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Re: Where are you All ?

My bike...

Is a big piece of rust hang of the wall :(


--- In bentechriders@yahoogroups.com, "lew2au" <john.lewis@...> wrote:
>
> Well folks it seems this forum has been pretty quiet for months. So
> what are you Bentec mob doing?
>
> I've been busy riding mine a lot. Couple thousand km of great trouble
> free riding. I saw on another forum that David has been getting quite
> a bit of riding on his as well but have not managed to email him
> sucessfully. David if you read this how about letting us know how you
> are going. I enjoyed your reports on the Aus net.
>
> I've also filled some time building a Tourezy look alike for a friend
> who had all but given up riding due to problems with upright bike,
> health and age. I'm pleased to say he's hardly been off it since he
> got it. Maybe I should have made him a Bentech LWB but we just used
> what we had ie his old road bike.
>
> So that brings me to question one. What is the Bentec LWB like to
> ride. Compare with SWB ?
>
> Second question. I'm thinking of building a B'tec with the frame
> coming straight through instead of angled down at the front as they
> are now. Anyone like to comment on how it would go. Should give better
> heel clearance at least. I've also been asked about using same size
> wheels like some of the Bacchettas. I think though that might involve
> some serious redesign.
>
> Ok I've done my bit. So lets hear from some of you as to what you are
> doing.
>
> John Lewis
>





Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:09 am

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Well folks it seems this forum has been pretty quiet for months. So what are you Bentec mob doing? I've been busy riding mine a lot. Couple thousand km of...
lew2au
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Nov 19, 2007
1:42 am

My bike... Is a big piece of rust hang of the wall :(...
matto72cl
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Nov 19, 2007
2:09 am

Hi Guy's and Gal's, I am just finishing the shifter cables and then I will be getting it powder coated. May be riding in a couple of weeks.Chilliwack Dan ... ...
Daniel Johnson
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Nov 19, 2007
11:42 am

... Hi Dan, Great to hear you have a nearly complete bike. Hope we'll see some photos in due course in the photo section All the best, John Lewis...
lew2au
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Nov 20, 2007
11:52 am

... Well, looks like there's still some life here. That's a relief. Sounds like you need a sandblaster Matto. :>) Seriously though. Is it a finished or...
lew2au
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Nov 20, 2007
11:27 am

I have ridden over 1100 Bentech SWB miles since May 2007 so things are going well. Torrey...
Torrey
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Nov 19, 2007
5:50 am

... are going well. Great to hear Torrey. 1100 miles in a few months. If you'd spent a pile on a commercially made bike you would have done no better. That's ...
lew2au
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Nov 20, 2007
11:34 am

It seems at least some of us are out riding our bikes. I have been anyway. It's been my regular ride to work, 70 miles a week. Technically, the only things...
Phil Prosser
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Nov 19, 2007
9:18 am

... Thanks for taking the time to come up and post Phil. Great to see you piling on the miles too. Top Tube: I haven't tried a top tube but I fitted two idlers...
lew2au
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Nov 20, 2007
11:48 am

... In this pic: http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/PhilProsser/PIC00062.jpg You can see where the panniers hang on the low rack, plus you can see the...
Phil Prosser
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Nov 20, 2007
12:22 pm

... Look here <http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/PhilProsser/BILD0009.jpg> and here <http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/PhilProsser/BILD0010.jpg> ...
Phil Prosser
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Nov 21, 2007
1:48 pm

That last post was composed with the rich-text editor, and the links should not have appeared as text. Looked better that way. Sorry it's so messy!...
Phil Prosser
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Nov 21, 2007
2:02 pm

... Well, the links came through functional on my Digest-version email just fine, Phil, so Yahoo must have fixed it. Or perhaps you did. Either way, no...
Nick Lenarz
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Nov 22, 2007
2:31 pm

... I forgot to rave about cable guides. Before I began building up my bike, I looked at other folk's bikes on the web, here and elsewhere. Most used plastic...
Phil Prosser
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Nov 22, 2007
2:51 pm

Thanks for the links to your pictures Phil. Gives me a better idea of how to do it. Thanks Might get some ideas there thnks. I have herd that one gets better...
lew2au
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Nov 23, 2007
3:52 am

... Well, I'm technically still just a 'lurker'- I've subscribed to this group, but haven't built my bent yet. I have, however, decided that this is absolutely...
Nick Lenarz
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Nov 20, 2007
9:07 am

... Lurker no more Nick. seems you really need to get started. It's not too difficult. I brazed mine with borrowed Oxy gear and had to teach my self how. I've...
lew2au
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Nov 20, 2007
11:57 am

... Oh-oh, looks like I've been spotted! :D I have an AC/DC arc welder at my disposal, and have welded on plate steel and some sheet metal (mostly tacks and...
Nick Lenarz
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Nov 20, 2007
6:28 pm

... I could never get the hang of arc welding. Most times what I do holds together but it never looks neat. Might be partly the fault of using a cheap hobby...
lew2au
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Nov 23, 2007
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... John, sebastiantoney posted a photo of his dual 26 Bentech in message #878 http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/284/1537/1024/DSCF0065.jpg My understanding is...
Jim
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Nov 30, 2007
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Hi All -- After discovering on May 1, 2007 that I have osteoarthritis in both hips (I'm only 41 y.o.!), I decided to build a short wheelbase USS recumbent to...
Geoff Straw
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