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That Hydro Power facility you mention would be Thompson, Manitoba. I am
amazed anyone that far North would get bent. Thompson has more Polar Bears walking around free than anywhere else in Canada. Over the years I have heard of a few bent cyclists in Saskatchewan and Manitoba...but no bents in stores. Saskatchewan would be Ideal for bent riding....not a single hill anywhere and the well paved roads see little car traffic....but it would get boring fast. Hope you find the perfect bent....I was thinking, maybe contact Cambie in Vancouver and see if they'll ship a Recumbini or Recumboni to you. They used to have a 30 day try before you buy policy and shipping BC to Alta ain't that costly...about $55.00. A day trip to Vancouver would still be your best choice. *********************** "Greg McAllister" wrote in message ... Thanks for all the replies both to the group and my email ! Greg "Edward Dolan" wrote in message m... "Joshua Goldberg" wrote in message ... Not sure about this different shops idea...this is Alta where he lives and the selection of recumbent stores Greg could visit is pretty well limited to ONE in 1,000 miles in every direction except SW into the USA. Canada is a vast country with 1/10th the USA population. We have this huge 2,000 mile stretch of nothing recumbent between Vancouver and Windsor Ontario. I did a week long organized ride in North Dakota (Candisc) several years ago and there were 3 recumbent cyclists who came down from Gillam, Manitoba to do the ride. They considered themselves to be in the Southland in North Dakota as they were from near Hudson Bay. Where they got their recumbent bicycles from I haven't the foggiest. Probably mail order. Like all Canadians, they were super strong cyclists. They said they only had very limited roads up there on which to ride their bikes. They all worked in a power plant facility (hydro). Ed Dolan - Minnesota |
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"Greg McAllister" wrote in message .. . Hi, I live just south of Calgary Alberta (in redneck cattle country where F350 dually's are more the order of the day than anything human powered. I am very interested in getting a recumbent and tried out a Burley Caito back in Ontario a couple months ago. It was a blast to ride, but dropping $2600+ dollars is not something I want to do till I know that is absolutely the best bent to buy. So therein lies the problem... how do I test different bents or at lest feel confident that I'm buying the right bike for me when they are about as scarce as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs ? I'd very much appreciate advice from people who have bought and their experiences. For the record, if anyone cares to recommend, I'm 42, 6'2 and 215 lbs. This is just a hobby for me as I don't see myself commuting the 60km's each way to work so it should be reasonably priced as well. TiA Greg I'm 6' 2" and weigh(ed) 235 before I started biking with the trikes I built two months ago. With your height you might have an X-seam around the 48" like I do, in which case you'll have to go for the stretch versions of the bikes if their standard sizes don't fit you. I'm just north of Toronto (near Barrie) and due to a back operation, I can't ride DFs anymore - so bents and trikes seemed to be the way to go. The only places in Ontario I could find that sold bents and trikes, had prices that I found to be prohibitive - so I built some instead. I don't know what your "mechanical" background is, but the bents/trikes are very easy to build and you have to really mess the construction up bad, or go for a really radical modification to make them unrideable. The nice thing is, if you build them, you can mod them to fit exactly what you want out of a HPV. Any project that doesn't fit the bill can be sold/recycled/given away and you start again. After 2 months and a few hundred K on the trikes, I pretty much know what I need to make a ride comfortable for me, and I have 3 or 4 ideas I want to try out for bents. While homebuilt bikes might seem indtimidating, it really is much easier than it appears, there are a myriad of resources on the net, and the skills you have/develope will come in handy for many more areas than just building bikes. Some of the BMX modded bents can be built in a matter of hours. |
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