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Other than the long wheelbase days of old - ideal bottle positioning has always been something of a trade off with recumbent bikes. Nearly all recumbents go for a behind the seat solution. Another possibility you CAN do is on the top of the boom as you mentioned, and also the Q has enough room...

Mounting to the back of the seat with the spacer works great. Personally I drill lower holes for an easier reach.

It does not appear to me that there is room in the dropout notch for a 15mm hub cap. Also pics of the brake mounts - flat mount with both front and rear using the same adapter (this is the same as on the Q and the S. Robert

BB - 68MM English Thread Brakes - calipers are DOA - there are "mounts" but the lust for wide/larger tires moves them too far away for calipers to be used (on ANY bikes) - the disc mounts are flat mount style. Wheels - 142x12mm drive and 100x12mm rear. There is a notch there but I would have...

The order page goes live on the 17th. If you are on the email list you can get in on a few bonus "coupons" (not sure for the frame set though) so it is worth to sign up for that email ASAP.

For the Q45. It is a GREAT bike. I have one personally (with 406 wheels and 2" Big Apples it is my neighborhood cruiser) and I rode the Q45 on RAGBRAI last year. It was very comfy. That said, it is a legacy OG bike as far as the main frame and the design is pushing the limits of time. The frame...

Same dropouts as the Q and S as far as size. So all models are not through axle 12mmx100mm and 12mm x 142mm Frame set includes the headset installed.

FWIW everyone - the A4x other than being my baby (in large part) to get it built and here - is SWEET. Sweet sweet sweet. My 100% biased opinion. The increase in the cost (tariffs, shipping, development cost, improved components, etc) are not as high as I thought when translated to the retail -...

Not model specific.

I have to wait until at least after this coming Taipei Cycle show (end of this month) as there are a few elements to work out for what I am testing - so I would say "months" but not necessarily "lots of months" haha

For those with the V20c - particularly extra booms and frame sets - we have only had two known instances of this to date. As noted it is likely the manufacturer of the shells (a totally different company than the people who make the booms) likely just had a tap that was wearing out. On the...

This would be no for sure. That can very easily cause damage to the structural integrity of the fork, and you arent going to really gain much even if you could do it. For fatter tires it is better to opt for smaller wheels to accommodate. On a 700c wheel that fork will get to a 38c maybe a 40c...

I have zero clue why someone would not want a top cap, or in the case of a CF fork a plug.

Indeed LOL! But for sure it is the recumbent workhorse... at the moment. :-) This is a pic I like to reference people to on the "can it carry gear?" question.

I can tell you - because I met with the engineers of a few of the better CF companies in Taiwan - getting the S40 (or V20) main frame as a "clone" version of itself down lighter than it is currently is next to impossible without then needing to be very thin, or have a rider weight limit in the...

First - for sure - you can only trust AI so far, and IMHO the only 100% thing we can trust AI for is to be our ultimate doom. But I digress... Basics for things that are important for the frame/geometry and not component or color related: Gen 1 - Same fork as the V20 at the time. More limited...

If you cut down the steer tube you must reinstall a NEW star nut in the top of the fork. The cap is 100% essential as without the cap and proper spacers you cannot set the headset tension. The purpose of the star nut is to allow the "pull down" leverage of the cap to the spacers. Order of...

It is not going to be for a while as I have to scope out some things at Taipei Cycle which is at the end of March. The Skarper concept though is sound and it looks like it is easily adapted.

These types of additions are what we should be aiming for IMHO. They are more realistic of what these should be - an assist - and not the idea of tuning a bike into basically an electric motorcycle meant to be run throttle only for a metric century. True assist only. I can get behind that. Also...

I have been on that same road. It is a bear. But the payoff for the climbs are SUMBLIME downhills and long sections of river grade cruising. Oh yes - this is my favorite type of terrain even if there are brief sections that are just a hai bit much to climb. When I can walk faster than I can ride...