Greenspeed GTT2s

The GreenSpeed GTT2s. We Purchased the GTT in 2006 From the Hostel Shoppe in Wisconsin. The boys at Hostel set the trike up with a nine speed rear end and a Triple crankset with a 42, 52, 64 tooth chainrings and a 50 tooth up front with Shimano Dura Ace Bar End Shifters front and rear so that it will get up and go. It also comes equip with a Schlumpf Mountain Drive giving it a total of 54 speeds so there isn't anything we can't climb ( or at least if there is we haven't found it yet ) it also comes equipped with Hope Hydraulic front brakes and the option of a rear drag brake which we didn't have installed. This monster is a great trike for married people, the wife and I have had a lot of good times on the GTT but there are a couple of draw backs however, the first is Greenspeed needs to figure out how to make it in aluminum at 64lbs its not exactly something you want to carry upstairs or try to get through the door of a motel room and second and I say this softly (Backseat drivers) nuff said.

Cruisin The Coochee

Phil, Paul, Bob and myself rode the Withlocoochee Trail ( FL ) from Ridge Manor Trailhead to Floral City and back, a total of about 35 miles. Phil, Paul and myself all rode Bacchetta Stradas and Bob on his Rans. Now talk about weird, I myself am riding 700c wheels, Paul I believe was on 650s and Phil (short legs ) is riding a Strada 24, his maiden voyage I believe. After about 18 miles we stopped at the midway point at Floral City Bagels ( neat little place ) for a cream cheese bagel with coffee, just off the east side of the trail, and if your looking for real food the Shamrock Inn located at 8343 E Orange Ave Floral City, FL right off the trail and is a great place to eat. All in all a real good ride with Great Guys on weird bikes with Good conversation.

Crusin The Coochee Video Video by Bob Emmerich Our thanks to him for his efforts.

Recumbent Riders Social Club

Hey Guys, I don't know if anyone has checked lately but the Recumbent Riders Social Club is doing quit well. We have 248 members and almost 5248 hundred post. We have also logged over 39801 visitors since we came online. Our Chatroom also seems to be catching on with members.

So if you haven't checked out our Forum Please take a look, you mite find something or someone there you like.

Burley Nomad

Well it's almost time to think about Grocery shopping again.With the Catrike and the Burley Nomad I can get enough Groceries for Two weeks for the wife and I. The Nomad will hold up to 100lbs and pulls and tracks without effort, the Nomad has a surprisingly low hitch arm weight, which gives it a very smooth, balanced ride. In fact, the hitch arm design makes it feel like you are pulling less weight than you actually have loaded in back, you don't even know it's back there. It only weighs 14 lbs.
Another thing I really like about the Nomad is that it folds up to a nice neat compact little package 32"x19"x9". (as the directions say) You can stow the Nomad in a couple of minutes by removing the wheels, hitch arm and folding in the sides; and no tools are required. With Quick Release hitch it's easily adaptable to any and all my trikes I can use the trailer with any of the three, a great advantage. Humm Never tried it on the Strada?

Schwalbe Kojaks

Well it seems like Schwalbe has stopped making there Stelvios in the 16 x 1 1/8 349, what a bummer.
So instead we put a set of Schwalbe Kojacks 16 x 1 1/4 349 on the Catrike Speed. They look pretty good and they are slicks and hold slightly less air pressure than the Stelvios at 115lbs.
They come highly recommended by the Local Recumbent Shop, they say they will wear better than the Stelvio. I guess I'll find out.

How Many Bikes is to Many??

People come to the house all the time and 90% of the time and like any normal guy I'm in the garage. When they enter they see Three Trikes, Two Recumbents, and one mountain bike. Now can you guess what question comes next. Yep that's right it's what do you do with all the bikes or you can't possibly ride all of these things at once and I feel like Bill Engval, all I want to say is (here's your sign.)
Funny thing though, I was at the Recumbent shop today buying tires for the Catrike and my eyes fell on the new Sun tadpole and it looked sweet and I'm thinking real hard about going back and buying it and that brings to my questions, How Many is too Many? How many does the Normal guy have? What do you think?

Trails vs Roads

When you ride your Recumbent where do you like to ride? Do you like to ride the trails and compete with the Walkers, Joggers, Roller Bladers or the kids on there 20 inche bicycles that are just learning to ride (Bless there Hearts) that are all over the trail. (Ugh)

Personally I like the trails but most are just to over populated and over used today. I like the Roads and for the most part 90% of my riding is there not that I like competing with cars mind you, but I have this thing or image that keeps popping into my head and I just can't quit figure it out, What do you Think?

Hotmover Trike

We purchased a Hotmover Trike in 1996, from Hamish Gail in New Zealand, Our first recumbent. We had the trike shipped to Bicycle Outfitters in Seminole Florida. The trike was equipped with 20 x 195 Maxis Hookworm Tires, Shimano Sora's derailleur's front and back Soras Rapid Style shifters and let's not forgets the Rim style brakes. Wow talk about a plain jane trike but it was a blast riding.
Did things and went places that you wouldn't believe. After almost thirteen years it's still in the garage, still with all the original components, works and rides great, it's what I refer to as the old reliable work horse.

Bacchetta Strada Conversion

700c Conversion / Strada

As I said in the previous post. It's a question that gets asked of me frequently, Why the conversions? I like being different. The conversion on the Strada is basically the same as the Rans with the exception of replacing the Kinesis front fork with a Kestrel EMS Carbon Pro. I replaced the Alex 559s with a matching set of Mavic Kysrium SSC Wheels and 700c x 18 tires and replaced the rear brakes with Pauls Motolite mountain bike brakes. After the conversion was done the bike weight difference was just a little better than three pounds lighter. Wow what a difference in ride, handling and the speed. The gains at top end and cruising speeds are 3 mph faster. Now the one pitfall or con to the conversion is you also gain 3 inches in seat height so if you have short legs you mite want to give a conversion a little thought. :)

Rans 700c Conversion

When I go on organized rides the biggest question I tend to receive is why the conversions on my bikes, guess I just like being different. :) The Rans below is a conversion, from the 451 front wheel to the 700c rear. Replacing the front V-brakes with a set of Ultegra road brakes and the rear with Pauls Motolite mountain bike V Brakes gives me more stopping power than needed. Finally for the ultimate in comfort look no further than the Bacchetta Handle bars and ReCurve seat. While the Rans recumbent seats fall away at the top, the Bacchetta ReCurve curves back towards you keeping you tucked in and comfortable and the extra seat padding doesn't hurt on those all day rides. Now the real bummer, I have to get permission to ride the bike :( it belongs to my wife. :)

Rans Formula V

For our Rans Owners out there you may want to look at The Rans Road Riders Community / Road Club our membership on this New Group is up over 92 at the Present time. Link is to the left under Recumbent Groups.

The Recumbent Riders Social Club

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