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Travel with recumbent bicycles on trains

Miguel — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:34:21 +0000

On our trips we collected quite some practice on traveling with two recumbent bicycles on trains. It was never a problem, even though in several situations we were happy to be two of us to help with narrow doors and couloirs. From what we have seen, the places are made for bicycles up to two … Continue reading Travel with recumbent bicycles on trains

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Touring on a recumbent bicycle: Everything you need to know

eva — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:40:29 +0000

Why would you ride such a weird bike instead of a normal one? And what would you need to know before buying a touring recumbent for your next trip? If you’ve already had the chance of talking to a recumbent rider, you may have noticed that most of them say that they love their recumbent … Continue reading Touring on a recumbent bicycle: Everything you need to know

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10’000km review: Azub Six vs HPV Streetmachine

eva — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:16:37 +0000

Here’s a detailed comparison of our two recumbent touring bicycles after riding them for over 10’000 kilometeres, including tips about how to choose the configuration when buying a recumbent. We bought our recumbents in the spring of 2015. Miguel bought an Azub Six, Eva went for a Streetmachine Gte from HP Velotechnik. We chose these … Continue reading 10’000km review: Azub Six vs HPV Streetmachine

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Replacement part details for Azub and HP Velotechnik

Miguel — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:42:48 +0000

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 … Continue reading Replacement part details for Azub and HP Velotechnik

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Flying with recumbent bicycles

eva — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:58:04 +0000

In this rather technical post, we describe our experience packing and preparing our two recumbent bicycles for air-travel. The flights We flew from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro with Royal Air Maroc, with a stopover in Casablanca, in October 2016, and on to Porto Alegre with LATAM. We flew back to Europe with LATAM in … Continue reading Flying with recumbent bicycles

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Letting go! Can you ride a recumbent hands-free?

eva — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:28:59 +0000

I took this picture back in July, in Spain, close to Santiago de Compostela, when Miguel started his “training” to ride his Azub Six recumbent hands-free. For those not familiar with recumbent bicycles – this is much more difficult than on a normal bicycle. After more than 5000 kilometres of travelling, Miguel has become an … Continue reading Letting go! Can you ride a recumbent hands-free?

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