Mike Labreche wrote:
> Good Day,
>
> I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and ride a 2001 Greenspeed GTR. I
bought the trike last February from a chap in Fort Worth, Texas. Since then I
have modifying the trike to meet my needs.

I live in Georgia, bought my trike from a guy in Michigan who could not
give up his road bike. He had a bad back from that, wonder if he's still
riding his road bike.

AS I look at your photos, I notice the similarities to my own trike. I
did change the 105 crank to a mountain bike crank with a 42/32/20.

I changed the crank from a 170mm to 175mm, which works better with me.
It's still a road crank. 52-40-26 currently. The 7 speed rear cog is a
modified K cluster. 11-13-16-20-24-29-34 That combination gives me 11 to
122 gear inches with the Greenspeed scorchers and the Sachs 3X7.

I did install the same pedals you have shown the 535s I think to Crank
Pedals Eggbeaters. Of course after the change I find out that the clips
from Crank Brothers on my cycling shoes won't fit into any of the other
clipless pedals I have on my other bikes.

I use Shimano sandals, so don't have a problem with SPD clips. I had
problems with any pedals that supported only by the clips. The advantage
of the current pedals is that it spreads the pressure on my feet.

I also removed the ridges on the sandals that are supposed to go behind
the toes, but just caused extra pressure points for me.

In the winter I use Shimano boots imported from Europe. For some reason
they don't sell them here.

I also rigged it to haul a BOB trailer. I was curious about a few of
the item you have on your trike. One being the black holder on the back
of your seat?

Do you mean the Greenspeed headrest, would not be without it.

Do you have the 3X7 or a newer hub? If newer how did you handle hooking
up the BOB?

The other item is the fairing you have on the trike. Is it easy to
take on and off the trike. My reason for asking is I drive a Volkswagen
Jetta Stationwagon. As my trike sit s and the back seats down I can roll
the trike into the back of the wagon with the pedals between myself and
the passengers seat. I had been giving some serious thought to buying a
fairing to get the wind resistance down.

I only use the fairing in the winter, too hot in the summer. It attaches
by slipping into the stinger tube under the bottom bracket and two
rubber plugs in the fairing support. Tighten two clamp bolts on the
stinger and the screws in the rubber plugs and you are done, a couple
minutes at most.

I have found one other use for the fairing, it makes a nice mount for a
10W flexible solar panel.

I noticed that you have installed another water bottle cage on your
fairing frame which looks great. I in turn have been using the only cage
located on the boom in front of the seat for the container to hold the
compressed air for my horn.

I actually have 4 bottle carriers, the other two are on the fastback
straps under the seat. I normally carry three polar 24 oz bottles and
reserve one of the fastback holders for cold drinks from convenience stores.

There are two more places for bottles. Using the same mount as on the
fairing support the two mirror holders would hold a couple bottle cages.
May could put a couple more on the top seat support bar.

Have you ever heard of Fastback Hydration Systems which strap to the
back of the seat? What I have been using to give me quantity is a
Unbottle from CamelBack strapped to the top of my rack and feed the tube
through the headrest and over my shoulder and pinched to my jacket. The
CamelBack will hold up to 3 Litres.

My Greenspeed has the fastback under the seat. The big problem is it's
hard to fill the bladder there, I use the unbottle too. And removing the
container is tough too. So I hardly ever use it, would have removed it
if not for the bottle holders, which are very handy.

Before I go one other question with the conditions of the roads
getting worse it seems every year it has been doing somewhat of a number
on my lower back. Do you have you used any type of cushioning on your
seat to help ease the jolts.

So far I just avoid as much as I can. That means few shoulders are used,
and the edge of the pavement is avoided if it's rough too. I ride like a
vehicle on the road and have no problems with traffic because of it.
I've ridden like that on various bicycles for more than 50 years.

I'm recovering from prostate cancer surgery. The Greenspeed is very
comfortable, bumps and all. I'd not be riding a upright right now. Nor
going on BRAG next week with anything else.

Walt