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Nightturkey
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PostSubject: New and blue   Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:19 pm


Well folks, here it is. Like myself, it is built for comfort not for speed. I anticipate getting many many long, slow miles out of it. I put it in the "CLWB" section, even though it might not technically BE a CLWB, just so the section wouldn't be so forlorn and nekkid.

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:31 pm

I found this site through our RRSC site advertisements Day 6 bikes Kinda reminds me of those Smile

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:36 am

Nightturkey,

Your new ride looks great!..... I'll borrow a line from a guy that joined here and hasn't ever really come back to post again, A. D. Carson...... He says on BROL in his signature line, "The right bike is the one you will ride!"........

Hope you get tons of miles out of the new bike, enjoy!........ cheers

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:37 am

Nice bike Turkey. Looks like you're ready to travel. The angled seat tube makes me think of a Rans Fusion.

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:08 am

R46 - it's fairly similar. I rode a Rans Fusion at the LBS where I bought this one, and while it was a real sweet ride I liked the handlebar geometry on this one better.

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:28 am

Yeah, you're going to look good profiling on that one, Nightturkey!

We looked at the Rans version at the recumbent rally at Hostel Shoppe last summer. It kind of caught my eye for a comfortable ride for my daughter.

You'll be smiling all the way to work.


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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:46 pm

Definitely looks comfy. It also looks like you're ready to go somewhere. I could envision a 3-4 day tour of the Katy Trail or someplace like that.

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:16 pm

Ah yes, a Sun EZ-Sunray SX, yes?

I rode one at my LBS, and was very satisfied: very comfortable and the price was very right. Was almost ready to pull the trigger on it before they brought out the blue EZ-Sport.

After I rode the Sport, with the high back seat, I almost pulled the trigger before I looked at the price (more than TWICE the price of the EZ-Sunray). Then, I backed off and mulled it for over three months. Christmas came and went, the EZ-Sunray sold and they said they would probably not get another one in until the Spring.

I took an MH (mental health) day from work to clear my head in early February and was looking around for something to do. Went to the bike shop in the morning, saw that they still had the EZ-Sport, so I bought it and rode it into the afternoon.

When my wife got home from work that afternoon, she saw it and was a little tight lipped when she asked how much I paid for it...

The moral of this story: I would probably have been just as happy with the EZ-Sunray as I am with the EZ Sport, and the household tension about my purchase would have been appreciably less.

One last thing: my daily commute takes me around a bunch of multi-use paths which include overpasses and underpasses which are definitely made for pedestrians. The tight switchbacks on some of these as they change levels are a cinch to ride on my Giant MTB, but I have to put my feet down and duck paddle around them on the EZ Sport. I bet the EZ-Sunray would negotiate them just as easily as the Giant.

BTW, I think some folks define a CLWB as "a bike which looks like a LWB, but the wheelbase is less than 63 inches." I bet the EZ-Sunray qualifies.

BluesCat cat

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:24 pm

See, that's what I like about this forum. In two words, Friendly Folks. See y'all on the road - and remember, the rubber parts go DOWN, the chrome parts stay UP.

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PostSubject: Re: New and blue   Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:55 am

I think that's a great looking bike, but I don't think it's a CLWB. I think it's closer to a crank forward, except with the smaller wheel up front.

Turkey, have you tried to stand up on it? It almost looks like you could and if you can, I say it's a CF.

Nice looking ride.... I want a crank forward, for sure... That seems like a pretty cheap way to get into it. The only negative thing I could say is.... two different szed tires and tubes. Weak, I know, but it's all I could come up with!

NICE!

Mark

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