HP Velotechnik Street Machine?

oldslowbenter wrote:
...
New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small -
large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit too
high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real
one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially with a
$150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the air
flow pad.

Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know
someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker
seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

NYC XYZ wrote:
Johnny Sunset wrote:


I had no trouble riding a HP Velotechnik Speedmachine with the "T" bars
even though the seat was about 5 cm too far back. I would get the "T"
bars since they look so much better (opinion).

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


You mean OSS? USS seems more "natural" and "aesthetic" to me.

While the Speedmachine is now available with USS, there are two
different OSS setups. See
http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/spm/details_e.html.

I can't wait to test-ride already!!

I don't understand your comment about the seat, though. Isn't it
adjustable?

As Peter Clinch [1, 2] states below in this thread, adjusting distance
to the pedals is not something one wants to do on a frequent basis on a
sliding boom bicycle.

[1] Medical Physics IT Officer, University of Dundee, Ninewells
Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK
[2]
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent/msg/67d0e58c49442bd9?dmode=source&hl=en.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

oldslowbenter wrote:
"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message
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I had no trouble riding a HP Velotechnik Speedmachine with the "T" bars
even though the seat was about 5 cm too far back. I would get the "T"
bars since they look so much better (opinion).

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


A purple Sunset??? Just an opinion, of course.

I think the "T" bars that Shaved Head Earl put on my Red Sunset look
better than the stock "C" bars on Purple Sunset.

I wouldn't want to be seen on a common Orange Sunset - there must be
about 6 of those in Chicagoland.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

oldslowbenter wrote:
"NYC XYZ" wrote in message
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I'd like to meet some sexy girl on a 'bent!

There's a couple cruising around monkey island, but you'd have to catch them
first, and good luck with that....

I remember riding the 20/20 Wishbone on the Bike Psychos century about
4 years ago in a paceline with "Doc" (Speedmachine) and the Monkey
Sisters Wendy (Stealth) and Barb (Red Sunset). Barb is now riding a
Velokraft VK-1, which make me wonder whatever happened to that Red
Sunset?

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message
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oldslowbenter wrote:
"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message
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I had no trouble riding a HP Velotechnik Speedmachine with the "T" bars
even though the seat was about 5 cm too far back. I would get the "T"
bars since they look so much better (opinion).

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


A purple Sunset??? Just an opinion, of course.

I think the "T" bars that Shaved Head Earl put on my Red Sunset look
better than the stock "C" bars on Purple Sunset.

Is your "T" bar set up like the ones Hairy O'l Bearded Earl had on his
Sunset? The ones with the RANS "flipit"? If it is, I'd ditch the POS RANS
stupid 3 blade no anti wear washers compression hinge made out of thick
aluminum and buy a Pat Franz 'flipit'. Have Shiny Head Earl to a stemectomy
on the Sunset. Any fotos of the purple one. I can't remember seeing a Sunset
with übermann bars..



I wouldn't want to be seen on a common Orange Sunset - there must be
about 6 of those in Chicagoland.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley






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Johnny Sunset wrote:

As Peter Clinch [1, 2] states below in this thread, adjusting distance
to the pedals is not something one wants to do on a frequent basis on a
sliding boom bicycle.

It's a trike, but the Hase Kettwiesel makes it easy with an automatic
chain tensioner that makes the overall length immaterial and QRs on the
boom bolts.

You can put a similar setup on anything (Ben Cooper, HPVel dealer in
Glasgow sets up his demo Streetmachine like this) but it's a bit daft on
a personal machine that typically nobody else uses.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch wrote:


I've tried the Bodylink on the Grasshopper (also worth a try, same cost
and basic options as the Streetmachine GTe but with a 20/20 wheel setup
so you only have to carry one flavour of spare tube).

What role does wheel size play?

I can see how it'd raise the sitting height...but does it also mean a
faster ride for some reason?

Why do a few have the same wheel size and most do not? What advantage
does a 26/26 'bent have?

It's very
adjustable, though to be honest I prefer the older non-adjusting one
because it happens to fit me very well.
But for A.N.Other rider the Bodylink has a better chance of fitting
because you can fiddle it in so many ways. Sit on it and see... One
thing my gf like about her bike is the seat shape cuts away around the
shoulders.

Yeah, I was wondering how these seats affect the shoulders as well as
the back!

I prefer the HPVel seat for the opposite reason; they're a
personal thing and the only way to see what's best is take a seat and
see for yourself.

Can't wait!!

I've never felt the need for a headrest, and I have my seat at maximum
recline, but again sucking it and seeing is the best way to decide.

It'd be nice to know it's there...there are times when I'm biking along
on a smooth straight road that's empty for maybe like a whole quarter
mile and I imagine how lovely it would be to just lay back and stare up
at the passing sky.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message
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oldslowbenter wrote:
...
New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small -
large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit
too
high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real
one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially with
a
$150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the
air
flow pad.

Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know
someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker
seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


That is the stuff. I had a piece over the foam pad on my V-rex, too. That
has since been grafted onto the HP SpM to make the cushion version 2. If you
don't have one of these, http://www.abbeon.com/tools/zetz9t.html the stuff
is a bugger to cut.



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"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message
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oldslowbenter wrote:
...
New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came small -
large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit
too
high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real
one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially
with a
$150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the
air
flow pad.

Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know
someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker
seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


That is the stuff. I had a piece over the foam pad on my V-rex, too. That
has since been grafted onto the HP SpM to make the cushion version 2. If
you don't have one of these, http://www.abbeon.com/tools/zetz9t.html the
stuff is a bugger to cut.


A $325.00 cutting tool to cut a seat cushion makes for a pricy seat pad.
Would save some money to buy the Buns of Steel thing on TV work out on it
for a while I think.

I mean how expensive and cushey does a recumbent bike seat need to be?

"HH" wrote in message
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"gotbent" wrote in message
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"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message
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oldslowbenter wrote:
...
New versions have the 'body link' adjustable seat. Old ones came
small -
large. Original medium seat was too long for my torso. Lumbar curve hit
too
high and felt like a device from the Spamish Inquisition..no, the real
one...I bought a new small size and it's very comfortable,especially
with a
$150 piece of Supracor substituted for the air flow cushion inside the
air
flow pad.

Is Supracor the stuff The Bike Rack in St. Charles sells? I know
someone who bought a $50 piece to improve the comfort of the stoker
seat on a Bike Friday DoubleDay.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


That is the stuff. I had a piece over the foam pad on my V-rex, too. That
has since been grafted onto the HP SpM to make the cushion version 2. If
you don't have one of these, http://www.abbeon.com/tools/zetz9t.html the
stuff is a bugger to cut.


A $325.00 cutting tool to cut a seat cushion makes for a pricy seat pad.
Would save some money to buy the Buns of Steel thing on TV work out on it
for a while I think.

That's why we buy pads from the Bike Rack. They have the tool and amortize
it over a lot of pads and lots of trim offs to make bent bike seats. Here's
the link to the manufacurer's site.http://www.supracor.com/about.html

How expensive and cushey does a recumbent bike seat need to be?

Some people ride right on the carbon fibre without any cushion. I need more
cush for my tush than that.






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