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Hi All, I am wanting to get an extracycle. I just have one question left. I assume it doesn't since you all seem very happy with yours, but does it feel loose...
5 May 16, 2006
7:15 pm

Derek Pearson
derekjpearson
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Re: Xtracycle in the news ... I'm wondering about waiting for the new bike instead of further consideration of the FreeRadical. I wouldn't wait. The Free...
1 May 16, 2006
2:22 pm

Michael Lemberger
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I will be out of the office starting 05/16/2006 and will not return until 05/22/2006. I will respond to your message when I return on Wednesday, May 22 2006...
1 May 16, 2006
8:02 am

ann.kosmal@...
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howdy folks... short wheelbase recumbent rider here and new rr member. i checked out the xtra way back and concluded that it wouldn't work with my 'bent....
2 May 16, 2006
6:50 am

Pete.B
hijustmepete
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Another reason for some of us to just get the FreeRadical, not a dedicated stretched-frame bicycle: we hope to trade up to better bikes someday, and the...
1 May 11, 2006
11:39 pm

parepidemos
nicykathryn
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Yea, verily... I managed to sneak away from work, sprint down to the grocery store, buy ice and produce, pile it into the cooler & Freeloaders, haul on over to...
1 May 9, 2006
2:23 am

Susan
motthebug
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We're going to have a contest pretty soon where people send in their plans for a car-free or car-light vacation. As part of the contest, we'll also have a Web...
4 May 7, 2006
10:32 pm

Susan
motthebug
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Unlike a lot of you folks, I happen to be poor. I am not complaining at all, I'm literate and healthy and have used that combination to educate myself quite...
14 May 6, 2006
1:47 am

Rick White
richardcwhite
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I'm back with more questions after mulling things over a bit. Here is a link to a photo of a Specialized Ground Control model bike from 1996 (found the image...
3 May 5, 2006
12:13 pm

James Francis DeVoge,...
jfdevoge
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Hi all -- I just joined this group the other day. I'm in Silicon Valley and I am so tired of the traffic around here (sound familiar) I knew I had to find a...
4 May 4, 2006
8:05 pm

Matt McKinney
matt7john
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**David is planning to ride his Xtracycle unsupported along the 1053 km Tanami Track which runs from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to Halls Creek in...
1 May 4, 2006
6:44 am

Pete B
hijustmepete
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Chris, I'll drop you a line next time I'm up there with my X. I want to tackle the Tahoe Rim Trail from North Benjamin to Spooner Lake... but it will be my...
1 May 3, 2006
4:45 am

parepidemos
nicykathryn
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I thought I had the only Xtracycle but apparently there is at least one out in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. So it appears I'm no longer unique in my obsession...
1 May 2, 2006
7:30 am

Pete.B
hijustmepete
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(That's the one known for Kangaroos and Koalas, not Yodelling & Mountains ;-) ) I've had my Xtracycle Freeradical (disc model) since April 2004. It's mated to...
6 May 1, 2006
3:17 pm

Pete B
hijustmepete
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Boerne is close to San Antonio.. I see only one offer of a test ride "near" and that's Houston. Guess I'll have to actually install mine on something and...
2 May 1, 2006
1:15 pm

James Francis DeVoge,...
jfdevoge
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hey.. What's up? I'm here in lake tahoe and have one of the original xcycle prototypes from back in the day.. it looks different but hauls.. to the beach, to...
1 May 1, 2006
7:07 am

CHRIS CARLSON
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Hi All, Just joined the rr garden, and am happily Xtracycling around the Swiss Alps. Mine is the only one in Chur, where I live, and probably one of the few...
1 Apr 30, 2006
4:39 pm

mhr109
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Ok, I probably could have came up with a better title, but I solved my out of true rim prob by buying a double walled rim. I haven't had a problem with any...
1 Apr 30, 2006
2:51 pm

Dunun LiberationFront
drumpath
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This is a great idea, but not "SO easy to fold/non-existent to carry" I'm afraid. Tyvek housewrap isn't the super-lightweight stuff they use to make mailers...
2 Apr 30, 2006
2:10 am

bignoseduglyguy
bnugforums
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I have a 700C tire, and use the 700 freerad kit. My tire needed trueing about a month ago, before I even put the xtra on. I have a large hybrid bike. Anyways,...
8 Apr 29, 2006
4:40 pm

Big Wave Dave
notnosect2003
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I'm sure everyone got the newsletter, but if you didn't click on the slideshow...do it. http://www.xtracycle.com/media/slide600/slideshow.html I teared...
3 Apr 29, 2006
1:09 pm

BlueFrogPrpleDog@...
lavendergecko
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I don't have a xtracycle but I was carrying some heavy loads on my trek hybrid (250 lbs from me and at least 30 or more in my bike bags on rear). I kept...
2 Apr 29, 2006
5:02 am

BlueFrogPrpleDog@...
lavendergecko
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Hi Jerry, Dang, sorry to hear that. Where did you get it? If you got it from a shop it might be an older unit. Does it not have a disc brake mount either? If...
2 Apr 27, 2006
1:11 am

Gerard Carignan
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Yes, the revolution is at hand. Of course they thought it was in hand back in late 60s, early 70s when the Age of Aquarius supposedly began dawning. But, as...
1 Apr 26, 2006
7:17 pm

Kipchoge Spencer
kipchogenotkip
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MessageGas prices $3.20 a gallon If my calculations are right it is about £5 a gallon here in the UK, glad I bought my Free rad. Steve Harrogate UK Message ...
1 Apr 26, 2006
6:46 pm

Steve Pepper
stevepepper2000
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Does anyone else wonder what gas prices will mean for the Free Radical, or if there's a chart in some Econ. prof's lecture book that shows rising gas prices...
5 Apr 26, 2006
6:28 pm

Susan
motthebug
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OVERVIEW (from http://www.odac-info.org/) Oil is the world's premier source of energy and is fundamental to almost every important function of modern life....
1 Apr 26, 2006
1:46 pm

Merlin Matthews ~ Re~...
re_cycle
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Hi Folks Enjoying my 3rd month of Xtracycling....used it to haul materials and food to a permaculture design course over the weekend, and may have some more...
1 Apr 26, 2006
6:30 am

Rainbow Flight
kitesfun2000
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Hey Jesse, I just posted a how-to on our blog<http://pleasantrevolution.net/2006/04/25/elongation-of-rockabilly-boogie-and-other-1-3-speed-bikes/>re: single...
1 Apr 26, 2006
2:55 am

Kipchoge Spencer
kipchogenotkip
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hello, well, there's at least one more person in LA that has an xtra. I just picked mine up two weeks ago, so far it's great! robert...
1 Apr 24, 2006
11:22 pm

Robert Keil
prof_keil
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