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Title: Tuesday Rain Post by evblazer on Mar 19th, 2008, 9:09pm Well the tuesday rain storm was pretty fun for my commute home and test out the all weatherness I was hoping to get with the giro 26. While I was moving the wind was fine but once I stopped it was a chore to keep upright. Still lots better then my merlin and especially better then my xtracycle in the wind. I was soaked within minutes from above but it was nice having a recumbent with a high bottom bracket to keep my shoes from being soaked like they become on my DF bikes. The extra lighting I have seemed to help and my new mirrors helped keep an eye on traffic moving over well in back of me. The giro even kept upright without much effort when I mistakenly went through the heavy sand on the 121 service road shoulder. Overall a pretty successful ride in the rain but I completly wore out my legs doing it. Here are some pics of my new lights and reflective tape on my bike. I removed the brainbox to let it dry out. FYI: The navaro commuter bags rain cover is completely inneffective with the low rack on the bacchettas. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2346049791_69bd17a0b0.jpg?v=0 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/2346046233_a63ec50a7a.jpg?v=0

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by aikigreg on Mar 19th, 2008, 9:14pm ooh1  I wanna try out your extracycle sometime.  I have visions of a rans rocket xtracycle!

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by evblazer on Mar 19th, 2008, 9:35pm Yeah that recumbent xtracycle is pretty neat. I wonder if you could really haul heavy stuff on it as easily though since in my brief recumbent experience it seems you dont' really have that much leverage over the bike. Xtracycle home after my old 20+ mile rt commute http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/1717495617_1cd36a3c52.jpg?v=0 Before I had my ikea blue bags a little shopping trip http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2288/2066143573_191b5e19c7.jpg?v=0 Towing my wifes back home from work when she was on call and didn't want to use the rack http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/2089516191_b30230e630_m.jpg Actually got my wife to take a ride on the back once but we only went around her parking lot at work.

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by aikigreg on Mar 19th, 2008, 10:01pm love it!  Still wanna try one out.  Even an upright!

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by jman on Mar 20th, 2008, 6:17pm Love all the reflectors and lights, good looking machine. My Tango is only 18" off the deck, so I have to wait for flood waters to subside during heavy rains. That DF is really cool, I like the whole self sustained ride thing going on there.  8-) I wonder if a disk brake on the front might come in handy with a full load, or do the standard brakes work ok under load?

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by evblazer on Mar 20th, 2008, 6:33pm I use tectronic brake pads front and back. http://www.cyclesurgery.com/ProductImages/Tectonic.jpeg They work really well even on a heavy load in the rain. There only weakness seems to be when it gets below freezing one of the pads gets really hard and sqeels a bit. Still stops well though. I find that you can't go very fast once you put over 100lbs back there on my bike as it is a little rubbery. I have thought about a disc but the fuji has a 1" threaded fork which limits my options a bit and the current brakes are afterall pretty rock solid.

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Mar 21st, 2008, 8:37pm Went down the WRL trail last night -- here's a bit of destruction resulting from all the water:  The fence beside the golf course, where the path cuts under Greenville.... http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/flyinglazboy/100_7912.jpg And here's part of the cleanup crew working on the southeast corner of the lake... http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/flyinglazboy/100_7923.jpg

Title: Re: Tuesday Rain Post by jman on Mar 22nd, 2008, 5:08pm Looks like Spring cleaning on the trail,Paul .Good shots of the mess the high water made.

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