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The results are FINAL! Reply

cycling, cyclist • Tags: , ,

Congratulations to each of you who submitted your stories to my BROL thread wrapping up the 2008 riding year. As noted by several posters, your stories are inspirational. So much so, that I asked readers to vote for the story they found most inspirational.

Well, the votes and in and the poll is closed. We now give Special Congratulation to the top three vote recipients: [full chart]

  1. Bud Bent [39.53%]
  2. Squamish ed [32.56%]
  3. Trsnrtr [9.3%]

Special THANKS to Bryan Ball, ‘BentRider Managing Editor, and ‘BentRiders Online [BROL] for supporting my efforts with this endeavor.  Bryan has agreed to the following gifts for the top three vote recipients:

  1. First Place – Bud Bent – a ‘BentRider Jersey
  2. Second Place – Squamish ed – a 1-year ‘BentRider Member Status
  3. Third Place – Trsnrtr – a ‘BentRider Water Bottle

Again, we are all winners to have the opportunity to read your stories [all 18 of them]. Of significance is the fact that you wrote your stories with no knowledge of recognition or reward for sharing your ’08 riding experiences. I thank you for submitting your stories and I thank those who continue to share their riding experiences in my original BROL thread. I also give special thanks to those of you who voted, and thereby gave us the opportunity to honor our fellow riders for their stories and the inspiration they bring.

When times are hard come back to this thread for a motivational charge.

THANKS to all!

Jim Artis

The top three stories follow:

A tilting trike ~ Kanteltrike Reply

cycling, Delta Trikes, recumbent • Tags: ,

more about “Kanteltrike“, posted with vodpod

Here is another delta trike. This one a tilting trike from Fast FWD in the Netherlands. The video in on their Kanteltrike page and posted recently by Garrie Hill [BROL Member CFBB] to this thread. So, there you have it. Add the Kanteltrike to the deltas below, and remember ~ there are more.

Delta Trikes 4

cycles, cycling, Delta Trikes, recumbent • Tags: , ,

Silk Not mine–I have a tadpole [a Catrike 700 known as Silk]. So, what the difference between a delta and a tadpole?  A delta trike or tricycle has one wheel in front and two behind, where a tadpole trike has the reverse.

Here is the new guy on the block: The RANS Trizard. Read Randy Schlitter’s Into the Ride Article #73 for information on this interesting trike. So you ask, are there other delta trikes available? Yes!

My Facebook friends and BROL members Jennifer Lang & Bobby Baxmeyer [her fiancé] [cellolang & bbax] and Mary [TrikeDiva] have  Kettwiesel Trikes. I also rode with Parky (a Kett owner) in the Face of America ’08 Ride.

Then there is the Greenspeed Anura, introduced in 2007. I do not know an Anura rider. Both the Kett and Anura offer a differential option. The Trizard does not. The Trizard uses the left wheel as a drive wheel.

There are other delta trikes [see this BROL Interbike '07 article]. These three are frequently discussed on BROL.

This post is to introduce the RANS Trizard and generally comment on two other popular delta trikes. Deltas are but one of many recumbent cycles. Ride what works for you. You see that I ride road bikes [DFs] as well as recumbents [an LWB, an SWB, and a tadpole trike] and a MTB. I hope to add a Crank Forward later this year. It fits between a ‘bent and a DF [also known as an upright].

Here is the BROL Thread started by Nanda [BROL Member Stradavarius] that informs BROL readers of Randy Schlitter’s [RANS Founder] Into the Ride Article #73 on the Trizard.