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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 11:04 PM
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my renter's insurance settled on the stolen bent
and I ordered a Burley Jett Creek.

Made in Oregon by an employee owned company.

http://www.burley.com/products/recumbents/default.aspx?p=Jett+Creek&i=10

Maybe not quite as light as the EZSport AX hand spec'd, but it is a start.

Now I just have to survive the wait on Shipping from Hostelshoppe to here.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 07:28 AM
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1. That's nice looking!
So no luck turning up the AX?
If a kid ripped it off, one could always hope he broke his furkin' neck trying to ride it....
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:07 AM
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2. or a foot
trying to ride the eggbeaters pedals with sneakers.

I put up over 100 flyers all over town on foot
limping with a cane. If i ever do see someone riding it, I will show them how much of my stick fighting skill survived the stroke.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:10 PM
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3. Congrats
that's a great-looking bike :thumbsup:
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 10:58 AM
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4. it has a rep for not being the fastest bent
but I have ridden fast bents, and if I want to ride one, I can adjust my g/f's Bacchetta Giro.

After having completed a 250 mile ride in June, I realized how much I like Long Wheelbase Bents. I didn't realize until I spent 5 plus days in the saddle (drinking coffee like a fiend when the exhaustion hit) ho w much mental effort I was putting into keepingn a short wheelbase bent upright and in a straight line.

Sure, the LWB doesn't blast away from a standing start, nor does it turn on a dime. But it does flex enough to take the road down to an occasional bump, and the Giro almost will let you read the date on a ran over penny.

An LWB will also track with a lot less white knuckle effect on gravel or bad pavement, and that is also a good thing.

Now all I have to do is survive psychologically until it gets here.

(insert whine here)
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