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Parts and Wheels

Recumbent Bike Admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:42:41 +0000

Where to find Parts & Wheelsets for Your Recumbent

Bicycle Parts

List of Parts and Wheel manufacturers

Aero Spoke Wheels – Aerospoke is one of the most recognized and respected names in composite wheels

Alex Rims – manufacturer of bicycle rims.

Bontrager Wheel Works – They are not built for recumbent bikes, but I ride these on my mountain bike and haven’t needed a truing in 2 years.

Chris King Precision Components – Headsets, Hubs, Bottom Brackets and Tools.

Dave’s Wheels – aka Dave Thomas’s Speeddream.com – custom wheel maker with a reputation among cyclists for quality. Located in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Ecospeed – Portland Oregon based company manufacturers and electric assist motor kit for recumbent bicycles.

HED Cycling – Seems like everyone winning races is running these wheel sets.

Mavic – Another Rim manufacturer that doesn’t really make recumbent specific rims, but I’ve ridden their mountain bike rims with great success. Good product!

Pantour Suspension Hubss – Want to take some of the “ouch” out of bumps without a huge weight penalty? This is it! Carlsbad, California.

Power on Cycling – Dealer specializes in recumbent parts and customizing Rans, Challenge, M5 and easy tour recumbent bicycles. Want to build your own this might be a good start to selecting your components. Site is plain vanilla but fairly detailed. Plant City, Florida

Schwalbe Tires – If these are not the best tires you can buy, they are pretty damn close! You should be avle to find Schwalbe tires at quality bicycle dealers worldwide. Schwalbe North America – Victoria, British Columbia Canada.

Security Bicycle Accessories – Distributes bicycle parts to dealers. Also has an excellent “links” page of parts manufacturers.

Specialized Bicycles – Yes I know they don’t make recumbent bicycles, but they make some highly durable thorn resistant tires. I was getting flats about every 3rd ride from the thorns here, then I switched to Specialized Armadillos and I’ve had 1 flat in a year and a half!

Spinergy Wheels- Another high end wheel set manufacturer.

TerraCycle – USA (Oregon) manufacturer of Recumbent Parts and Accessories. Acquired FastBack Products in late 2007.

Topolino Technology – High end wheel set manufacturer specializing in 700C Wheelsets, including Carbon Tubular with Kevlar spokes. These wheels feel great to ride and are featured on specially spec’d Carbent’s.

Velocity – Wheels, Rims, and accessories including a line of recumbent wheels in 349, 406, 559, and 700 sizes.

Wellgo Pedals – You’ll find Wellgo Pedals spec’d standard on a lot of recumbent bikes.

Windwarp Fairings – Makes Lexan® plastic fairings compatible with a large range of recumbent bikes and trikes.

Wheels for Bikes – More manufacturers listed at this personal website

Recumbent Bicycle Tires

Recumbent Bike Admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:47:29 +0000

Recumbent Bike Tire Selection

Selecting the “right” tire for your recumbent bicycle or trike is essential. Don’t overlook the importance of tires! Tires are your point of contact with the road. The right tire not only helps you roll smoother and faster, but also keeps you from spilling under various weather conditions. Furthermore the right tire will also smooth out your ride giving you a much more enjoyable experience.

There is no one perfect tire… you’ll need to constantly make trade-offs in weight and performance vs durability and puncture protection. Buy the tire that suits you bike and riding style.

I recently upgraded the old Specialized Fatboy’s to Schwalbe Duranos’s as noted in the review on another part of Recumbent Bicycle Source. And while I think I may have dropped a mile or two per hour, I’m also now running tire liners for added convenience as I hate to repair flats on the road. I gave up a little speed for a lot of convenience and puncture protection… and I would do it again!

Below are links to Amazon Reviews where you can see what other people think of a particular tires. And yes Amazon is not a bike shop and there are other places to read reviews of tires, Amazon does have on thing most others do not – they seem to carry everything!

The first link with the DOT is the main link to all tires by that manufacturer, the sub links are to specific models of the tire. Enjoy!

Contiental Bicycle Tires

Continental Sport Contact

Continental Grand Prix

Continental Ultra Gatorskin

Kenda Bicycle Tires

Kenda Kwest

Maxxis Bicycle Tires

Michelin Bicycle Tires

Panaracer Bicycle Tires

Primo Bicycle Tires

Primo Comet

Primo Racer

Schwalbe Bicycle Tires

Schwalbe Marathon Plus

Schwalbe Marathon Racer

Schwalbe Marathon Winter

Schwalbe Marathon Supreme

Bike Tires Direct aka BicylceTires.com

Recumbent Bike Admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:13:19 +0000

Same Portland Oregon company advertises online with different names. BikeTiresDirect.com, BicycleTires.com, WesternBikeWorks.com and who knows how many more.

I had a miserable experience with them. There customer service is pathetic. Different prices on their different sites for the same products!

Are there any legitimate Online Vendors anymore?

I’ve had good luck with JensonUSA and Performance Bike. Bad experience with Nashbar when they billed more than was advertised on their site. Then sent me additional bills later on.

I try to buy from local shops, but they do not always have what I need/want.

Sad.

Video: How Schwalbe Tires are Manufactured

Recumbent Bike Admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:32:04 +0000

This video shows the manufacturing process of Schwalbe Brand Tires. I found it quite interesting as I am constantly looking for the “Perfect Tire”. Aren’t we all? We want super lightweight tires that grip the road and never flat out… and of course that last for at least 5,000 miles. I’m yet to find them but I will probably run a set of Kojak 559′s next. I’ve run GEAX, Specialized Fatboys (Good for the Money), Continental, and others. I’m hoping my Brand Search Stops with Schwalbe… I guess we’ll find out.