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PostSubject: Re: Lowracers   Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:00 pm

John Lewis wrote:
There is some discussion on AZ at present re swb lowracers. Seems you might need greater than 33" inseam for a 20" wheel. That would let me out at 30". How would 16" wheels go? The Trisled Nitro has 16" wheels and weighs in at 8.2 kg.

http://www.trisled.com.au/nitro.html

I'm thinking seriously about building a FWD swb lowracer and something like this might fit the bill but I'd like bigger wheels. The Python with its moving BB solves the problem but is reputed to be hard to learn to ride.

John Lewis


You could always go this route:

Tom Traylor's FWD

Mark

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PostSubject: Re: Lowracers   Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:09 pm

Yes Mark that's a thought. I knew of Traylor's bikes. I think the Cruzbike is based on it. I've tried one incidently and rather enjoyed it but the owner was having trouble getting used to it. He didn't like it and eventually scrapped it in favour of a SWB.

I didn't know Traylor had a lowracer version so I'll have a good read of the site.

Thanks,
John Lewis
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PostSubject: Re: Lowracers   Sat May 23, 2009 12:22 am

I have a Lowracer, Tour Easy, EZ-1, P-38. Out of these 4 bikes the lowracer is the most fun to ride. In town it is hard to see when you stop at a traffic light you can not see over the vehicle next to you. If you ride in town you need a mirror on each side of your helmet. It is very easy to wreck on gravel, sand, dirt, or mud. Other than that it is a great ride. It is the most fun ride in the world to ride the lowracer on the road and just go fast. After a 5 mile warm up ride I can cruise along pretty easy 24 mph of a flat level road. It is a confertable relaxing ride too.

The next most fun bike to ride is the P-38, it is a great ride in town and fast too but not as fast as the Lowracer.

The EZ-1 is a very relaxing fun ride.

I put the Tour Easy at the bottom of my list as the least fun bikes to ride of these 4 bikes.
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PostSubject: A cruzbike kit could be used...   Sat May 23, 2009 1:45 am

I mocked this up to see if I wanted to build one, but committed the parts to something else...



The Atom Blaster design also qualifies...

I think I'd get squashed in the distinctly bike-hostile area in which I live...
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