Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => The Dark Side => Topic started by: woollypigs on 05 February, 2016, 09:47:16 pm
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We have been thinking about how I could get back in the saddle. After lots of reading, borrowing Auntie Helens wheels, boring Kim with a Q&A session online and off line and even had a quick spin on her ride. Many thanks to both.
Since I have felt so good compare to the last three years. There hs been alot of erm, ohh arrh, go on, naaa and feck it I'm ordering it!
So yesterday I joined the dark side and fired off an email to Azub and ordered an orange Azub Six. They replied back confirming various bits and sometime next week I will get the invoice/bill/confirmation.
Now help!
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Excellent! Get those miles in! :)
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Great to hear that you'll be back awheel! :thumbsup:
J
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Good news! Woolly isn't taking it lying down! Except he is, errr....... :)
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Best foot forward!
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Great news :D
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Great news!
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We have been thinking about how I could get back in the saddle. After lots of reading, borrowing Auntie Helens wheels, boring Kim with a Q&A session online and off line and even had a quick spin on her ride. Many thanks to both.
Since I have felt so good compare to the last three years. There hs been alot of erm, ohh arrh, go on, naaa and feck it I'm ordering it!
So yesterday I joined the dark side and fired off an email to Azub and ordered an orange Azub Six. They replied back confirming various bits and sometime next week I will get the invoice/bill/confirmation.
Now help!
Yay!!!!
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Excellent!
It must have been designed especially for you! I note from their page on the bike http://www.azub.eu/azub-5-five-recumbent-bike/ that one of their special design features is a "Movable idler" :demon: ;D
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Thanks all.
The plan is to set it up on the turbo for a few weeks. Then attack the local Tesco/Morrison carpark. By then the new surfacing job on the canal should be finished.
Easy does it is the key words.
Ham: see you have found why it is suited for me :)
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Great news, Woolly!
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Happy riding wooly :thumbsup:
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Happy riding!
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Many happy miles!
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Intrigued by the name, I looked it up on the internet, and found this:
http://www.adventurecycling.org/default/assets/resources/20140701_RoadTestAzub_Ball.pdf
Now, scroll down to page 2 for the specification. 275lbs apparently. So good luck with that Woolers.
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Just put down the deposit and then here is the 4-5 week wait ... They will send photos when it is build :)
Well if I keep at were I'm at that gives 63lbs of cake I can carry :)
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That looks like it'll be lots of fun to ride. Happy riding Woolly!
I don't understand the 'security system' to prevent the handlebars getting damaged. It 'slips'? Is this once it hits the ground - not just if you lean through a corner I guess. Do you get it?
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Not 100% though I hope I never get to test it :)
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I don't understand the 'security system' to prevent the handlebars getting damaged. It 'slips'? Is this once it hits the ground - not just if you lean through a corner I guess. Do you get it?
Usually when a bike like this goes down it ends up resting on the end of the handlebars and one of the pedals. This means that the damage is generally restricted to cosmetic scraping of the pedal's outer surface and obliteration of any expensive control hardware at the end of the handlebar.
Which means that a minor spill (or the riderless bike falling over) can end up being frustratingly expensive, and ruin your day if it happens halfway through a long ride.
It looks like what they've done is put an extra widget in there that allows the bars to pivot around the long axis of the bike when subjected to sufficient force, so either the bend of the bar or some other part of the bike ends up taking the load, protecting the brakes and shifters. I'm wondering if this might end up giving the rider a nasty bruise in some low-speed falls, but that's probably an acceptable trade-off. (In higher speed crashes the rider will usually leave the seat before the bike hits the ground.)
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Gotcha.
I was slightly concerned that it would slide through a sleeve under the chassis when the bike tilted over - but of course it would require some force, not just the action of leaning. Your answer make more sense!
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Excellent news Woolly, I am so pleased for you!
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Good on ya!
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Ohh paid the remaning today and here is a picture too :)
(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/azub_in_a_box.jpg)
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I suppose that's where trikes have an advantage over bikes: They come in boxes that you can sit in. (And are also a rare example of a toy that's more fun than the box it comes in.)
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I suppose that's where trikes have an advantage over bikes: They come in boxes that you can sit in. (And are also a rare example of a toy that's more fun than the box it comes in.)
That's saying some as boxes are cool as :)
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:thumbsup:
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Worst thing with new toys is the parcle tracker, but somewhat cool too. My bike was last seen in Nuernberg at 09:11:45, it's been over 12 hours and nothing - my nerves and nails!
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Northampton on 18 Mar 2016 @ 15:32:01!!
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Almost there :thumbsup:
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Eeekk!
Bradford on 21 Mar 2016 @ 07:14:24, out for delivery.
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Ongoing good wishes for the new venture.
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Strait to the shite courier thread, Peli heard nothing other than when junk mail got put through. Went to check if it was mail, found a Sorry we tried ... They left a parcel at our next door neighbour who is about 90 and bent over.
Swoons, it is here!!!!
Pictures will be up after I have picked myself up form the floor.
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*excited from afar* :thumbsup:
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Ha! brakes are European, just as I have learned the UK way, easy to swap around mind.
