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Date: 24 May 2006 22:06:57
From: Grolch
Subject: Just ordered my Catrike Road!
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Just ordered, Catrike Road in green. Test rode a bunch of bents in all sorts
of configurations. Burleys, HP, EZ and others. Nothing came close to the
Trike in terms of putting a grin on my face. The bike really rewards
whatever you put into it. Too bad I still have to endure my upright till she
comes. Giddyup!
Grolsch
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Date: 27 May 2006 09:44:15
From: Jeff Grippe
Subject: Re: Just ordered my Catrike Road!
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Interesting!
When I test rode a bunch of different trikes I found I really didn't like
the steering of the Catrike. My favorite, by far, was the Greenspeed but at
close to $5K, it wasn't really and option. The Wizwheelz was also pretty
good. Not Greenspeed but very close. When Greenspeed finally came out with
the more affordable GT's, I was able to get one.
I understand that Catrike has worked on the steering because there were many
people that didn't like it. What model year is yours?
Jeff
"Grolch" <hjwilkeremovenospam@telus.net > wrote in message
news:5O4dg.22051$zn1.15775@clgrps13...
> Just ordered, Catrike Road in green. Test rode a bunch of bents in all
> sorts of configurations. Burleys, HP, EZ and others. Nothing came close to
> the Trike in terms of putting a grin on my face. The bike really rewards
> whatever you put into it. Too bad I still have to endure my upright till
> she comes. Giddyup!
>
> Grolsch
>
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Date: 27 May 2006 14:51:23
From: Grolch
Subject: Re: Just ordered my Catrike Road!
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Mines the 2006. Apparantly they went with a modified steering system for
2005 but changed back to nearly the original setup. This is my first bent
anyway so I am a neophite as far as the finer aspects go. I couldn't even
test a greenspeed here anyway even if I was able to drop 5K for a bike. This
is as much of an experiment anyway to see if the whole thing "works" for my
purposes. The biggest downside I see is the aluminum. I am not a big fan of
aluminum (metal fatigue, comfort), but at 31 lbs this is the lightest sub 3K
bike out there.
"Jeff Grippe" <jeff@door7.com > wrote in message
news:127glu9ijaajbd8@news.supernews.com...
> Interesting!
>
> When I test rode a bunch of different trikes I found I really didn't like
> the steering of the Catrike. My favorite, by far, was the Greenspeed but
> at close to $5K, it wasn't really and option. The Wizwheelz was also
> pretty good. Not Greenspeed but very close. When Greenspeed finally came
> out with the more affordable GT's, I was able to get one.
>
> I understand that Catrike has worked on the steering because there were
> many people that didn't like it. What model year is yours?
>
> Jeff
> "Grolch" <hjwilkeremovenospam@telus.net> wrote in message
> news:5O4dg.22051$zn1.15775@clgrps13...
>> Just ordered, Catrike Road in green. Test rode a bunch of bents in all
>> sorts of configurations. Burleys, HP, EZ and others. Nothing came close
>> to the Trike in terms of putting a grin on my face. The bike really
>> rewards whatever you put into it. Too bad I still have to endure my
>> upright till she comes. Giddyup!
>>
>> Grolsch
>>
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