Barry, dug the EZ-1 oot the shed, all I need is a tandem rear brake and rear gear cable to get it back on the road so hopefully will be loose on tarmac sometime in May
Clubby the EZ-1 climbs like a cheap sofa, its rubbish, but I have learned its best not to have a gear lower than 25". If you go too slow with a spinny gear up a steep or long hill its virtually unrideable but if you put more power down and push yourself back into the seat its tolerable. I'm planning to replace the bars with something a bit shorter and stiffer but more for knee clearance than handling. Downhill though its a hoot, feet first inspires confidence.
The EZ-1 is best suited to town commutes as your more upright, more noticeable (you dont need Barry's flag) and it has very good low speed manouverability despite the longish wheel base. Its a compact long wheel base (CLWB) as opposed to the more established LWB or SWB bikes people think of when recumbents come to mind. VERY comfy too
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Ooh! I built something like that about 30 years ago for my son when he was wanting a chopper. I said I'd build him a proper chopper and it was. (Even chromed the whole thing)
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I've been playing about with a new app, which kinda qualifies for SUWYDT. Quite pleased with the results. I was looking for a MacRetro picture thread,I'm sure we had one but I cannae find it.
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