Jim's Recumbent Bike
We never could get a good two wheel bicycle for Jim - the ones we did get just did not fit him right. His legs are so long that the distance between the seat and peddle had to be long, and then he was so hunched over and straining his neck to see straight ahead. Finally in 2017 he started researching recumbent bikes. One good website that gave him a lot of information was from The Bicycle Man, which you can read from his site.
From everything that Jim read, he decided upon a recumbent made by Terra Trike, tadpole design (as opposed to a delta design), model Rover. He also changed the transmission to the NuVinci transmission. The NuVinci transmission provides a relaxed ride and a smooth, stepless progression from one ratio to another, with just a twist of the wrist. Developed by NuVinci Cycling, you can read more about their transmission at Wikipedia.
He also researched where to purchase his Trike from and settled upon Easy Street Recumbents in Austin, Texas. The more he talked with them, the better he felt about dealing with them and purchasing his trike from them. If you do happen to purchase a trike from them based upon Jim's recommendations, please be sure to mention his name.
Easy Street was started by Mike Librik in 1996. Also working at Easy Street is Micah Simmons, Sales Manager, Laurie Wicker, Service Manager, and Rebecca di Luce, Office Manager. You can read more about Easy Street Recumbents here.
Since purchasing his trike, riding has gotten a whole lot easier for him. Gone are the neck and shoulder aches that he used to get from riding a regular bicycle, and now he is able to ride with ease and no strain. He loves his trike.
In addition, Terra Trike also makes recumbent tandem trikes as can be seen below. Friends of ours from Tres Rios bought a tandem because the husband is blind and his wife rides in front steering. He also pedals so his wife can put her feet up and let him do the pedaling.
We never could get a good two wheel bicycle for Jim - the ones we did get just did not fit him right. His legs are so long that the distance between the seat and peddle had to be long, and then he was so hunched over and straining his neck to see straight ahead. Finally in 2017 he started researching recumbent bikes. One good website that gave him a lot of information was from The Bicycle Man, which you can read from his site.
From everything that Jim read, he decided upon a recumbent made by Terra Trike, tadpole design (as opposed to a delta design), model Rover. He also changed the transmission to the NuVinci transmission. The NuVinci transmission provides a relaxed ride and a smooth, stepless progression from one ratio to another, with just a twist of the wrist. Developed by NuVinci Cycling, you can read more about their transmission at Wikipedia.
He also researched where to purchase his Trike from and settled upon Easy Street Recumbents in Austin, Texas. The more he talked with them, the better he felt about dealing with them and purchasing his trike from them. If you do happen to purchase a trike from them based upon Jim's recommendations, please be sure to mention his name.
Easy Street was started by Mike Librik in 1996. Also working at Easy Street is Micah Simmons, Sales Manager, Laurie Wicker, Service Manager, and Rebecca di Luce, Office Manager. You can read more about Easy Street Recumbents here.
Since purchasing his trike, riding has gotten a whole lot easier for him. Gone are the neck and shoulder aches that he used to get from riding a regular bicycle, and now he is able to ride with ease and no strain. He loves his trike.
In addition, Terra Trike also makes recumbent tandem trikes as can be seen below. Friends of ours from Tres Rios bought a tandem because the husband is blind and his wife rides in front steering. He also pedals so his wife can put her feet up and let him do the pedaling.
