Cory's Recumbent Pictures

Photos!

bikeice2 Me in full winter gear, coming home from a morning ride around Lake Herman. No trails, no cars, just a couple square miles of solid ice.

on snow Ah, some powder on the ice! A nice inch of snow makes for a little better traction on the lake.

Slide Whoo-hoo! A little snow also makes for some fun sliding through turns.

Skeeter checks it out

Skeeter checks out the recumbent. Scoot that seat forward all the way, and he just might be able to reach the pedals! Perhaps wisely, Skeeter chooses to keep all four paws on the ground.

Dad riding

There goes Dad on his first recumbent test drive. Unbeknownst to Dad, Skeeter, running behind, is no longer holding on!

Mom2

Rear view, as Mom rides around the lawn. (Yes, she was able to stop before hitting the cabin, the tree, or the lake.) Notice the light stripes along the sides of the back of the seat. BikeE makes its seat backs with reflective strips -- great for night riding!

Carl's Dream Machine

I couldn't believe this; July 2000, pulling in to camp at Watkins Glen State Park on Seneca Lake, NY, I spotted the the handlebars and seat of a BikeE. After setting up my own camp, I moseyed over to the campsite where I'd seen the bike. I was greeted by Carl, an auto body painter from New Jersey. He introduced me to his girlfriend, and then to his amazing recumbent. It was a BikeE AT, same model as the one I would buy two days later, but totally customized. Carl said that after putting just ten miles on his bike, he had taken it completely apart and painted the main beam sparkly gold and the forks and stem sparkly silver. He also installed little neon lights all around the frame for night-cruising. Carl said he rides his bike around town all the time, hops curbs, zips in and out of city traffic, no problem. Carl and his bike are both very cool.

Stealth and Mike Hey, that's not a BikeE! That's a Lightning 2000 Stealth B2 (the latest version is now called the Phantom), one of the best machines I test-rode last summer. Notice the crank out ahead of the front tire and the round, angled main tube. This bike, like the majority of recumbents, has a full-size (26") rear wheel, which makes it much better suited to long-distance rides than the BikeE. If you plan on doing some serious touring or taking a crack at the human-powered land-speed records (recumbents hold all such records!), you need that big back tire. When I go to buy a new bike, the Stealth/Phantom will likely be the one.
Oh, and I can't forget Mike! He's a salesman/mechanic at the Hostel Shoppe, an outstanding bike shop in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, that focuses on recumbents. I dropped in there one morning and spent two hours test-riding five machines. Mike was extremely helpful, taking time to bolt on pedals and adjust the machines so I could try them out and to answer all my questions. If you're anywhere near Wisconsin, this shop is worth the stop! (Wisconsin's pretty, too -- make a vacation out of it! Buy a recumbent, tour dairy country!)

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