I find myself wishing that I could keep up with the Bacchettaa on Freewheeler rides, but do prefer a long wheel base bike to ride.
I presently have a Rans Tailwind, and would like any suggestions for a faster long wheelbase recumbent.
My wife wants a new bike, so why not me too? I am sure that there is some answer why not, but please no ideas for her.
Doug Thomas Welland, Ontario
If you have plenty of $$$$$$$$ to spend I would suggest a socked Easy Racers Gold Rush. A socked Tour Easy would be pretty good to. One of the nice things about these bikes is you can buy all the stuff you need to sock right from the factory. Beyond that a RANS (note the capitals Tom) Status or V2 would be good too. I don't know if you can buy the stuff to put a body sock on these bikes though but doing it yourself shouldn't be too hard. David Socked GRR Faired TE
You will likely only get a marginal advantage by choosing a different LWB bicycle with similar frontal area. A RANS Velocity Squared would offer some improvement over the Tailwind.
Based on frontal area and weight, I would expect a Rotator Pursuit with a front fairing and bodysock to be the fastest commercially available LWB recumbent.
I find myself wishing that I could keep up with the Bacchettaa on Freewheeler rides, but do prefer a long wheel base bike to ride.
I presently have a Rans Tailwind, and would like any suggestions for a faster long wheelbase recumbent.
My wife wants a new bike, so why not me too? I am sure that there is some answer why not, but please no ideas for her.
Doug Thomas Welland, Ontario
If you have plenty of $$$$$$$$ to spend I would suggest a socked Easy Racers Gold Rush. A socked Tour Easy would be pretty good to. One of the nice things about these bikes is you can buy all the stuff you need to sock right from the factory. Beyond that a RANS (note the capitals Tom) Status or V2 would be good too. I don't know if you can buy the stuff to put a body sock on these bikes though but doing it yourself shouldn't be too hard.
Here is a kit for a RANS Velocity Squared front fairing and bodysock mounting. <http://www.mueller-hp.com/v2sock.htm>. The RANS Stratus is similar enough to the Easy Racers in configuration that the Easy Racers socks would likely work.
Fit of a sock does not have to be exact, since the material stretches.
Making a sock from scratch will require a lot of trial and error, in my experience. It would be best to have a sewing machine capable of doing zigzag stitches (e.g. Serger) but can also be done by hand by poor graduate students. 😉
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doug thomas said:
I find myself wishing that I could keep up with the Bacchettaa on Freewheeler rides, but do prefer a long wheel base bike to ride.
I presently have a Rans Tailwind, and would like any suggestions for a faster long wheelbase recumbent.
My wife wants a new bike, so why not me too? I am sure that there is
some
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answer why not, but please no ideas for her.
Doug Thomas Welland, Ontario
If you have plenty of $$$$$$$$ to spend I would suggest a socked Easy Racers Gold Rush. A socked Tour Easy would be pretty good to. One of the nice things about these bikes is you can buy all the stuff you need to sock right from the factory. Beyond that a RANS (note the capitals Tom) Status or V2 would be good too. I don't know if you can buy the stuff to put a body sock on these bikes though but doing it yourself shouldn't be too hard. David Socked GRR Faired TE
Or he could get a Baron low racer and completely do away with the sock 🙂
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doug thomas said:
I find myself wishing that I could keep up with the Bacchettaa on Freewheeler rides, but do prefer a long wheel base bike to ride.
I presently have a Rans Tailwind, and would like any suggestions for a faster long wheelbase recumbent.
My wife wants a new bike, so why not me too? I am sure that there is
some
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answer why not, but please no ideas for her.
Doug Thomas Welland, Ontario
If you have plenty of $$$$$$$$ to spend I would suggest a socked Easy Racers Gold Rush. A socked Tour Easy would be pretty good to. One of the nice things about these bikes is you can buy all the stuff you need to sock right from the factory. Beyond that a RANS (note the capitals Tom) Status or V2 would be good too. I don't know if you can buy the stuff to put a body sock on these bikes though but doing it yourself shouldn't be too hard. David Socked GRR Faired TE
Or he could get a Baron low racer and completely do away with the sock 🙂
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There is one more candidate to be considered. Rotator Pursuit.
