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Recumbent Tandem Rider #50 -- 2015 Summer

Issue #50 of Recumbent Tandem Rider Magazine is in the shop now. Features articles include:

  • Bacchetta Giro 26 review
  • Rolf Prima tandem wheels
  • Nite Ize SpokeLit LED spoke wheel lights
  • Touring California coast on Bacchetta recumbent bikes
  • Tandem cycling review
  • TATAR trike / recumbent tour of American River in Sacramento
  • Cycle tourism stories

Come get your free copy in the shop, or subscribe online at RTR Magazine.

Sun-seeker showed a new full-suspension "Fat" trike at Interbike.

The display model was just that. We did not get a chance to actually ride it, but did spend some time examining it and asking questions.

Catrike has introduced a new trike to compete head-to-head with the ICE and HP Velotechnik full-suspension folding trikes.

This trike, dubbed "Dumont", is full-suspension with Catrike-style. It melds the

Silicone foam grip installed on Catrike recumbent trike

Conventional foam grips on recumbent trikes split over time and degrade from elements and time. We have sourced durable silicone grips with better durability properties. By replacing stock OEM grips on a Catrike recumbent trike (or Greenspeed, or most brands that come with bar-end shifters) with these thick, closed-foam silicone grip pairs, we can prevent costly maintenance in the future.

We have just finished putting together an HP Velotechnik Gekko FX26 folding trike outfitted with a Neodrive 250W electric-assist system.

This is a very nice system and hard to find. The first test drive in front of the shop was on level ground, but the system seemed quite powerful.

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