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Bill follows on a Raleigh Twenty folding bike

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Uploaded on Jul 12, 2009

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DIY hanging recumbent bike repair stand

I got this idea for a recumbent bike repair stand from Ike's Bikes here in Richmond. Here the bike is suspended from a hook which was already in my garage to store bikes on. The strap I'm using is what I think is referred to as a motorcycle tie-down strap. It has S hooks on both ends on a tensioning mechanism in the middle. It was inexpensive at my local auto store.

One of the ends with the S hooks is wrapped under the handlebars and hooked back on it self. The other S hook attaches directly around the back of the seat. It was easy enough to using the tensioner to raise and level the bike. By having it off the ground it was test the drive train spinning.

With a standard bike, you can do the thing where you raise the back end and reach down crank the pedal with the other hand. On a recumbent like this design, you simply can't do that because it's long to raise the back and reach the pedals at the same time, so a bike stand of some sort is really helpful.

This approach is practically instant and free if you already have a hook and a tie-down strap handy, as I did. It does lack the benefit of holding the frame perfectly still, but for my amateur repair jobs, I can live with that.

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Uploaded on Jul 11, 2009

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kent cycling with a scythe

He just spent two hours clearing a cycle path trailhead with his "environmentally friendly weed wacker.

It seems to me like blade could use a a protective cover when riding with it.

Kent previously rode coast-to-coast on this bike, but he wasn't carrying the scythe at the time

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Uploaded on Jul 11, 2009

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Kurt keeping it real in corduroys

On his homebuilt high racer recumbent.

The bike is made from special-ordered cromoly tubing, guitar case foam, tent poles, a skateboard wheel and a few new and used bike parts. Kurt's bike is light, fast and comfortable

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Uploaded on Jul 9, 2009

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What a free kid-carrying cargo bike of your own? It's not too late to join the contest to win a
MADSEN Cargo Bikes-- just follow the link their website.

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Uploaded on Jul 4, 2009

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