Hi all, just joined the forum and have a KMX Venom recumbent So far the bike has covered 1800 miles using a Falco 500w rear cassette drive. However KMX owner Barry has just fitted for me (on friday 21/10) a brand new YOCH Mid drive, 48v with a 46t front sprocket. He also upgraded the tiagra 9 speed to a 10 speed ultegra rear set 36-11, in addition I am about to add a shimano Alfine hub gear set also.
Currently running Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres as I use this bike to commute 30+ mile round trip 3 times a week and changing a rear wheel inner tube on a recumbent is not fun
Boring stuff as this is my winter bike;
I run cateye 800 front with a Chinese cheap hi power light set up for back up, dual cateye rears mounted on the headrest and on the right wheel to give passing cars a agauge of my width. In addition I have just got a bracket to have a 3rd rear light on my flag.
The flag is wrapped in reflective tape, I also have created a reflective K using the tape on both sides of the the flag pendant for extra visibility, as is the front and rear of the frame.
I have panniers for carrying the laptop + lunch to work.
I ride about 2.5-3k miles a year commuting mostly, but also do Audax rides and the London to Brighton
Some pics https://imgur.com/a/HiLq9z8
Currently running Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres as I use this bike to commute 30+ mile round trip 3 times a week and changing a rear wheel inner tube on a recumbent is not fun
Boring stuff as this is my winter bike;
I run cateye 800 front with a Chinese cheap hi power light set up for back up, dual cateye rears mounted on the headrest and on the right wheel to give passing cars a agauge of my width. In addition I have just got a bracket to have a 3rd rear light on my flag.
The flag is wrapped in reflective tape, I also have created a reflective K using the tape on both sides of the the flag pendant for extra visibility, as is the front and rear of the frame.
I have panniers for carrying the laptop + lunch to work.
I ride about 2.5-3k miles a year commuting mostly, but also do Audax rides and the London to Brighton
Some pics https://imgur.com/a/HiLq9z8
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