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2018 Norcal FARA RideAtaxia ride gets "Start your engines!"

RideAtaxia 1 June 2019, Winters, CA - NorCal - Friedrich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)

The 2019 annual Northern Californa FARA RideAtaxia to raise much-needed funds for research is coming up!

23 May 2019 - 10:53am
  • Catrike
Catrike Eola lead banner image

Catrike Eola: new for 2019 recumbent trike model

Catrike introduced some tempting views of the Eola, a new recumbent trike model that will hit the streets sometime in 2019.

20 Sep 2018 - 5:27pm
  • Catrike
  • FSA
  • Mirrycle
  • SRAM
  • Schwalbe
Pinking handlebar mechanism has serrated edges that mate with serrated clamp to remember previous position and angle

Pinking clamps memorize ICE handlebar position

British recumbent trike maker ICE goes pink with an obscure, but very useful, innovation built into the handlebars of ICE recumbent tricycles.

30 Aug 2018 - 3:37pm
  • Azub
  • ICE

New Bacchetta seat: B3 fine-tunes recumbent comfort

Bacchetta has expanded its seat selections to include a new style that mixes and matches the designs of the existing Recurve and Euromesh seats.

7 Jul 2018 - 10:32am
  • Bacchetta

Bionx bankruptcy

Electric-assist and retrofit electric motor company Bionx has gone bankrupt and its assets are being sold off.

27 Jun 2018 - 4:50pm
  • Bionx
Sideview of ICE Full Fat recumbent trike with Rohloff Speedhub drivetrain

ICE Full Fat Hunting Trike w. Rohloff

This trike is outfitted for multi-day camping trips and specifically for hunting and packing in and out of the backcountry.

21 Mar 2018 - 2:29pm
  • ICE
  • Ortlieb
  • Radical Designs
  • Rohloff
  • Schwalbe

Folding and unfolding a Catrike Dumont

This is a short (4 minute) video of folding and unfolding a Catrike Dumont full-suspension trike at the recumbent trike shop in Sacramento.

19 Mar 2018 - 10:23am
  • Catrike
JCS on his Catrike 700

Recumbent trikes, aging, and the immune system

Researchers in Britain studying elderly endurance cyclists have discovered profound benefits to cycling at an older age.

13 Mar 2018 - 11:34am
  • Azub
  • Catrike
  • Greenspeed
  • HP Velotechnik
  • Hase
  • ICE
mid-light exposure of 2018 flags

Flags of 2018

Recumbent trike makers are revising their OEM safety flags for 2018 with a priority on safety over self-promotion.

5 Dec 2017 - 8:29pm
  • Catrike
  • Greenspeed
  • HP Velotechnik
  • Hase
  • Hase Spezialraeder
  • ICE
  • Purple Sky
  • Soundwinds

Catrike 700 gets 2018 makeover

Catrike is giving the venerable Catrike 700 racing trike a makeover for 2018 and addressing rider feedback gained over the years.

6 Nov 2017 - 9:11am
  • Catrike
Overlay picture of folding action of a Gekko FX-26 recumbent tricycle

HP Gekko FX26 folding recumbent trikes become scarce in USA

HP Velotechnik has sold the last of its US supply of Gekko FX-26 folding recumbent trikes to its premium stocking HP Velotechni

26 Sep 2017 - 9:33am
  • Catrike
  • HP Velotechnik
A technique for getting out of a recumbent trike if your body doesn't fully respond to your wishes

How to get out of a recumbent trike if you can't get out of a recumbent trike

Catrike Speed rider, Miles, has worked out a great system for getting in and out of his very low and laidback recumbent trike using a strap attached to his roof-rack.

20 Sep 2017 - 8:56pm
  • Catrike
  • ICE
Splined torque arm installed on GoSwiss 500W recumbent trike electric-assist pedelec

Electric-assist torque anchors

A hub-driven electric-motor such as Bionx, Neodrive, or GoSwiss needs an anchor point that is physically fixed on the recumbent trike or bicycle, so it has something to push against. Without this anchor point, the hub would simply spin when activated with electricity.

17 Sep 2017 - 9:24pm
  • Bionx
  • Catrike
  • GoSwiss
  • Greenspeed
  • HP Velotechnik
  • ICE
  • Neodrive
  • Terratrike
Bionx 350W electric-assist on Bacchetta A26 / Giro ATT-26

Bionx electric-assist on Bacchetta A26 recumbent bike

The Bacchetta A26 is the successor to the Giro ATT premium touring / commuting recumbent bike model.

27 Aug 2017 - 12:47pm
  • Bacchetta
  • Bionx
Folded HP Velotechnik Gekko FX-20 recumbent trike

HP runs out of US-available Gekko FX-20 recumbent trikes

Surprisingly, HP Velotechnik has run out of supply of its US-available Gekko FX-20 folding recumbent trikes for 2017.

27 Jul 2017 - 9:44am
  • HP Velotechnik
Day-6 semi-recumbent bike is alternative to traditional bike saddles with forward crank design

Day-6 semi-recumbent / forward crank bikes back in stock soon

Day-6 semi-recumbent bikes will be in stock again soon. Production delays have made Day-6 bikes a limited-availability commodity for the past two months, but the wait is almost over.

26 Jul 2017 - 1:10pm
  • Day-6

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