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Message started by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 6^th, 2010, 8:31am

Title: RANS Rally rides
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 6^th, 2010, 8:31am

Had a GREAT time at the RANS rally, riding with Randy and John as well as about 50 others... Terrie and I rode a Screamer tandem on a couple rides and really enjoyed it -- no balance issues, and by the end of the first day she was asking "So, how much is one of these, again???" :) Friday afternoon we did a casual 10-miler downtown to the ice cream shoppe and back, and that evening we did a casual tour of Hays, winding up at the local brewhouse (Gulla's) for dinner and drinks, and did a night ride with lights back to the factory.

The weather was great, as well, albeit windy... chilly enough Saturday morning to require jackets and tights -- but it warmed up soon enough... and it was VERY windy on Sunday's 26-mile hilly ride out at Wilson Lake.

Oh.... and I got to ride a carbon Xstream.... yeah, baby... [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

More to come, with pics...

Title: Re: RANS Rally rides
Post by jayg on Sep 6^th, 2010, 3:57pm

FlyingLaZBoy wrote:

Oh.... and I got to ride a carbon Xstream.... yeah, baby... [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

Paul, does RANS still intend to not add a carbon X-Stream to its product line?

Title: Re: RANS Rally rides
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 6^th, 2010, 3:58pm

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1571a.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1599.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1628.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1817.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1835.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1951.jpg

Full Pic album is at

http://s977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/

Title: Re: RANS Rally rides
Post by mleuck on Sep 6^th, 2010, 4:33pm

jayg wrote:

[quote author=FlyingLaZBoy link=1283779880/0#0 date=1283779880]
Oh.... and I got to ride a carbon Xstream.... yeah, baby... [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

Paul, does RANS still intend to not add a carbon X-Stream to its product line?
[/quote]

Jay you have more than enough bents! :)

Title: Re: RANS Rally rides
Post by jayg on Sep 6^th, 2010, 6:46pm

mleuck wrote:

[quote author=jayg link=1283779880/0#1 date=1283806629][quote author=FlyingLaZBoy link=1283779880/0#0 date=1283779880]
Oh.... and I got to ride a carbon Xstream.... yeah, baby... [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

Paul, does RANS still intend to not add a carbon X-Stream to its product line?
[/quote]

Jay you have more than enough bents! :)[/quote]

One can never have too many bents. Besides, carbon is good. :)

Title: Re: RANS Rally rides
Post by jcsadowski on Sep 6^th, 2010, 8:00pm

Did someone say 'Carbon Fiber' ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Title: Re: RANS Rally rides
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 6^th, 2010, 10:04pm

It's not significantly lighter than the aluminum Xstream frame, but there's a difference in vibration transfer... couldn't really tell about overall stiffness and power transfer, didn't put it through those kind of paces... but just the fact that it was there to test ride was pretty cool!

Oh, and here's Dave Rothgeb, the new owner of my old SXP...

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/RANS%20Rally%20trip%20and%20riding/100_1902.jpg