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Re: Is Your Favorite Ride a Segway?

I would love to own a Segway if someone gave me one, but living in a hilly suburb I could not justify buying one for the amount of 'transportation' miles I would put on it. I think I would ride it a lot for fun.

for the last month or so I have been working on plans for a recumbent bicycle. Its something Ive always wanted to tinker with, and I bought a wire welder for my son's '70VW project last month

when I get the plans close to being ready to assemble the prototype maybe I will post them in a new thread. Im thinking of what is called a long frame recumbent with the seat only about 6" off the ground, infront of a 27" 6 speed back wheel. The front wheel will be a 100psi 20", and you will sit in a more or less normal lawn chair position, except with your feet up on the pedals just behind the front wheel. I have seen plans sorta like this, but not exactly what I have in mind, so I will need to be a little creative to make what I want.

The reason Im posting this here: there were a couple threads on CD recently about alternative transportation, using the Segway to get around vs getting exercise, that got me thinking about riding a bike to work. I think with a comfortable recumbent bike I would be able to ride to work once or twice a week in the warmer months. The main difference from a regular diamond frame bike is you are much more comfortable and sitting in a more normal position in a recumbent bike, so you do not have to ride fast to get where you are going before your hands fall asleep, or your back gets wretched out of shape.
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