Dog is very perturbed to me getting excited and sitting on this new thing :)
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TTIUWOP
Just wait till you ride off and the dog realises she can chase after you...
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TTIUWOP
sorry busy playing with new toy
(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/2016-03-21--10.39.14-P1060837.JPG)
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TTIUWOP
sorry busy playing with new toy
Perfectly valid reason.
Enjoy
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TTIUWOP
sorry busy playing with new toy
(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/2016-03-21--10.39.14-P1060837.JPG)
Happy looking Fella :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I were right about that saddle, though...
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It's very ORANGE ! :thumbsup:
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I know you're excited, but wearing a hat indoors? Really?
great looking bike though...
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TTIUWOP
sorry busy playing with new toy
(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/2016-03-21--10.39.14-P1060837.JPG)
My, what a fat tube you have there.
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It's very ORANGE ! :thumbsup:
And it's not even a HPVelotechnik...
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I know you're excited, but wearing a hat indoors? Really?
If you owned a Tilley hat you will understand :)
Just did five miles on the turbo at about 13mph, nothing broke or fell off me or the bike. Will do that for a few more days before heading out into the local supermarket parking lot late at night.
Seat is very upright atm, it felt good like that. I truly like the look and feel of it, they have surly spend time to get all these small bits right. One of the best packing I have seen of a bike, nothing would rub or bump against anything if the box should get a wee kick.
Now time to fit all the bits and bobs on it and find a name for it :)
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Look at all that bubble wrap! And there's a bike you can play with when it's all popped! :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:
Very orange
And surely the hat is in case the sky falls in?
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Looks nice. Got any built pics? ;D
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sorry busy playing with new toy
Great to see this, Woolly!
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Look ma, no pain! First ride outside on my new bike. No pain what so ever in my arms and hands, which makes this the first ride on a bike in over three years that didn't hurt - as in utterly painful/agony/aw! I took Tigger, as he is named, down to the flat bit at the bottom of the hill. After two wobbling starts, no drops. I went feck it and went down on the canal, as in cycled down to the canal!!! And did a little over five and a half miles. Only pain to report is a wee bit of a pain in the right knee, because I have forgotten that it is a good idea to gear down when one stops. I wobbled like no tomorrow and need to learn that you don't lean into the handle bars. Also turning is a bit fun as you can't see where you front wheel is pointing. I was happy that there wasn't much traffic on the canal, because I was grinning/laughing like a loon. Boy, It feels good to be riding again.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12898415_10153353351316507_2943982060417119580_o.jpg)
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Hurrah! Another convert to our faith :demon:
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Excellent to see !!!
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looking good. Main thing I learned early wrt steering is to relax the death grip on the steering, pick a spot on the horizon and head in that general direction
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(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12898415_10153353351316507_2943982060417119580_o.jpg)
That fits you a bit better than mine does :)
Not being able to see the front wheel isn't actually a problem, it's just something people who've only ridden bikes where you can see the front wheel think is important (people say the same thing about Bromptons with front luggage, for example). You'll soon get a sense of where the wheel is, like you do when driving a car, and then it won't matter. Getting used to how much the pedals swing out ahead of the wheel when you turn is a bit more interesting - but it's only something you have to worry about when riding in tight groups or when trying to negotiate Silly Sustrans Gates without dismounting.
Relaxing your grip on the bars is the important one, as you'll discover when you try climbing hills. Try not to develop any bad habits on the flat. And yes, gear down when you stop, otherwise you might not get going again...
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'Cor Woolly on a bike, good stuff.
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Great news :thumbsup: happy riding a :D
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
As someone who can't even ride an upwrong for 5 mins now (shoulder/wrist ow ow ow) I can confirm how much darkside is easier on the upper body in many ways.
May you have many hours of fun on this bike (and keep managing not to overdo it as you up your fitness ;) )
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Long Itch? The Guinness is very good . . .
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@barakta you are right easy does it. Might have a little ride tomorrow am, then lucky the weather looks like sofa and tea, can't have this new bike getting wet :)
@Torslanda let's see, but yes we need to have a ride together :)
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Just logged in this morning & seen this :thumbsup:
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Getting used to how much the pedals swing out ahead of the wheel when you turn is a bit more interesting - but it's only something you have to worry about when riding in tight groups or when trying to negotiate Silly Sustrans Gates without dismounting.
I usually remember how much the pedals and chainwheel project to the front as I wheel it out of, or reverse back into, my garage - and put ANOTHER scratch down the side of the car! Doh!
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great scott, it's as if indiana Jones himself had selected the recumbent as his means of storming the temple of doom. Go to work and never look back. Remember that however sticky the uphill, there will be a downhill.
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This is very good to see, Woolly.
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Love the frame colour. Wishing you many pain-free & smiley miles; relax and enjoy.
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Look at that, I passed a mile stone (and I didn't even notice myself) - 1068 miles !!!!
Loving it, need to ride more (yes I'm lazy) but I have even managed to master single track/bridle ways/gravel tracks and is having great fun on it.
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Oh and also I beat Windy on one and maybe two strava segments on Lewis \o/
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Well done, Woolly... but you're showing off now!
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Keep on showing off!