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internal hub parts sources Another local place to look for these hubs is: Aaron's Bicycle Repair, Inc. 9988 15th Avenue SW, Suite E Seattle, WA 98146 (206) 938-9795 http://www.rideyourbike.com/internalgears.shtml Another bike nut who specializes in internal hubs and knows...

Try Angle Lake Cyclery Angle Lake Cyclery is a wonderful place, like your grandmother's attic - filled with bike stuff so you can barely walk around. It's a virtual museum of unusual new and old bikes: recumbents, folders of all kinds, weird half-recumbent/half upright tandems, etc etc. The...

I'll be looking for you on the B-G trail Hi Jeff - Just delighted to hear of another Quest rider in Seattle. You can see me on the B-G trail commuting to work (Ravenna to Sand Point) every day, rain or shine. Check out earlier posts of mine about putting a fairing on the Quest. It's a...

possible reason for speed difference Mantis/Sofrider? Tire pressure??? That is the most important speed control variable for me. I find, for the same tires, at least a 10% speed difference between slightly underinflated and fully inflated. And if you have different tires on the two bikes...

spend some time reading here ... Hi Bean - My advice is to spend some time going through the Quest posts in this forum. You'll find out a lot. It's been discussed up and down. Then keep asking questions as you learn more. Billy K

After a few hard stops that lifted the rear wheel, I began practicing braking more systematically, straightening and tightening my arms as I brake to hold my body as far back as possible. That helps, but there is no doubt that slamming on the Quest's excellent disk brakes would throw me...

Having had to practice keeping myself from leaning forward on a hard stop so as not to lift the rear wheel, I looked through the forum for clues. I came up with two different statements from John Tolhurst. Referring to the 60 degree angle with the COG that makes hard braking safe: On...

finally realized why Quests are better climbers In my original post above, I commented on how much better climbing felt on a Quest compared to the standard recumbents I rode for years, but I didn't know why. psychling's blog (link under "riding technique" today) finally made clear to me why...

After 1 year and about 2000 miles on my Quest 2 (559 wheels) I now know enough about it that it seems useful to review my experience on this bike. Sorry that this is long, but I spend a lot of time on the bike and thinking about it! I hope this is useful feedback. The great part of my...

why we were stuck with DFs for so long My impression was that the reason the DF became dominant was the lower quality of metals available to bike designers until the past few decades. The two triangles of the DF are inherently rigid and strong. I thought it wasn't until wide availability of...

considering the dangers of "headers" Nice article on the Ordinary. But considering the dangers of "headers" (going over the handlebars when braking) on these machines, I wonder why they didn't make the bike more recumbent-like, simply by decreasing the "head angle" and moving the seat back and...

The Quest shock is easily adjustable @Eric Winn - The Quest shock is easily adjustable. Just turn the barrel. The instructions are useless (which way is clockwise?), but it is easy to tell by sitting on the seat and bouncing. There is quite a bit of adjustment: from very stiff to plushy.

dumb question I know about trail, but why should the trail on a conversion be any different with the driving wheel on the front than it was on the previous free-spinning front wheel? With the fork in the original direction, isn't the axle in the exact same place as on the original bike? Namely...

inertia of the crank Unsurprisingly, JT has an interesting suggestion: that the mass of the crank tends to create a countersteer (by lagging behind the lean) at the beginning of a leaning turn. Maybe! I've wondered about this because on an upright bike I definitely notice my instinctual...

Of course I agree with Kim T ... Of course I agree with Kim T, but ... Learning to ride my Quest 2 no-hands was a real eye-opener. In particular, it taught me that a steady cadence was the key to avoiding pedal-steer. After a few weeks practice, I now ride miles on end without touching the...

Re the fender and tires and ... Re the fender and tires: There really isn't much clearance between the wheel and the fork crown, but I am certainly pushing things by getting the biggest tire I could. I like rubber on the road, especially in the rain. It's hard for me to judge whether these...

but how will you practice no-hand riding? Seems like bar mitts and riding no-hands just don't go together. Or you could kill 2 birds with one stone by putting your hands in your pockets! (Possibly 3 birds, if you crashed because of it). More seriously, you might want to look at how I...

lights I have a Planet Bike taillight flasher, backed up by another on my helmet. I have a helmet-mounted front flasher. My main front light is a Niterider that usually mounts on the mirror stalk (not in the photos while I was tweaking the fairing). It usually lasts 5 weekday evening commutes...

Well, someone needs to get this thread started ... Here's pics of my Quest mods. I am a daily, year-round commuter in Seattle, which means rain and darkness are a given. Also potholes and hills. Speed is a secondary consideration. My mods are all beta versions (like everything else in...

more no-hands mickjordan - I meant to add that being able to ride no-hands was a real breakthrough in how I felt about the bike. Until now I've been somewhat afraid of it, feeling like I might lose control at any minute. The fact that I haven't crashed should logically have given me confidence...