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Action Lad Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1570	Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good? Reply #60 - Aug 20^th, 2016, 1:01am Quote from jrob_bent on Aug 16^th, 2016, 7:54pm: I don't need no stinkin bike path. Ha That's the spirit, jrob. We belong out there. So sorry for the accident. The officer knew enough to describe what happened, but does he know enough to nab the guy? Much success on your quest for your next set of wheels.
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Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good?
Reply #61 - Aug 20^th, 2016, 7:31pm

Quote from Action Lad on Aug 20^th, 2016, 1:01am:

Quote from jrob_bent on Aug 16^th, 2016, 7:54pm:

I don't need no stinkin bike path. Ha

That's the spirit, jrob. We belong out there.
So sorry for the accident. The officer knew enough to describe what happened, but does he know enough to nab the guy?
Much success on your quest for your next set of wheels. Smiley

Thanks Action Lad. I am back in Texas and I finally have decent internet.

The guy was local and lots of relatives there, I am just a darn yankee! Lol.

I am starting to heal slowly, and of course I have been dreaming up a new, faster shell for the Moose. A buddy of mine from around Chicago, averaged over 24 mph and went 278 mies at Calvin's Challenge in 2009 with a coroplast shell. Actual riding average was 27+ mph, but with food and bath room stops, it brought it down to 24. So, I am thinking I will keep the Moose and go faster. LOL.

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jrob_bent Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 953	Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good? Reply #62 - Aug 20^th, 2016, 7:33pm P.S. Sorry I hi-jacked your thread Paul.
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good? Reply #63 - Aug 26^th, 2016, 12:51pm No hijack, really -- crashing and road rash are definitely on topic!!!
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Reply #64 - Aug 27^th, 2016, 7:45am

I decided that I am going to stick with the Moose low racer and turn it into a coroliner like my buddy, Tony, from Lemont, IL, who races and tours on his home made coroliner. Tony averages around 32 mph at the races, and he tours in the 20's, going 120 to 200 miles a day. Here is a video of Tony and Dennis Grelk at the finish of a 100 lap race. Tony is in the yellow one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjRy1E38F0

Tony and I are going to meet up and ride the Natchez Trace a couple of days after Christmas. He will be riding from Lemont, IL. I will start from my mother's house in Louisiana. We will meet somewhere near Franklin, TN, and then ride south together to Natchez, MS. Anyone that would be interested in this tour is more than welcome to come along.

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Reply #65 - Aug 27^th, 2016, 4:05pm

Quote from jrob_bent on Aug 27^th, 2016, 7:45am:

I decided that I am going to stick with the Moose low racer and turn it into a coroliner like my buddy, Tony, from Lemont, IL, who races and tours on his home made coroliner. Tony averages around 32 mph at the races, and he tours in the 20's, going 120 to 200 miles a day. Here is a video of Tony and Dennis Grelk at the finish of a 100 lap race. Tony is in the yellow one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjRy1E38F0

Tony and I are going to meet up and ride the Natchez Trace a couple of days after Christmas. He will be riding from Lemont, IL. I will start from my mother's house in Louisiana. We will meet somewhere near Franklin, TN, and then ride south together to Natchez, MS. Anyone that would be interested in this tour is more than welcome to come along.

Funny, it's called the Kenosha Cheddar Challenge and the streamliner looks like a slice of cheese. : ) Your friend can really ride that thing. What's the bike underneath?

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Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good?
Reply #66 - Aug 27^th, 2016, 7:56pm

Quote from Action Lad on Aug 27^th, 2016, 4:05pm:

Quote from jrob_bent on Aug 27^th, 2016, 7:45am:

I decided that I am going to stick with the Moose low racer and turn it into a coroliner like my buddy, Tony, from Lemont, IL, who races and tours on his home made coroliner. Tony averages around 32 mph at the races, and he tours in the 20's, going 120 to 200 miles a day. Here is a video of Tony and Dennis Grelk at the finish of a 100 lap race. Tony is in the yellow one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjRy1E38F0

Tony and I are going to meet up and ride the Natchez Trace a couple of days after Christmas. He will be riding from Lemont, IL. I will start from my mother's house in Louisiana. We will meet somewhere near Franklin, TN, and then ride south together to Natchez, MS. Anyone that would be interested in this tour is more than welcome to come along.

Funny, it's called the Kenosha Cheddar Challenge and the streamliner looks like a slice of cheese. : ) Your friend can really ride that thing. What's the bike underneath?

The bike is a one of kind built by Tony himself. He calls it the Carp. It is a lwb. You can go to this site and read about people building racing and regular recumbents. http://www.recumbents.com/forums/default.asp. They also build velo's. It is the best site for racing and building recumbents.

The average speed during the velodrome racing in streamliners, is around 35 mph.

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I get about 15 miles per honey bun!

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good? Reply #67 - Sep 27^th, 2016, 1:35pm Tested out a Cat Expedition at RBM last night, since I was in the neighborhood... Still decent recline, with good turning radius... might be somewhat more versatile than a 700 and its like.
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Patti Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 876	Re: 2 wheels bad, 3 wheels good? Reply #68 - Sep 27^th, 2016, 9:32pm Definitely the more versatile of the two, in my opinion.
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