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I am a newbie here and know practically nothing about bikes.
Can anyone advise if there is a recumbent (sp?) bike that is
very lightweight and easy to disassemble/reassemble for shipping?

I would like to find something on the used market. What are the
probabilities I would be able to do so and where would be some
good places to look for one?

A "very light" recumbent is less than about 11 kgf/24 pounds. These are
quite rare, and there are none that easily disassemble/reassemble. The
closest might be a Lightning Voyager (S&S coupled), but will not weigh
that little unless it is a small frame size with very lightweight
components. Finding anything used that meets your criteria is unlikely.

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Tom Sherman

Green Gear Bike Friday of Eugene, Oregon builds the Sat R Day
http://www.bikefriday.com/main.cfm?f...ategory=S hop

As to "very light weight", I have no idea what a 'newbie' considers so. My
(Green Gear Bike Friday) DoubleDay folding tandem recumbent is in the fifty
pound class. It is my impression that weight conciousness is driven by the
eXtreme(tm) marketeers/media, that is, by those with nothing but 'extreme'
to sell. My thirty-five pound class recumbent single bike, a Ryan design
Vanguard built by Longbikes, has more than 35,000 miles of pleasure under
its wheels. YMMV.


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I am a newbie here and know practically nothing about bikes.
Can anyone advise if there is a recumbent (sp?) bike that is
very lightweight and easy to disassemble/reassemble for shipping?

I would like to find something on the used market. What are the
probabilities I would be able to do so and where would be some
good places to look for one?

Hail2_the_THIEF wrote:

Do you have a web page or pictures of any of the model you mention?
Price? Thanks.

I wonder if Doug "right wing" Huffman will answer to someone using
" as an email address?

Since the link to the Green Gear has already been posted, I will post a
like to the Longbikes Slipstream, the evolutionary successor to the
Ryan/Longbikes Vanguard: http://www.tandembike.com/Slipstream.html.

--
Tom Sherman