[Bent] Birth Announcement

[Alan Weiss]

Congratulations, Rich! That looks like a comfy, fast bike.

Alan

On Jan 4, 2009, at 10:00 AM, bent-request at list.marsride.org wrote:

> It's a bike! 28 pounds of bouncing baby big wheel recumbent. After 6
> months of labor, it left the laboratory for its first ride. Nothing
> broke & the bike seemed pretty lively ( no computer yet, so I don't  
> know
> how fast it goes). Thanks to Burt for inspiring me by making me  
> work so
> hard to keep up with him once he got his big wheel bike. I went with a
> 24" front wheel so my feet wouldn't have to be so high- rear wheel is
> 700C. Today I hope to jury rig a water bottle cage to it & take it out
> for 20 miles or so. See you on the road.
> Rich Sadler