Recumbent News

Easy Racers: Our Customers Speak
SUBJECT: How Does That Thing
Climb? April 4, 2001
EASY RACERS INC
Easy Racers, Inc.
PO Box 255
Freedom, CA 95019
POSTMASTER: CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
PO Box 2048
Port Townsend, WA 98368 USA
30 years ago instead of my mid fifties!!!!
Best regards,
Doug Pendery
Just a quick update on the Gold Rush Replica
that I purchased about two months
ago. Great!!! The weather in Cincinnati
is just starting to break. I have over 900
SUBJECT: GRR Update
miles on my trainer since February, and
April 25, 2001
about 120 miles on the GRR. With the
weather breaking, the GRR should see
This past Saturday I rode with a few
about 150 miles a week.
friends that have conventional racing
The GRR becomes more of a blast the
bikes (wedgies, I think you call them).
more I ride it. I did my first climb out of
We climbed out of the valley up the
the river valley where our major bike path
Route 48 hill. This climb goes for about
is located. Everyone warned me that I
1.5 miles. I pulled my friends up the
would be in trouble on a climb. So I was
hill at about 18 miles per hour and
somewhat apprehensive as I started the
crested at over 20 mph. Needless to say
1.5-mile climb out of the valley.
they were out of their saddles trying to
First, I never got out of the middle
stay up. I must say I was winded, but
chainring. I think I could have stayed in
the large (53). I held between 13 and 17
mph for most of the climb. I never dropped
Double Century Man, Ron Bobb
out training for the Terrible Two
so were they. Their comment was, “I
guess your recumbent doesn’t have a
problem going up hills.”
below 11 mph. I was very impressed. I have climbed this hill In my younger days (about 8 years ago) I would have pushed
hundreds of times on my Trek OCLV and felt far worse at the top myself to my limit to go 18 miles per hour up this hill on my Trek
of the climb than on the GRR.
OCLV. My point is the GRR is a great recumbent. I enjoy going
As a matter of fact, I felt great on the GRR!!! No back pain; up hills on it more than my OCLV. I am more relaxed, my back
nothing. The ride back down was a hoot. I had a friend with me doesn’t hurt, and my legs aren’t killing me from being out of the
(about 5 minutes behind me up the hill) as I descended down into saddle trying to lever the OCLV up a hill.
the valley. I was hitting 40 mph without moving my legs, and using
By the , we wayhad
a tailwind on one stretch of the ride. I
the brakes into the turns because I was not sure what to expect managed to get up to 36 mph in the flats. Nobody passed me . . .
from the GRR at speed around the turns. My friend had to pedal It was a real hoot!!!
like a madman and he still couldn’t keep up. The GRR felt like a
Best regards,
sports car going down the hill. What fun!!! I wish I had started this
Doug Pendery
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