Yes! I was new to recumbents when I bought my Baron a year ago. After a few thousand km, I did my first 600 Audax ride, followed by a 400 and another 600. I...
How is the front derailleur housing suppose to run? Straight from the boom hole to the derailleur or loop in front of the boom then back to the derailleur?...
With the stock outlet hole, mine works fine behind the "bottom bracket." With a very short boom and the cable coming out of a hole added just behind the bottom...
Thanks - this is very useful. Anyone know of somewhere in London that can help with recumbent set- up, or a physio practice with biomechanical/recumbent set-up...
... story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ... Edd, I have my boom moved all the way back and the LBS looped it from the hole, in front of the boom and back...
In my experience, it's the radius of the turns that are more important than cable length. If you find photos of Sam Whittingham's Baron X-low from the 2001 ...
Thanks Matt, I've done a couple of commuting trips now and haven't had any problems with too tight turns, so I can really recommend dropping the chain. I...
Anyone had problems with the standard fiberglass seat back breaking? I just found a found a lateral break in the seat back where the upper mount attaches. Is...
yes, it is a well documented fact for ages now that the fiberglass seats are practially worthless. Get a carbon seat. I haven't seen any broken carbon seats....
Thanks for that info. I will definitely stay away from the fiberglass seat. Bentup Cycles has a Velokraft carbon fiber seat in both a standard & a heavy duty...
I have an optima carbon seat on the baron. I don't actually ride the baron anymore except for indoors on the trainer. I ride a velokraft nocom primarily now...
I had a fiberglass seat on my Baron. It broke the first year I had it. I replaced it with another fiberglass seat. After a couple of months the new one was...
John, Did you replace it with Optima's carbon seat or something else? Where did you get the seat & how long did it take. I only have a couple of weeks to get...
I replaced mine with an Optima seat, and yes it took a couple of weeks. From what I've heard, the Velokraft is lighter and narrower. I don't know the ...
While Robert is dealing with his seat crisis, I'm having my own mini-crisis. I was unable to ride my Baron at last night's club ride because as I got in, the ...
Hi John, I am using a GlideFlex stem on mine with (I believe) is a Rans steering mast. TerraCycle also has their own steering mast. My mast is curved a...
Optima's telescopic/folding tiller for this season looks like this: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1019/540477629_0f9ebfdc0d_b.jpg while my bike was being...
Hi If you are interested... see my album pic#4. This friction stem is made from carbon fiber and aluminium. Cheers ... crisis. I ... got in, the ... cracks ......
Bentup cycles has the velokraft medium carbon seat on back order. Does anyone know of another source for velokraft in US? Hostelshoppe has the Volae seats on...
Andy, Thanks for the input. I hadn't looked at Novosport. I like the openings in the seat back. My back gets hot & soaked in sweat so I had been looking at a...
the ventisit pad is made of awesome if you can find a supplier of the ACS10 material it's made of, you can easily cut and sow yourself a pad for pretty cheap. ...
Hi, This guy has one for sale on Bentrider- $85 http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=32087 ... Ventisit ... enlarged ... upper ... ...
Andy, This would be too narrow for my current seat. But this too adds to my confusion: This is a large pad & is 36 inches long. I thought that my seat was a...
I have a question regardign tailfairings... Is it easy to change a tire/tube with a tail fairing installed? Or do you have to uninstall the fairing beforehand?...
I have a tail fairing, but don't have it on the bike right now. Looking at the mounts it looks like you might be able to change the rear tire, but I don't...
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