There is a free set of plans avaliable to download
about building suspended recumbent bike similar to
challenge hurricane. Not as good as bentech plans but
valuable.
Try to mix idea of bentech jig with that:
www.hpvklub.dk/log/logdl.asp?page=/pdf/hhs_One.pdf
Badial
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> From: "ttp44" <ttp44@...>
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> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 04:51:02 -0000
> From: "ttp44" <ttp44@...>
> Subject: Re: Questions from prospective builder
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> I very much appreciate TK's comments on the rough
> ride I could
> expect with a 'hardtail' bent. (I presume that a
> hardtail is a bent
> w/o any suspension.) I'm seeing my Dr. tomorrow to
> review a recent
> MRI, so I can get her professional opinion whether
> the ride would be
> a problem with my back.
>
> I looked at the HPV Street machine on the HPV
> website. That is a
> really sweet bike, but the price tag is pretty
> steep. Their
> suspension systems looks very good. I would think
> that wheel
> suspension, like the HPV, would be better that
> putting springs under
> the seat, but would be much more difficult for an
> amateur to design
> and build on a Bentech. It might actually be cheaper
> to just buy the
> HPV.
>
> I'm curious if anyone out there has designed and
> built a suspended
> Bentech. One idea that occurs to me would be to buy
> a mountain bike
> with a rear suspension, cut that off and adapt it to
> the bent. I
> kind of like the idea suggested by John Neiswinger
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>
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/bentechriders/message/138
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> to buy a mountain bike just to scavenge the
> components. Perhaps one
> could buy an better mountain bike and get the
> suspension as well.
> However, the spectrum of mountain bike designs out
> there is immense,
> and finding a suitable one could be difficult.
>
> Terry
>
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> --- In bentechriders@yahoogroups.com, "T K"
> <tamasic1@h...> wrote:
> > >From: "ttp44" <ttp44@c...>
> > >Reply-To: bentechriders@yahoogroups.com
> > >After 16 years of bike commuting on my trusty
> road bike,
> compressed
> > >cervical disks and arthritis in my neck have
> become a major source
> > >of pain.
> >
> > If you're having pain already a 'hardtail' bent
> might not be a
> good idea. On
> > an upright you can kinda soften the impact by
> standing up when you
> encounter
> > broken pavement or speed bump. On a bent without
> suspension you
> WILL feel
> > those bumps especially transferred through the
> seat stays. You
> might want to
> > look at modifying the rear of the bentech plans
> for suspension.
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