[Bent] Can I try your LWB USS?

[Fred Goldfarb]

HI Seth,

While I don't have a lwb right now, my first 'bent was LWB Linear (old 
model, not from Peter Stull) that I added bar ends & such to, thngs that 
Peter has as standard on his current Linear models.  I also added a Zzipper 
fairing that really improved both weather protection and aerodynamics.  Mine 
was a folding model as well.

I can tell you that the seat was one of the most comfortable on any bent I 
had tried, including the famed RANS seats.  Aside from the somewhat noisy 
frame (folder specific) and a steering USS pivot I wished had a little less 
play in it (not that it was bad, just something a little less loose wouild 
have been nice), it was a fantastic bike.  I hadn't cycled regularly in 
decades, got an upright as a birthday present from my wife in my late 40's, 
a  Cannondale T-400 tourer with upgraded components.  Great bike, bu after a 
year, the seat was really getting to me and the handlebars were making my 
hands a bit numb.  So I looked for alternatives and found recumbents.  Due 
to my job at the time I traveled around the country a lot and got to try a 
large number of 'bents at various stores.  Ultimately, the one I got was the 
very first I had ever tried, a Linear lwb bike!  It was on a clearance sale 
at a shop about an hour's drive from my house, making it easy to try, buy, 
and bring home.  I bought it in March of that year, and on May 3rd I think 
of the same year, I did my first Five Boro Bike Tour, AKA as "Bike New 
York"... a 42 mile ride around NYC with 30,000 other riders and no cars!  A 
Friend on a linear CLWB joined me, and while he finished well ahead of me, I 
did the whole thing, including walking a bit up two bridges (one due a cramp 
I got as I pedaled up the long Verrazzano Narrows bridge).  I hydrated and 
eat reasonably well on the ride, used lots of sunscreen, as the day was hot 
at around 93 degrees F, and was in fine shape when I got home, aside form my 
legs being a bit tired.

I was amazed at having done such a long ride, first ever in my life, after 
barely cycling again for such a short period.  I later put a bit of 
tempurfoam in the seat pad which made riding feel like nothing was under my 
tush, very, very, very comfortable, even better than the already great 
standard seat!

Peter sells Linear, makes them, and if you didn't try one, go back if you 
can and do so.

Just my 50Cents.

Best wishes!

Fred Goldfarb
Malverne, NY (Long Island)

PS:  I now ride an Organic Engines Triclops tadpole after having the Linear 
for around 6 years.

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