Will Lightning Ever Strike Again?

Jim Reilly said:

I wandered onto LIghtning's web site today wondering what if anything
was new with the P38. At a glance it appears there is NOTHING new with
the P38. There was a time when I thought the P38 was the ultimate SWB.
TImes have changed. With so many strong contenders from companies
like RANS, Bacchetta, Volae, Barcroft, Burley, VeloKraft, Easy Racers,
Challenge, Optima and others, will the P38 and Lightning in general
ever return to the spotlight? I think not.

Can anyone confirm or deny the rumors [1]?

[1] Which I will not specify here, in case they are false.

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Quoted message said:

I wandered onto LIghtning's web site today wondering what if anything
was new with the P38. At a glance it appears there is NOTHING new with
the P38. There was a time when I thought the P38 was the ultimate SWB.
TImes have changed. With so many strong contenders from companies
like RANS, Bacchetta, Volae, Barcroft, Burley, VeloKraft, Easy Racers,
Challenge, Optima and others, will the P38 and Lightning in general
ever return to the spotlight? I think not.

Jim Reilly
Reading, PA

I remember not so many years ago when Lightning had the SWB high BB type of
recumbent pretty much to itself. I never met a more arrogant company than
Lightning. Since I am fairly arrogant myself, you had better believe that
the sparks flew. Their customer relations was the pits, not just with me but
with everyone. How they managed to stay in business all these years is one
of the great mysteries of the universe. I resolved never to buy their P-38
even if it were the last recumbent in the world.

But in any event, the P-38 was always vastly overrated. It will not be
missed when it goes belly-up.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Ed, I too recall the arrogance at Lightning. And their record of
customer service speaks for itself. Tom, I have not heard any specific
rumors, but it seems to me they must be hurting.

Jim

Quoted message said:

Ed, I too recall the arrogance at Lightning. And their record of
customer service speaks for itself. Tom, I have not heard any specific
rumors, but it seems to me they must be hurting.

I don't know about rumors, but BentRider Online reports that they've
reintroduced the Phantom model (the subject of a bike review), and it's
being built in North Carolina.

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