Strapless Toe Clips / Power Grips

[Gromit]

Welcome to the forum.

IMHO The Montague Paratrooper would not be a suitable donor bike for a conversion kit. The seat would end up way too high. It would be virtually unrideable. Please go back to the drawing board and think again. :cry:

Is it important to you that your recumbent should fold?
If so, then personally I would look at recumbents such as the HP Velotechnik GrassHopper fx

 

[JonB]

Gromit wrote: Welcome to the forum.

IMHO The Montague Paratrooper would not be a suitable donor bike for a conversion kit. The seat would end up way too high. It would be virtually unrideable. Please go back to the drawing board and think again. :cry:

Is it important to you that your recumbent should fold?
If so, then personally I would look at recumbents such as the HP Velotechnik GrassHopper fx

There is no need for that. There are a number of Downtube.com conversions.

 

[gannet]

I've only just considered riding a 'bent' ( and just figured that is short for recum-bent ?), so on a steep learning curve here.

Pedals and cleats are one thing I was wondering about, given I've only just gone 'clipless' on my upright ( now what do you call them ? DF ? - diamond frame?). That is, I'm just OK with SPD on my hybrid, but still learning with Time ROC on my MTB ( gee, your feet are welded in with these things - I may give up before they loosen up). Both MTB types actually - no idea how they compare with roadies gnerally.

Pedals are just one question ( I'll get to triples vs Rohloffs later, etc etc). BUT - thinking I'll need road pedals to suit a Silvio, I'm leaning to the Speedplays ( as they are one of the options offered with the component package). OK, and I think they look great.

Assuming I can find out if they are OK to get out of ? Any experience with these?
Thanks.

 

[John Tolhurst]

gannet wrote: ...Assuming I can find out if they are OK to get out of ? Any experience with these?
Thanks.

They're fine to get out of if you are accustomed to them, they usually have a tightness screw that you can adjust to your preference.

 

[3WHELZ]

I have SpeedPlay Frogs on my Silvio. Once I was confident enough on the Silvio, I made the switch and wished I had done so earlier. I found that starting was easier and no longer had an issue with my feet coming of the pedals.