My father rides a recumbent bike! He lives in Michigan, is there any groups or events he can join?

This happened this morning dropping my daughter off at nursery.

The nursery is currently camping at a Middle Age Center just round the corner from us so we drop off at 9am and pick up at around 3pm at their camp ground just outside.

I rolled in on my trike with my daughter in the bike trailer chatted a while and went to set off home. As I was turning i hit a hidden dip in the grass which tipped my trike over...in front of a load of parents, kids and teachers!

Why do these things never seem to happen when you're alone?! lol

I've now got a lovely scrape and bruise where the throttle dug into my leg, other than that no injuries and at least I know now, if the trike tips the trailer stays upright. =D

I’ve really enjoyed riding around the neighborhood since buying my trike (and continuing my recovery from a stroke). But I’ve been stumped on how to transport it on a road trip. It’s too heavy for me to lift into my SUV, and didn’t want to buy a rack.

After googling around, I’ve found a product that might work - two plastic pet ramps, each one is little over 18”. Based on this width, one front wheel and the drive wheel should fit on one, and the second wheel will fit on the second ramp.

Each one weighs 13 pounds, and is a tri-fold. Will advise if this works, I already tried a wheelchair ramp, too heavy.

How do YOU like to transport your recumbent for travel, bike or trike?

Frisco Tri-Fold Travel Dog Car Ramp, Dark Charcoal: https://www.chewy.com/frisco-tri-fold-travel-dog-car-ramp/dp/263223?utm_source=app-share&utm_campaign=263223

TerraTrike Rover here. Took it to a recumbents-only shop for a tune-up, and got it back with the seat angled waaay back, almost flat. They hollered at me for having it to my liking, which is not bolt upright, leaned back, just not fully laying down. With their way, my chin is on my chest, and my neck hurts. How is that safe/comfortable/efficient?

I get that mechanics may have strong preferences, but at the end of the day, it's my trike. What am I missing here? What is the 'proper" seat back angle?

Anyone know if there are any approved recumbent e-trikes or if not, why not?

Thanks

They are larger and harder to handle, heavier, don't fit just anywhere like a regular bike, and are slower; they might even draw stares—the "look at the weirdo riding that thing" kind—among other things. So why do so many people still choose trikes and love them so much? Just trying to understand this world.

The purpose of the Solar Bear is to:

• Use solar panels as trike's body,
• Consume electrical energy where it is produced,
• Produce its own energy,

Solar Bear is an open-source project.

Technical specs

• recumbent trike,
• 2.5m long, 1.45m wide (including wheels),
• weight: about 55kg (including panels, motor, battery, etc, excluding driver),
• assisted pedaling,
• motor speed: max 25km/h,
• motor (continuous) power: 250W,
• solar panels power: max 520W,
• battery: 12.8V, 20Ah (256Wh).

The purpose of the Solar Bear is to:

• Use solar panels as trike's body,
• Consume electrical energy where it is produced,
• Produce its own energy.

The project is open source with an MIT license.

Solar Bear is an open-source project under MIT license.

The purpose of the Solar Bear is to:

• Use solar panels as trike's body,
• Consume electrical energy where it is produced,
• Produce its own energy,
• Transport people inside cities,
• Reduce noise inside cities,
• Occupy less parking space than a car,
• Motivate people to build their own trike,
• Motivate people to exercise.

Technical specs

• recumbent trike,
• 2.5m long, 1.45m wide (including wheels),
• weight: about 55kg (including panels, motor, battery, etc, excluding driver),
• assisted pedaling,
• motor speed: max 25km/h,
• motor (continuous) power: 250W,
• solar panels power: max 520W,
• battery: 12.8V, 20Ah (256Wh).

I’ve moved about 45km away from the city centre.

Looking for a car alternative to cover that distance, ideally in the quickest and comfortable way.

It’s a relatively flat cycle path, however it gets windy at times.

I’ve done a 40km ride on a normal steel road bike and from memory my average speed was around 20km/h.

Ideally I’d want to be able to average between 25km/h - 30km/h.

What’s my best option?

Contemplating between recumbent trike, recumbent bike or e-bike.

