Pictures of your recumbent
Pictures of your recumbent
I know the Tea Shop board has a section for pictures of your bicycle but I thought it would be good for a section for our 'bents on this board.
So kicking off, here's Quackers...
More to follow when I can sort out some problems I have with uploading photos..
So kicking off, here's Quackers...
More to follow when I can sort out some problems I have with uploading photos..
Trice Q 2007 in inky blue (Quackers)
Bacchetta Corsa 26 ATT (The Mad Weeble)
Cube SL Team Cross (Rubberduckzilla)
Homebaked tourer (The Duck's Dream)
MTB mongrel (Harold the Flying Sheep)
Bacchetta Corsa 26 ATT (The Mad Weeble)
Cube SL Team Cross (Rubberduckzilla)
Homebaked tourer (The Duck's Dream)
MTB mongrel (Harold the Flying Sheep)
It fits both trikes, I have an extra mounting set so I just swap the fairing.
I've fitted an inner extension to the stinger and use a spare trailer clip from a bike hod pushed through it to avoid the stinger vibrating out of the clamp on big bumps. This was not a problem until May this year but I suffered a couple of instances of it pulling out and flapping around. As it is now it takes about a minute to fit and 30 seconds to remove.
I have both the old back mount and the new version. The new one with a knurled grip to hold the back tube in place means that mount is virtually silent. The older mount is just a tube for the backstay to go into and it can rattle, I used some packing from a fridge (harder and more dense than expanded polystyrene) to quiet it and a bunjee to hold it down. It's now as quiet as the newer system. On a big bump you get some noise from the lower front edge flexing but it's only on big bumps!
Apart from that it's great. Keeps my dry and warm in winter and both trikes are faster into the wind with it on.
Before fitting it to the trikes I used it on my Azub-4, now sold. On two wheels a side wind had a lot more effect than on three wheels but it was similarly faster and drier/warmer with it on.
I've fitted an inner extension to the stinger and use a spare trailer clip from a bike hod pushed through it to avoid the stinger vibrating out of the clamp on big bumps. This was not a problem until May this year but I suffered a couple of instances of it pulling out and flapping around. As it is now it takes about a minute to fit and 30 seconds to remove.
I have both the old back mount and the new version. The new one with a knurled grip to hold the back tube in place means that mount is virtually silent. The older mount is just a tube for the backstay to go into and it can rattle, I used some packing from a fridge (harder and more dense than expanded polystyrene) to quiet it and a bunjee to hold it down. It's now as quiet as the newer system. On a big bump you get some noise from the lower front edge flexing but it's only on big bumps!
Apart from that it's great. Keeps my dry and warm in winter and both trikes are faster into the wind with it on.
Before fitting it to the trikes I used it on my Azub-4, now sold. On two wheels a side wind had a lot more effect than on three wheels but it was similarly faster and drier/warmer with it on.
On my Catrike I use a Windwrap XT fairing, smaller and lighter than the Streamer. Ian imports these along with the Catrikes.
Will fit any bike/trike with a front dérailleur post.
I also use the Streamer on the Street machine, and used to use the ZZipper on the Trice.
The Hurricane will accept the Streamer, nut is too high for visibility.
My Linear is unfaired as fairings interfere with the fold.
Will fit any bike/trike with a front dérailleur post.
I also use the Streamer on the Street machine, and used to use the ZZipper on the Trice.
The Hurricane will accept the Streamer, nut is too high for visibility.
My Linear is unfaired as fairings interfere with the fold.
- Ben Lovejoy
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Mine (though it only wears the fairing in winter, and currently has the mudguards off also):
Ben
Ben
TRICE Q with Streamer fairing for the fun stuff
Brompton M3L for the commutery stuff
LEJOG blog: http://www.benlovejoy.com/cycle/tripreports/lejog/
Brompton M3L for the commutery stuff
LEJOG blog: http://www.benlovejoy.com/cycle/tripreports/lejog/