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886 Ted Howard
kitesfun2000 Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
8:45 pm
Hi Folks I've put up 3 photos into a new album called Ted's Xtracycle. The first one shows my bike and trailer, with the 3 folding tables on the wide/long...
887 Juergen Weichert
juergen@... Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
8:53 pm
Hi Tone The DC/DC converter uses an outlet that accepts these kind of plugs: http://www.switchcraft.com/products/capc-5.html Juergen...
888 Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81 Offline Send Email
Feb 6, 2007
7:42 pm
The LBS installed it and I rode it home. Hardly any problems. Steering a little different, but nothing I can't adjust to. The ride is a bit more 'squooshy'...
889 J.P. Nelson
telenelly@... Send Email
Feb 6, 2007
10:38 pm
Any suggestions on how to attach a piccolo or other trail-a-bike attachments to an xtracycle? I have an old broken post, and was thinking about putting some ...
890 Devian Gilbert
asanacycles Offline Send Email
Feb 6, 2007
11:15 pm
I'd be careful with the snapdeck I've had a load in the bags that was heavy enough to make things flex and the snap deck actually popped loose. that was just...
891 Jeff Youngstrom
jeffyoungstrom Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
12:38 am
Seems like I remember reading something on the Xtracycle forums about this topic. Root around over there http://xtracycle.com/forums/ Looks like a search for...
892 gary green
messtime Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
12:59 am
I am working on installing my new xtracycle (freeradical?) by myself on a relatively new Giant Cypress ST hybrid type $210.00 bike. I am very slow in...
893 Cathode Ray
rayretrovox Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
1:52 am
... Two possible solutions: Push the snapdeck further back; this makes it fit tighter Take the freeloader straps over the deck. This pulls the V racks ...
894 Devian Gilbert
asanacycles Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
2:19 am
ray: gotcha. it was a one time occurrence and since then i just go to using the wide loaders. none the less... thinking of a kid dependent on the snapdeck...
895 Tone
moonshinegraffx Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
6:08 am
JP, I would NEVER think of securing a child on an extension attached to just the snap deck! What happened to Devian involving the snap-deck is not a unique...
896 Cara Lin Bridgman
shokulan Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
6:09 am
With lightly loaded freeloaders (camera bag, brief case), I had the snap deck pop off under similar conditions: fast downhill on bumpy sidewalk with 'mini...
897 Kipchoge Spencer
kipchogenotkip Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2007
11:21 pm
hey JP! good to see you out in the ether. no less august a figure than your dear brother has successfully connected a piccolo to his long ...
898 Amos Patrick
amos_n_molly Offline Send Email
Feb 8, 2007
3:16 pm
Hey, I am looking into getting a air horn setup for my xTra. Any suggetstions or comments? -Amos...
899 David Chase
dr2chase Offline Send Email
Feb 8, 2007
3:23 pm
The AirZound (sp?) is impossibly loud, but eco friendly (bike-pump powered, through a Shrader valve). They seem to have fixed the one problem I had, which was...
900 Pete.B
hijustmepete Offline Send Email
Feb 9, 2007
6:02 am
I can highly recommend the AirZound. http://www.deltacycle.com/product.php?g=1 Car drivers DO take notice ;-) Rgds from Oz Pete.B...
901 Ian Hopper
beserker22 Offline Send Email
Feb 9, 2007
7:11 am
This might be one of the better items for a Roots Radicals Wiki Style FAQ: parepidemos aka Nic nicely put his photos up: his solution included help from his...
902 Tim Lupfer
timlupfer Offline Send Email
Feb 9, 2007
2:36 pm
... if you have a 12 volt lighting system then I'd recommend a disc style car horn. I mounted mine in the rear triangle and have been amazed at its...
903 Shanyn Money
shanybu Offline Send Email
Feb 9, 2007
8:26 pm
Anyone riding a step through frame with a Free Rad? I bought a Breezer Uptown 8 last summer and am looking to attach a Free Rad to it- the disclaimer on the...
904 Liza Mattana
lizamattana Offline Send Email
Feb 10, 2007
12:35 am
if you want big sound with little/no effort, get a honka hoota. they rule. super loud and cheap. i think they're $4. http://www.honkahoota.com/pages/data.htm ...
905 Ryano
ryanotokyo Offline Send Email
Feb 10, 2007
2:57 am
The uptown is sold on the Xtra website, so you don't have anything to worry about there. It is not a full step-through frame anyway - more like a mountain...
906 richardofuller Offline Send Email Feb 11, 2007
2:41 am
... I've had an xtracycle on a generic step-through frame since September. It's great. Biggest load was 4 40-lb boxes of kitty litter. Worked fine! In...
907 nicykathryn Offline Send Email Feb 11, 2007
12:07 pm
I agree, the AirZound is the way to go... but near the other thumb I have an IncrediBell, for communicating with nearby humans not encased in steel and glass....
908 Merlin Matthews
merlin_matthews Offline Send Email
Feb 11, 2007
2:44 pm
I've used Airzound for some time http://www.deltacycle.com/product.php?g=1 DAMN LOUD Can adjust down Pump up with bike pump Sweet :) Cheers all Merlin...
909 jparks781 Offline Send Email Feb 12, 2007
2:14 am
I found this intriguing notice in the Xtracycle forums Xtracycle Forum Index -> Product Suggestions -> Surly Big Dummy frameset: "rock* Xtracycle Staff ...
910 David Chase
dr2chase Offline Send Email
Feb 12, 2007
5:15 am
... I am not sure who your market is, but once you hit forty, if you still try to cycle hard, you get much more finicky about handlebars. Those...
911 Ian Hopper
beserker22 Offline Send Email
Feb 12, 2007
10:35 am
I too have the Air Zounds airhorn. I run Nitto albatross bars on my xbike, and I recently found a solution to the mounting problem on the albatross bars. It's...
912 Dane Buson
zuvembi Offline Send Email
Feb 12, 2007
11:35 am
... Not necessarily specific to the Big Dummy, but I do have one thing. I'm surprised they don't offer anything beefier than a 36 spoke wheel, at least as an...
913 Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81 Offline Send Email
Feb 14, 2007
10:03 pm
For a seat, I use a no-nose, like this one: http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?product=easyseat-adjustable-bike ...
914 Pete B
hijustmepete Offline Send Email
Feb 15, 2007
2:17 am
Nice read and, yes to keep it topical, it does mention an xtracycle ;-) ...
915 Paul Rychnovsky
riggo37 Offline Send Email
Feb 15, 2007
9:00 am
for a seat, it's got to be a Brooks, something sprung like a B67 Paul ... From: Bruce Alan Wilson To: rootsradicals@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February...
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