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The drawback is that with your legs out in front of you, you cannot bend down out of the wind, so riding upwind on gusty days can be frustrating. Also, this position means no stiff neck, no numb hands, and a great view of the scenery. This means you are high enough so you do not disappear behind cars, something that scares the heck out of me with a low-riding recumbent. The semi-recumbent, heads-up riding position is very comfortable and your head height is about the same as on a standard bike. The 40 psi tire in front is still quite adequate, but I over-inflate it to about 60 psi with no problems. I quickly replaced my rear tire with a good 100 psi street tire, and got rid of the green slime tubes, replacing them with regular tubes and Mr. That translates into a 5 square inch contact patch-in other words, a very compressed tire. About 65-75% of the rider's weight is on the rear wheel, depending on your seat position, and if you are the maximum recommended weight of 260 lbs, that's nearly 200 lbs of rider weight on the back wheel. Minor complaints: I have no idea why this bike was originally equipped with 40 psi tires. I bought mine new in 2007 and have several thousand miles on it now, even though I am only able to ride it half the year because I am a "snowbird" and it stays in Fla while I go north for the summer. I have a conventional basket for a standard upright which will work but I need to buy some aluminum bar stock that can be bolted through the basket mesh to the two connectors on the column, down low sort of, as the typical handle-bar attachment will not work. What I want now is an accessory, a basket. I have all my bike tools and parts in a jar in the shed, no problem. I know exactly the circumference of my tires in millimeters so I can re-set the computer when changing battery. I can take the whole rear end apart and put it back together in an hour, like when I want to rotate the tires. Where I used to ride in 4th I now use 5th.
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The new spokes are heavier grade and better steel, again, but I got only one tooth which they had on hand. I popped a rear spoke along about 2010 and when I took it in to a local shop to get new spokes I asked them to put a new sprocket on the rear with two additional teeth. I am located in Key West FL.Īnother is the inability to stand on the pedals to go uphill. Being made in Taiwan, a tropical location, I'd've thought they'd've sprung for hardened steel to minimize corrosion and rust. The staples holding the seat cover rusted out. The spokes are soft but they are chrome-plated abrasion occurs where they cross. One weakness is the use of soft steel in places, like the brake handles and the chain adjusters in the rear. The on-board computer is very useful, especially the time clock (as I mentioned) for getting to work on time. Long ago I achieved the perfect adjustment, it is super comfortable. From now on it is hubs for me, like an automatic transmission almost. I am on my fourth set of tires with about 8,000 miles total.įor one thing I'll never have a derailleur again. I love my Revive DX! I bought it in 2005 and rode it to work for five years, 5mi round trip, 1000 miles a year.