RecumbentTV Episode 1

Welcome to the premiere episode of RecumbentTV! In Episode 1, we take a look at Interbike 2010, the Lightning Phantom Quad, and a rail trail ride gone bad.

Here are the sites for the various companies mentioned:

http://www.lightningbikes.com
http://www.hasebikes.com
http://www.rbr.info
http://www.hpvelotechnik.com

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• recumbent
• tv
• show
• interbike
• hase
• hp velotechnik
• lehigh gorge
• trike
• train
• quad
• review
• gekko
• phantom
• green screen

[REDRUM246]

Hey!! thats me from Lightning.. I made it in the video!!! HAHA! great show!

[RecumbentTV]

@REDRUM246 Thank you for pulling the bikes out so I could do photos. :)

[dregerclock]

Congratulations on your first episode!

Interesting, slightly goofy, slightly informative, maybe little more goofy... ;-)

It looks like you had fun putting a lot into the production!

The quad bike: seems it would be better if the outrigger wheels could flex with some suspension, or lean like a leaning trike. Otherwise they are little more than over-sized training wheels.

I did not understand why you had to pull the trike train at the end? why couldn't anyone ride it? I did not get that.

[RecumbentTV]

@dregerclock Sounds like you experienced just what we intended, then. :) RecumbentTV is meant to be entertainment.

In speaking with Lightning, they responded to our concerns by stating they might look into making the outriggers adjustable, but that would still be a static position vs. suspended.

And on the Fail Trail... the same question came up in the Bacchetta forums, so we could have done better with that piece. Short version: we were all really tired of sitting.

[my2cents0]

Nice job; now do some reviews,like the rans xstream.

[RecumbentTV]

@my2cents0 If RANS sees fit to supply us with one, we'll certainly give it a go.

[sinistarx]

@rawmark Then you need to watch Episode 2. :)

[sinistarx]

@bmac700 The footage was shot by a mix of cameras. Fail Trail was shot with an older Canon standard def widescreen camera. The show proper was shot with a Canon Vixia HFS100. Footage shot on the Lightning Phantom was done with a GoPro.

[bmac700]

What kind of camera did you use to shoot this?

[rawmark]

Great video guys. My next bike is gonna be a recumbent by Catrike. I love their bikes and love it even more that they are all Made in the USA!

[RecumbentTV]

@tdosborne59 That's the Hase KLIMAX 2K - their combination of Hase Kettwiesel and foldable fairing.

It's easy to get rid of wind noise from ride sequences when none of the ride audio is used. :)