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certainly seems it , but me and fast don't normally appear in the same sentence, certainly uses different muscles
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roadrash
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and I need to sort something out for carrying stuff, I'm thinking rack
voyager
E- tadpole Triker
the other trikes l made up L shape brackets with a stub for the front lamps.
enjoy yourself
emma
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E- tadpole Triker
another way to mount front lamps is....
use a 1" handlebar stem in the front mech tube and a short piece of handlebar to mount twin lamps
Later's Emma
use a 1" handlebar stem in the front mech tube and a short piece of handlebar to mount twin lamps
Later's Emma
voyager
E- tadpole Triker
hamster bags and tubular mounts
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Got a recumbent Saturday myself and went out this morning. Pushed it around the road to the car and decided to sit in it. Before I knew it I found I was at the top of a nearby alley with vans slope. I was riding in ten minutes but very wobbly.
Later on I was riding along the promenade. Very wobbly. After half an hour I was less wobbly. So I hit a steep hill. Nearly made it but someone was near me and I got a wobble. Turned around and wheesh! A scary ride downhill! But what fun?! I've now got an aching face from the grin I had all ride.
Can I just say two wheeled recumbent riding has it all that I'd lost with uprights? Gone are the days in stupid enough to cycle at up to 58mph on a bike. However that hill today had enough of the same thrills even if I never got those heady speeds.
I bet you had the newbie recumbent grin on your first ride it too.
Later on I was riding along the promenade. Very wobbly. After half an hour I was less wobbly. So I hit a steep hill. Nearly made it but someone was near me and I got a wobble. Turned around and wheesh! A scary ride downhill! But what fun?! I've now got an aching face from the grin I had all ride.
Can I just say two wheeled recumbent riding has it all that I'd lost with uprights? Gone are the days in stupid enough to cycle at up to 58mph on a bike. However that hill today had enough of the same thrills even if I never got those heady speeds.
I bet you had the newbie recumbent grin on your first ride it too.
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not had chance to get it out today, the fun prevention officer had us doing family stuff 
, I will get some pics tomorrow
, I will get some pics tomorrowTime Waster
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It's the one in this classified. Unfortunately I don't have any photographs yet.- BUT ... We need pics !
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/street-machine-recumbent-sold.223044/
A really nice bike. I'm finding it a lot of fun even on the flat of a seaside promenade. I started off very wobbly but after half an hour i was slaloming round lampposts. I'm not far off completely relaxing on it. Still get the death grip on the bars when on a mixed use path when it's narrow and there's a pedestrian or my young lad on his bike (erratic rider).
A bit more practise then kit up for commuting and winter riding. Lights, etc. Time to dig out my spare garmin GPS mount too. I really need to know how fast I'm riding.
Best cycling buy for years. Not enjoyed myself as much since I got my first lightweight road bike 26+ years ago. When something is just so different in a positive way to what you're used to in cycling...
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E- tadpole Triker
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Still none, before he starts tinkering with it as well.
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spent an hour out this morning, just spinning an easy gear , legs are aching a bit less and i think ive found the sweetspot regarding boom length.
I hadn't got of the estate and three people asked me about the trike, one white van passed me , pulled up and driver got out, i thought to myself eyup here we go
, he walked towards me and said "i saw someone on one of them in preston yesterday, what are they like to ride" well that was the opposite of what i was expecting , after a brief chat i asked if he wanted to try it, he declined.
I really should have got a recumbent trike years ago, no back discomfort after riding , unlike my normal bike
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I hadn't got of the estate and three people asked me about the trike, one white van passed me , pulled up and driver got out, i thought to myself eyup here we go
, he walked towards me and said "i saw someone on one of them in preston yesterday, what are they like to ride" well that was the opposite of what i was expecting , after a brief chat i asked if he wanted to try it, he declined.I really should have got a recumbent trike years ago, no back discomfort after riding , unlike my normal bike
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I recognise that trike 
mudguard mounts , either weld a couple of double hole lugs on the steering arms ( what I would do) or take a top mount off the head tube ( fabricated a mount) and weld a piece of bar stock of the end of the steering arms 15mmx3 mm bar stock works well . Never got around to making guard mounts as it was a " work in progress machine" use for mods on the e- trikes.
Will find photos of mud guard mounts or go to the article on atomiczombie and look at the original thread ( article in a news letter)
Later's Emma
mudguard mounts , either weld a couple of double hole lugs on the steering arms ( what I would do) or take a top mount off the head tube ( fabricated a mount) and weld a piece of bar stock of the end of the steering arms 15mmx3 mm bar stock works well . Never got around to making guard mounts as it was a " work in progress machine" use for mods on the e- trikes.
Will find photos of mud guard mounts or go to the article on atomiczombie and look at the original thread ( article in a news letter)
Later's Emma
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Thank you, i just need to find a friendly local welder , and i think i know just the fella .
