups.com... ... I had no trouble riding a HP Velotechnik Speedmachine with the "T" bars even though the seat was about 5 cm too far back. I would get the "T" bars since they look so much better (opinion). -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley A purple Sunset??? Just an opinion, of course. I think the "T" bars that Shaved Head Earl put on my Red Sunset look better than the stock "C" bars on Purple Sunset. I wouldn't want to be seen on a common Orange Sunset - there must be about 6 of those in Chicagoland. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley |
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oldslowbenter wrote: "NYC XYZ" wrote in message ups.com... ... I'd like to meet some sexy girl on a 'bent! There's a couple cruising around monkey island, but you'd have to catch them first, and good luck with that.... I remember riding the 20/20 Wishbone on the Bike Psychos century about 4 years ago in a paceline with "Doc" (Speedmachine) and the Monkey Sisters Wendy (Stealth) and Barb (Red Sunset). Barb is now riding a Velokraft VK-1, which make me wonder whatever happened to that Red Sunset? -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley |
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"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message ups.com... oldslowbenter wrote: "Johnny Sunset" wrote in message oups.com... ... I had no trouble riding a HP Velotechnik Speedmachine with the "T" bars even though the seat was about 5 cm too far back. I would get the "T" bars since they look so much better (opinion). -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley A purple Sunset??? Just an opinion, of course. I think the "T" bars that Shaved Head Earl put on my Red Sunset look better than the stock "C" bars on Purple Sunset. Is your "T" bar set up like the ones Hairy O'l Bearded Earl had on his Sunset? The ones with the RANS "flipit"? If it is, I'd ditch the POS RANS stupid 3 blade no anti wear washers compression hinge made out of thick aluminum and buy a Pat Franz 'flipit'. Have Shiny Head Earl to a stemectomy on the Sunset. Any fotos of the purple one. I can't remember seeing a Sunset with übermann bars.. I wouldn't want to be seen on a common Orange Sunset - there must be about 6 of those in Chicagoland. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Johnny Sunset wrote:
As Peter Clinch [1, 2] states below in this thread, adjusting distance to the pedals is not something one wants to do on a frequent basis on a sliding boom bicycle. It's a trike, but the Hase Kettwiesel makes it easy with an automatic chain tensioner that makes the overall length immaterial and QRs on the boom bolts. You can put a similar setup on anything (Ben Cooper, HPVel dealer in Glasgow sets up his demo Streetmachine like this) but it's a bit daft on a personal machine that typically nobody else uses. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Peter Clinch wrote: I've tried the Bodylink on the Grasshopper (also worth a try, same cost and basic options as the Streetmachine GTe but with a 20/20 wheel setup so you only have to carry one flavour of spare tube). What role does wheel size play? I can see how it'd raise the sitting height...but does it also mean a faster ride for some reason? Why do a few have the same wheel size and most do not? What advantage does a 26/26 'bent have? It's very adjustable, though to be honest I prefer the older non-adjusting one because it happens to fit me very well. But for A.N.Other rider the Bodylink has a better chance of fitting because you can fiddle it in so many ways. Sit on it and see... One thing my gf like about her bike is the seat shape cuts away around the shoulders. Yeah, I was wondering how these seats affect the shoulders as well as the back! I prefer the HPVel seat for the opposite reason; they're a personal thing and the only way to see what's best is take a seat and see for yourself. Can't wait!! I've never felt the need for a headrest, and I have my seat at maximum recline, but again sucking it and seeing is the best way to decide. It'd be nice to know it's there...there are times when I'm biking along on a smooth straight road that's empty for maybe like a whole quarter mile and I imagine how lovely it would be to just lay back and stare up at the passing sky. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message ups.com... oldslowbenter wrote: ... New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small - large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit too high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially with a $150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the air flow pad. Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley That is the stuff. I had a piece over the foam pad on my V-rex, too. That has since been grafted onto the HP SpM to make the cushion version 2. If you don't have one of these, http://www.abbeon.com/tools/zetz9t.html the stuff is a bugger to cut. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"gotbent" wrote in message ... "Johnny Sunset" wrote in message ups.com... oldslowbenter wrote: ... New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small - large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit too high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially with a $150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the air flow pad. Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley That is the stuff. I had a piece over the foam pad on my V-rex, too. That has since been grafted onto the HP SpM to make the cushion version 2. If you don't have one of these, http://www.abbeon.com/tools/zetz9t.html the stuff is a bugger to cut. A $325.00 cutting tool to cut a seat cushion makes for a pricy seat pad. Would save some money to buy the Buns of Steel thing on TV work out on it for a while I think. I mean how expensive and cushey does a recumbent bike seat need to be? |
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"HH" wrote in message . .. "gotbent" wrote in message ... "Johnny Sunset" wrote in message ups.com... oldslowbenter wrote: ... New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small - large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit too high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially with a $150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the air flow pad. Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley That is the stuff. I had a piece over the foam pad on my V-rex, too. That has since been grafted onto the HP SpM to make the cushion version 2. If you don't have one of these, http://www.abbeon.com/tools/zetz9t.html the stuff is a bugger to cut. A $325.00 cutting tool to cut a seat cushion makes for a pricy seat pad. Would save some money to buy the Buns of Steel thing on TV work out on it for a while I think. That's why we buy pads from the Bike Rack. They have the tool and amortize it over a lot of pads and lots of trim offs to make bent bike seats. Here's the link to the manufacurer's site.http://www.supracor.com/about.html How expensive and cushey does a recumbent bike seat need to be? Some people ride right on the carbon fibre without any cushion. I need more cush for my tush than that. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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