Hotrodding a Giro 26/20?

In alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent on 29 Jan 2007 10:33:54 -0800

stratrider said:

Let's start with a Giro 26/20, swap out the stock wheels with
Thracians, swap out the standard seat for the Euromesh and do NOTHING
else. I am thinking you wind up with a solid do it all sub 28 lb bike
for short and tall riders alike that comes in at $1800 or less. This
I think would compete with the Volae Century very nicely. How about
it Bacchetta?

Don't think there's much value in Bacchetta offering it as a separate
thing when their dealers can.

If the punter says to the dealer "I want something lighter" the dealer
can do the swaps and, as they say, "value add".

I believe you can order your Giro with an EM seat from Bacchetta it's
just not a separate model. Just have to ask them for it.

Does the recurve weigh so much compared to the EM? And how much
different are the wheels?

I sometimes feel I'm pushing a lot of bike around, but dunno how much
difference things like that would make.

Zebee

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Quoted message said:

Let's start with a Giro 26/20, swap out the stock wheels with
Thracians, swap out the standard seat for the Euromesh and do NOTHING
else. I am thinking you wind up with a solid do it all sub 28 lb bike
for short and tall riders alike that comes in at $1800 or less. This
I think would compete with the Volae Century very nicely. How about
it Bacchetta?

Jim Reilly
Reading, PA

Or you could just buy a RANS V-Rex.

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Zebee Johnstone said:

I sometimes feel I'm pushing a lot of bike around, but dunno how much
difference things like that would make.

I actually added weight to my 2003 Strada. I started with the M5
fiberglass seat option. I found the ride to be very harsh and
unforgiving. I also found that the M5 even with a weep hole drilled
through the base offered no ventilation. Last year I went to the
Euromesh seat! What a difference! The frame/mesh construction
delivers both ventilation and passive suspension for the price of
about 8 oz.

Jim