Bought my recumbent back!

[Rhythm Thief]

Back in early 2023, I bought an Optima Dragon which had been gathering dust in the seller's garage for years. I recommissioned it, built a dynamo wheel for it and installed lights, then rode it the grand total of 21km before selling it a few months ago. Last week, it popped up on eBay and the seller offered it to me for pretty much what I sold it for, so much to my wife's dismay, I've bought it back. I never felt like I'd given it a fair hearing, so this time I'll be trying to ride it more often.

 

[Jameshow]

Moral of the story...
Don't sell a bike without good cause!!
We all have a bike we ought not to have sold!
In my case a brown Walvale with yellow detailing sold in Southampton area!
Brought a yacht with proceeds!

 

[ianrauk]

Your story makes me wish I never sold my recumbent. Always regretted it. But my knees never liked it, even though 1. It was bloody good fun. 2. It was fast.

 

[fossyant]

That new job in a bike place is going to be the ruin of you ! Bikes and more bikes.

 

[kingrollo]

Your story makes me wish I never sold my recumbent. Always regretted it. But my knees never liked it, even though 1. It was bloody good fun. 2. It was fast.

I'm finding my HP grasshopper really slow. What recumbent was it that you owner ?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Good stuff, look forward to hearing about when you do your first 100km on it etc.

 

[ianrauk]

I'm finding my HP grasshopper really slow. What recumbent was it that you owner ?

It was a Catbike Musashi low racer.

 

[PaulM]

It was a Catbike Musashi low racer.

Which is more laid-back than the grasshopper and has no suspension.