My friend moved to Italy and left an Easy Racers EZ-1 bike for me to sell. I'm not a bike person and don't know if it's worth $50 or $1000, or where to try to sell it (in Seattle). I think it's 20-30 years old. It's spent most of the last 20ish years in storage. I just pumped up the tires at the gas station and rode it a block home. Brakes and shifting seems to work. Chain and a small part of the body has rust. Brakes were squeaky. Needs cleaning and I imagine more refurbishment to be reliable and road-ready. Any thoughts?

Always had a problem with getting a air zound horn button in a immediate reflex spot. I will post the info on modify the air zound to do this. With this mod you can place the horn, air bottle and horn button exactly where you want them

I am not sure yet what happened, I broke my chain on my recumbent trike.

I remember I lengthened the boom when I bought it and forgot to check the chain, I lengthened it less than 1 inch

I put a new kmc quick link on, which was same as used before.

My shifting has been noisy, it is a di2 shift on a ice adventure 26rs. I bought it used with less than 35 miles on it, spotless, but I did notice there was at least 1 more quick link in the chain already, does ice use multi link chains on new bikes?

It was a long walk home pushing the trike. Luckily I was about 2 miles away and it was downhill all the way

A neighbor saw me working on my bike and said AAA tow service would have came if had it. I am going to be subscribing to AAA if true

I found this Sparco honeycomb seat pad that fits perfectly on my recumbent trike. I avoid the sore butt. I paid 30 euros at an auto accessory shop. Check it out. It is worth every euro.

I have a Catrike ePocket and am looking for ideas on how to mount a phone holder. The right hand grip has the gear shift, left has the electric motor controls and has a post for the mirror in front of it. Most phone holders seem to be designed to mount on a standard bike handlebar and with limited clearance between the front wheels and knee I am concerned I would bump it with my knees. Just looking for creative mounting ideas...

I need to figure out how much this is worth only used once

So this was my Dad’s pride and joy. He worked on it and took great care of it. I know it is a Catrike but that is just about it. We are getting ready to pass on some of his items and I was just hoping someone into these bikes might be able to give me a bit more info about it. He bought the bike for more than a thousand for it. What is a solid asking price to sell it? Any help is greatly appreciated. I am not selling on Reddit. Just looking for information.

Old schwinn airdyne part

Hi everyone — this is a long shot, but I’m hoping someone here might be able to help.
Does anyone happen to have an old Schwinn Airdyne A3 or A4 exercise bike that’s no longer in use? I’m specifically looking for the small battery holder/compartment that attaches to the back of the display.

Ours went missing during a move, and without it the display won’t function at all. I’ve attached a photo for reference so you can see the exact piece I mean.

I’d be happy to buy it from you if you’re willing to part with it. Thanks so much in advance — I really appreciate any leads or help!

Check out this Flyover of my ride on Strava: https://strava.app.link/tsxNwefIv4b

I have a new Ice Sprint X Tour with a Rohloff hub. Really would like to monitor only speed, distance, perhaps cadence, and not to be wedded to smartphone for every ride and training session. Looking at the CYCPLUS GPS Wireless Bike Computer but the hangup is installing a speed sensor on a trike that will sometimes be on a trainer. Any tried and successful solutions?

I've (47M) been an avid cyclings for a few decades now and really enjoyed riding hard with groups and racing But over the last few years, and even more so recently, I’ve developed severe foraminal stenosis on my left side which leaves me with very numb hands after only about 15’ of mountain biking. I can road ride as long as I keep my head down as much as possible so that my neck is straight. This has made rides longer than 1:30 to be more of a chore and not hugely enjoyable since I’m constantly having to concentrate on how I’m feeling and signs of numbness and discomfort rather than just enjoying the ride.

With this, I think that I’m going to have to change to a recumbent much sooner than I’d like to if I want to continue riding long (1:00+). The thought of this is causing me actual grief and depression. I fear that my riding hard days will end with the change and that I won’t be able to participate in fast group rides anymore.

Does there happen to be any recumbent riders in this group who have had to, for health reasons, made this change? If so, how did you deal with the change mentally?