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Re: TidalWave/Tsunami with fenders???- Actionbent Images

How about a Campagnolo Scirocco rear wheel and a thick foam seat pad?
http://batcha.dtdns.net:2280/clocker/031123hanamigawa/DSCN4878.jpg

(from photos on a Japanese website)

Don




Thu Jan 1, 2004 7:06 pm

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thought i'd pass this along, these are on ebay, I have no connection, other than this is the shop I used for the longer 150mm 1 1/8" stems I used for the...
bentbiker
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Dec 26, 2003
3:06 am

Thanks for the tip. I won the first one last night. I was the only bidder. His shipping is a bit high, but since I got it for the starting bid I got a good...
Gregory Raven
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Dec 26, 2003
1:57 pm

I have enjoyed reading the reviews that have been posted so far, but why aren't there more reviews or at least comments about what it is actually like to ride...
dlbugni
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Dec 27, 2003
7:29 am

Don, there have been a few ride reports posted. There is a scattering of Actionbents here in Florida, where we have riding weather year round, if you count...
Gregory Raven
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Dec 27, 2003
11:41 am

I own a USS Jetstream which I started riding around 10/31/03. Because I live in Wisconsin and only got to ride it a total of 45 miles before the weather got...
findthe2ofus
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Dec 27, 2003
1:20 pm

Don, I live in the snow belt but this Christmas we have no snow to speak of. So yesterday I went for about thirty mins on the Jet Stream OSS I purchased from...
Alex M Lewis
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Dec 27, 2003
2:26 pm

Hey Don, I'm in. Go ahead and buy it, the check's in the mail. :-)...
bentbiker
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Dec 28, 2003
12:37 am

OK, bentbiker!! Now which model do I need to order to be able to keep up with (and possibly pass) the strong young upright riders on my 25 mile bike-to-work...
dlbugni
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Dec 28, 2003
2:06 am

tidal wave is nice, but it won't take sparticus wheels, wrong size. if you are going to upgrade the wheels to tharacians or something, go with the jetstream....
bentbiker
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Dec 28, 2003
3:04 am

Hmmmm . . . I'm inclined to go OSS Jetstream, but the big wheels and bar end shifters on the TidalWave are hard to resist, and besides, it allegedly weighs...
dlbugni
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Dec 28, 2003
3:09 am

if you are inclined to OSS, the tidal wave is USS only I believe. The OSS shown, is a conversion done by a member of the board here. The New OSS models are...
bentbiker
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Dec 28, 2003
3:15 am

Does this the photo at this link look like a TidalWave/Tsunami with fenders? Does it look like a 451 front wheel? ...
dlbugni
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Dec 31, 2003
12:34 am

yep to everything, is that a japanese site?...
bentbiker
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Dec 31, 2003
1:13 am

duh! I see after looking at the rest of the site, it is from Japan. interesting looking bikes i've never seen before....
bentbiker
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Dec 31, 2003
1:25 am

This guy has a great collection (wonder if they really belong to one guy)-- carries a Japanese website identifier: ...
dlbugni
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Dec 31, 2003
2:42 am

Check out the interesting USS arrangment and wild paint scheme on the zoomed-in image: http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~minivelo-bent/tsunami/tsunami.jpg We do know...
Gregory Raven
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Dec 31, 2003
3:01 am

I like the utilitarian look of this one: http://homepage1.nifty.com/ct-seizan/subrec032.html How about the mirror on this one: http://homepage1.nifty.com/ct- ...
dlbugni
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Dec 31, 2003
4:18 am

Here's the one with the mirror (link got cut up on previous post: http://homepage1.nifty.com/ct-seizan/tsuna32.jpg Don ... ...
dlbugni
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Dec 31, 2003
4:22 am

... Also note the kickstand. There was a discussion of kickstands earlier. I don't recall a solid conclusion. Obviously there is one out there somewhere...
Gregory Raven
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Dec 31, 2003
5:51 am

See the bike with the trailer attached at this link? (Yes, yes I know it's not a TidalWave/ActionBent, but . . .): ...
dlbugni
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Dec 31, 2003
4:32 pm

Greg, my experience with mirrors, especially on a bent with USS where the mirror is further away from your eyes, you need a really good one that will not...
bentbiker
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Jan 1, 2004
3:09 am

How about a Campagnolo Scirocco rear wheel and a thick foam seat pad? http://batcha.dtdns.net:2280/clocker/031123hanamigawa/DSCN4878.jpg (from photos on a...
dlbugni
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Jan 1, 2004
7:06 pm

Is this a new seat or the standard Tsunami redone? If redone, how? ... pad?...
tjdale2
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Jan 1, 2004
8:09 pm

that's an after market seat. If you'd like to do something like that pretty cheap, see poweroncycling's swanson fiberglass seat....
Jim
bentbiker1960
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Jan 1, 2004
9:07 pm

Also note new crankset with a big chainring. Rear cassette looks smaller than stock. This Actionbent is set up for speed ! Greg...
Gregory Raven
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Jan 1, 2004
8:13 pm
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