Howdy, obent!

Hello!  my name is Andy and I live in OkC.  My girlfriend Becky and I met a very nice woman named Diana at the HOT rally who invited us to join RBENT so I contacted Bud and here We are.  Thank you for welcoming a couple okies.  For some reason I thought you had to live in Texas to join but Diana said not the case.
 
I mainly ride our RANS Seavo tandem but also have an Xstreaam 26, CA 2.0, a trike and Alterra 29.  Becky rides a Bacchetta 20 ATT and a RANS Dynamik and I'm building her a new F5.  
 
We've ridden with several of your members, Paul and Terri Brown,  Patti, Diana, Lynn, Dave Rothgreb(sp?) and all were an amazingly friendly group.  if the rest of y'all are anything like them RBENT is a heck of a club!  Thanks for having us in, we look forward to being part of your discussions.  
 
Andy.

Welcome Andy.  My wife, Karen and I enjoyed meeting you at the HOT as well.  
 
Kenny G.

Howdy Andy and welcome aboard. It was good to see you again at the HOT Rally. Enjoyed meeting Becky and hope you all will come ride with us whenever you can.

Howdy Folks!!
 
I'm a new rbent member here, and new to recumbents in general.  I just bought my first recumbent last Thursday, which happens to be a Catrike Expedition trike.  I love that thing.  Been riding on it every day since.  Of course, I haven't been on a bike, let alone a trike, in probably 10 years, so my legs are way out of shape.
 
Anyway - I live in the Frisco area and am a 44 yo male who just wanted one for general health and fitness purposes. (I need more cardio exercise, but I hate to run).  So I'm in the process of learning everything there is to know, and am enjoying casual rides in the meantime.
 
Looking forward to learning more from you fine folks.  Maybe I'll see you on the roads!

Great to meet ya fireproof.  The RBM trike group, starting in May, will meet the last Saturday of the month at 9:30am.

Fireproof, make sure you get some 'SPD' or other type of pedals/shoes that keep your feet attached to the pedals -- commonly referred to as "clipless".  It will help your pedaling efficiency, and more importantly, it will prevent your leg from getting caught under the trike frame by not letting your foot slip off.
 
One of the keys to getting in better shape is to simply ride regularly -- so get out there and do it, whether it's 2 miles or 20...

Hello to all,
 
I am Sam and my wife is Angi, Up until 3 weeks ago we were Co-Motion Periscope tandem riders and getting ready for the BP MS150, but I got a wild hair 3 weeks ago and ran across a Rans Seavo tandem and could not pass it up.  With 2 1/2 weeks of practice we decided to go ahead and ride the Seavo this past weekend instead of the Co-Motion.  many people thought we were crazy, but as it turns out, it was the best decision.  It is truely amazing to ride for 2 days and 140 miles and only have tired legs!!!!!!
 
We love this bike.  And even with all the training we did on the Co-Motion i don't know if my wife could have made it with her neck and back situation.  Now with this bike she did great with minimal neck and back pain.  
 
For us, especially Angi, to be back on a bike is our miracle story.  In November 2009, while commuting to work on our then Santana tandem, we were run over from behind by a car traveling 60 mph.  Angi went directly into the windsheild and totaled the car, but in doing so broke her neck and received compression fractures in her mid back as well as other serious injuries.  I was 'lucky' and was just ejected over a concrete wall into the ditch.  
 
But we are alive and riding again and finally fulfilled our goal of riding in the MS150 this year that was originally planned for 2010!!  I am now very interested in recumbents and will have a really nice Co-Motion for sale shortly!!!  I will probably be asking questions to get mor info on a single recumbent since I dont really want to get back on my road bike after this weekend on the Seavo!!!!