Bacchetta Corsa

My view: keep the P-38 for a few months. riding one bike gthen the other exclusively for 30 days ...
then mixing them up regularly. That just might change your initial views.

I regret selling my P-38 XT so soon after I bought my Ti Rush. I strongly suspect I might have kept
both if I had waited just three months.

Gator Bob Siegel NOT in Gainesville FL

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Well, I decided it was time try out a "big wheeled bent" I test rode one ,got a great deal from my
LBS and will take it on maiden voyage Saturday. My trusty P-38 may have to be sold if my wife has
her way. Mike S. from St. Louis started it all by having me install an M-5 seat on his Virginia.
All he talks about is how much faster he is with seat and

how

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he likes it so much he sold his stock RANS seat. Well, that did it ,I had to try an M-5 and what
better bike than the Corsa ,well maybe the Aero,but that's not in my budget. So far from a couple
short rides,I'm impressed with the seat and the b ike,seems fast ,I'll know Saturday. Ben Fox

Robert Siegel said:

I regret selling my P-38 XT

Is there some kind of club or support group for us??

:-)

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Robert, Yeah,I'll give it some time before I decide. I went though this when I traded my V-2 for a
Giro,then after a couple long rides changed my mind and switched back. Good thing I have an
understanding LBS. I sold my first P-38 when I bought the V-2. So I've come full circle. Maybe if I
do decide to sell P-38 all the people who regret selling theirs will be prospects to buy mine! Ben
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My view: keep the P-38 for a few months. riding one bike gthen the other exclusively for 30 days
... then mixing them up regularly. That just might change your initial views.

I regret selling my P-38 XT so soon after I bought my Ti Rush. I strongly suspect I might have
kept both if I had waited just three

months.

Quoted message said:

Gator Bob Siegel NOT in Gainesville FL

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Well, I decided it was time try out a "big wheeled bent" I test rode one ,got

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

great deal from my LBS and will take it on maiden voyage Saturday. My trusty P-38 may have to
be sold if my wife has her way. Mike S. from St. Louis started it all by having me install an
M-5 seat

on

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

his Virginia. All he talks about is how much faster he is with seat and

how

Quoted message said:

he likes it so much he sold his stock RANS seat. Well, that did it ,I had to try an M-5 and what
better bike than the

Corsa

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

,well maybe the Aero,but that's not in my budget. So far from a couple short rides,I'm impressed
with the seat and the b ike,seems fast ,I'll know Saturday. Ben Fox

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Robert, Yeah,I'll give it some time before I decide. I went though this when I traded my V-2 for a
Giro,then after a couple long rides changed my mind and switched back. Good thing I have an
understanding LBS. I sold my first P-38 when I bought the V-2. So I've come full circle. Maybe if
I do decide to sell P-38 all the people who regret selling theirs will be prospects to buy mine!
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My view: keep the P-38 for a few months. riding one bike gthen the other exclusively for 30 days
... then mixing them up regularly. That just might change your initial views.

I regret selling my P-38 XT so soon after I bought my Ti Rush. I strongly suspect I might have
kept both if I had waited just three

months.

Quoted message said:

Gator Bob Siegel NOT in Gainesville FL

"Ben Fox" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Well, I decided it was time try out a "big wheeled bent" I test rode one ,got

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

great deal from my LBS and will take it on maiden voyage Saturday. My trusty P-38 may have to
be sold if my wife has her way. Mike S. from St. Louis started it all by having me install an
M-5 seat

on

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

his Virginia. All he talks about is how much faster he is with seat and

how

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

he likes it so much he sold his stock RANS seat. Well, that did it ,I had to try an M-5 and
what better bike than the

Corsa

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

,well maybe the Aero,but that's not in my budget. So far from a couple short rides,I'm
impressed with the seat and the b ike,seems fast ,I'll know Saturday. Ben Fox

Ben

While it is proabably wise to keep the P-38 just in case, if I had to bet, I would think that you
will come to really love the Corsa. The big wheeled bikes really do handle differently and much
closer to the feel of a lightweight diamond frame, although having much of the aerodynamic benefits
of a low racer, not to mention that they are also very comfortable. They are fun, fast and you will
certainly not fall asleep on one.

While they may not be for everyone, I think the Bacchetta Strada / Corsa / Aero and now the Volaes
and Sabers are really taking recumbents to a higher performance level and are broadening their
appeal to non recumbent performance oriented riders as well. I would be interested in your opinion
after you have lived with the Corsa for a while and give it time to get it dialed in as the range of
adjustment on these bikes is greater than most recumbents.

Pat Mc

Ben I too made a sad mistake in parting with my 1st GRR, when I moved onto ironically a P-38. I got
to really MISSING it and have regretted selling it all along. Now that my Aero has arrived (Just
today) I will not make that mistake again and will be KEEPING my GRR Ti. EZ Biker :-) Pompano Beach,
Fl. (GRR Ti and Bacchetta Aero Pilot)

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Well, I decided it was time try out a "big wheeled bent" I test rode one ,got a great deal from my
LBS and will take it on maiden voyage Saturday. My trusty P-38 may have to be sold if my wife has
her way.