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I am looking for specific information about the aluminum flevo seen on Erik Wannee's site under 'special material use'. Specifically the seat. Erik's site says...
John Sisler
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Nov 5, 2005
7:08 am
486
Once again I'm working on my modified flevo racer, and have been building my own seat. (The seat needs to be able to split into two pieces: a back rest...
John Sisler
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Nov 12, 2005
10:44 pm
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Hi John! ... Uhm, what about the Bodylink-seat which is produced by HPVelotechnik? At least is has the "splitted" design, but the side support seems to be...
Martin Anderseck
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Nov 12, 2005
11:15 pm
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Thanks for the information, and link. I have seen the HPVelotechnik split-seat, and am familiar with it's design. Nice to see that it actually weighs less...
John Sisler
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Nov 13, 2005
4:23 am
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... Not im my experience. I prefer to put 15-20 mm (0.6-0.8") rubber foam on the original hard Flevo seat shelf. This makes the seat a bit soft and comfortable...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 13, 2005
5:28 pm
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I see... So you don't need side support because you 'stick' yourself onto the seat. How is that over a long trip? Is it cool and comfortable?...
John Sisler
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Nov 13, 2005
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How do you propose to have support at the shoulders? Do you add more sticky rubber to that area?...
John Sisler
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Nov 13, 2005
7:10 pm
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... Very well. ... No, it's not cool. There is too much air (or other gas) inside the rubber so that it works like a thermal shield/thermal isolation, i.e. the...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 13, 2005
7:27 pm
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... One more thing: the sweat flows into a pond at the lowest point of the rubber foam. It's good to drill a hole through it and the seat and put a stiff pipe...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 13, 2005
7:33 pm
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... The usual seat reaches high enough for average people. Just make sure that your shoulders do not reach above the seat. And make sure the seat is in this...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 13, 2005
7:41 pm
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Hi all, on my centre steered Monty I have a narrow Challenge seat. It gives a lot less shoulder support than the Flevo seat but it works well. ...
Olaf Johansson
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Nov 13, 2005
8:11 pm
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I am going through seat development, and found many of the points brought out in this webpage very interesting: ...
John Sisler
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Nov 17, 2005
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... No! You can't have that much muscles and -- sex organs? More than one? Indeed there are some remarkable findings. In the end I wouldn't remove so much from...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 18, 2005
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I agree that the flevo seat is well designed. But I am working a version of a flevo racer which converts to standup bike, and the seat performs multiple...
John Sisler
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Nov 18, 2005
10:50 pm
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I trying to find out if it is posible to use an Sram 7.0 esp gripshift set with a Shimano 105 front draileur. I have already the gripshifters so i need the...
Ernst-Jan
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Nov 19, 2005
10:28 am
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... I used them for some time on my Flevo. Either I shift or I sweat too much, so they felt slippery and they did hurt my hands, kind of peeling away the skin,...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 19, 2005
12:47 pm
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I am not trying to be a wise guy, but wearing cycling gloves has always been standard cycling equipment on any ride for me, whether on a short ride or a...
Bert Rufenach
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Nov 19, 2005
3:32 pm
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Hi Peter, hi Flevofans! ... Is that a general opinion about gripshift(like) shifters? If yes it might help to maintain your shifter cables. I have Sram...
Martin Anderseck
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Nov 19, 2005
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... That's what I thought too, but then the leather gloves crumple and get hard, and one day it's almost impossible to put them on. I radically changed back to...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 19, 2005
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... It wasn't, and isn't that! Of course lubricating was the first I did. At home, with dry hands, it felt like I could change gear by blowing at the handle. I...
Peter Dyballa
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Nov 19, 2005
10:16 pm
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Hello all of you. For about ten years I was dreaming of having my own racer. Last week i orderd my framekit at the Tempelman store in Dronten. I already have a...
Ernst-Jan
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Nov 21, 2005
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Hello Flevofans, today I received a message from the Cultureel Centrum Corrosia in Almere (NL). I'll try to translate their mail for you, but you'll find the...
Martin Anderseck
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Nov 23, 2005
5:33 pm
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You mean this one? http://www.ihpva.org/com/Flevo/flevo.green.jpg I believe the work on this prototype started many years ago, I even thought the project had...
Olaf Johansson
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Nov 23, 2005
6:24 pm
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... _Perhaps_ the _first commerical_. I only say Clemens Bucher/Berlin:-) Sincerely, Olaf -- Olaf Schultz Heimfelder Straße 77 21075 Hamburg Festnetz: 040 791...
Olaf Schultz
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Nov 23, 2005
7:50 pm
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... Only the one I found at the website of the organizer of the exhibition: http://www.corrosia.nl//ccc.html?section=ccc)#=NL Greetings, Martin...
Martin Anderseck
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Nov 24, 2005
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Hi, To begin with recumbent bike i'm looking for a budget flevo road/race bike to restore or modify as i'm too short on time for building one from scratch. I...
François BOUQUIN
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Dec 3, 2005
10:42 am
512
Does anyone have the name of a manufacturer and part number for the diabolo (or part with eqivalent function) available in the U.S.?...
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Dec 20, 2005
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... I don't have special numbers or manufacturer names, but it seems that you can best try to ask for it in shops where they sell windsurfing parts. This kind...
Erik & Saskia Wannee
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Dec 24, 2005
1:17 pm
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Hi, all Flevobike-enthousiasts, can someone tell me where I can get the "Diabolo" rubber elements? Best regards Norbert Nattefort, Cologne...
Norbert Nattefort
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Dec 28, 2005
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... Ligfietsshop Tempelman, surfing shops. -- Mit friedvollen Grüßen Pete “I hope to die before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.” - Donald E. Knuth,...
Peter Dyballa
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