They make a dual 700C wheeled beast. It seems to me that has the best chance of "keeping up with the bacchettas."
Available with fairing.
BUT----It's the engine!! The "leave you in the dust riders" on Bachettas are very strong riders who would kick ass on Big Wheel kiddy trikes.
The Rotator Pursuit with dual ISO 406-mm wheels would be faster in windy conditions than the Pursuit dual ISO 622-mm wheels.
The real fast riders are on carbon fiber composite, lowracer "splitter plate" bicycles. [1]
[1] Hi Monkeys. 😉
Can you visualize Micky Dolenz on a nocom?
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-- Tom Sherman
Ah contraire my politically energized fellow bent rider. The real real fast riders are in liners! Frank Geyer did Kaneville in about 3:53 on the Razz Fazz tailfaired Jester [1]. Warren Beauchamp did it in the yellow cuda in about 3:23! He didn''t even have the canopy on, and he dumped a few times after stopping for blind intersections. As for high tech, CMIIR, Warren uses corroplast.
[1] Frank did use high tec duct tape and styrofoam [2] [2] generic term for low density foamed polystyrene.
Harv, Would you believe that Ed hasn't broken the damn thing yet?
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Tom Blum said:
There is one more candidate to be considered. Rotator Pursuit.
They make a dual 700C wheeled beast. It seems to me that has the best chance of "keeping up with the bacchettas."
Available with fairing.
BUT----It's the engine!! The "leave you in the dust riders" on Bachettas are very strong riders who would kick ass on Big Wheel kiddy trikes.
The Rotator Pursuit with dual ISO 406-mm wheels would be faster in windy conditions than the Pursuit dual ISO 622-mm wheels.
The real fast riders are on carbon fiber composite, lowracer "splitter plate" bicycles. [1]
[1] Hi Monkeys. 😉
Can you visualize Micky Dolenz on a nocom?
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-- Tom Sherman
Ah contraire my politically energized fellow bent rider. The real real fast riders are in liners! Frank Geyer did Kaneville in about 3:53 on the Razz Fazz tailfaired Jester [1]. Warren Beauchamp did it in the yellow cuda in about 3:23! He didn''t even have the canopy on, and he dumped a few times after stopping for blind intersections. As for high tech, CMIIR, Warren uses corroplast.
[1] Frank did use high tec duct tape and styrofoam [2] [2] generic term for low density foamed polystyrene.
Harv, Would you believe that Ed hasn't broken the damn thing yet?
let's try again... [1] Frank did use high tech duct tape and styrofoam to build a splitter plate behind the front wheel. I don't think it had the aero potential of a cobra bike or nocom, though.
...Warren Beauchamp did it in the yellow cuda in about 3:23! He didn''t even have the canopy on, and he dumped a few times after stopping for blind intersections....
At least Harv had the good taste not to mention the other story about the Kaneville Sub-Four Hour century ride and dumping. 😉
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Harv, Would you believe that Ed hasn't broken the damn thing yet?
Give Ed time. 😉 Kamil deserves a very special award if he has built an Ed Gin-proof bike.
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...Warren Beauchamp did it in the yellow cuda in about 3:23! He didn''t even have the canopy on, and he dumped a few times after stopping for blind intersections....
At least Harv had the good taste not to mention the other story about the Kaneville Sub-Four Hour century ride and dumping. 😉
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Harv, Would you believe that Ed hasn't broken the damn thing yet?
Give Ed time. 😉 Kamil deserves a very special award if he has built an Ed Gin-proof bike.
-- Tom Sherman
Tom, if it's truly Ed proof, it's probably way overbuilt. <grin>
Purchased my first recumbent July this year. Toureasy. 30 days to learn and find it stable, fast and comfortable. Added a Zipp full tinted faring last month. Big difference in windy weather and at higher speeds. I'm 61 so no longer a fast rider, but can manage 17-20 mph of tours.
