Two recumbent bicycles, a tent, camp kitchen, no limits. After six years of sedentary life we start off towards the west, to see where Europe ends, and beyond...
Haute-Loire, France, July 2016
Serra da Estrela, Portugal, August 2016
Ribatejo, Portugal, August 2016
Lagoa Comprida, Portugal, August 2016
Serra da Estrela, Portugal, August 2016
Coimbra region, Portugal, August 2016
Laredo, Spain, July 2016
France, June 2016
France, June 2016
La Paloma, Uruguay, November 2016
Lagoa Azul, Brazil, October 2016
Buenos Aires region, Argentina, December 2016
Uruguay, November 2016
Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil, November 2016
Argentina, December 2016
Lagoa Bacupiri, Brazil, November 2016
Buenos Aires region, Argentina, December 2016
Laguna de Lobos, Argentina, December 2016
Montevideo, Uruguay, November 2016
Uruguay, November 2016
Santa Teresa National Park, Uruguay, November 2016
Replacement part details for Azub and HP Velotechnik
This post serves to keep some technical information about our recumbent bicycles that we could not find on the manufacturers’ websites nor in the bikes’ manuals.
We asked both Azub and HP Velotechnik which chain they use. We got a satisfying reply from HPV: they use KMC Z8 RB. Azub seems to have a similar chain.
We’ve counted the number of links on our recumbent chains (although this is different depending on the person’s height):
Azub Six: 268 links (134 full links) + quick link
HP Velotechnik Street Machine: 258 links (129 full links) + quick link.
So, when replacing the two chains, we had to order 5 KMC Z8 RB chains.
The Rohloff cable length on Azub is about 200 cm, so the replacement needs to be the tandem size
The longest brake cable on Azub is 180 cm, so standard cable set works
The lenght of the replacement spokes we took are (but never needed):