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In a sight that's becoming quite common at the shop these days, some bluebirds tried out a Catrike 700. [In reality, only one bluebird tried the trike while the others watched.]

He liked the color and the lines, but found it too difficult to shift. Also, the headrest was too big.

11 Jul 2015 - 9:36pm

We just got some Bionx 350W electric-assist systems in!

A little creative work, and we found a great spot to mount it on the HP Velotechnic Scorpion (tight spaces.)

10 Jul 2015 - 12:24am

AlphaBENT is now selling Bacchetta recumbent bikes!

With the shop fairly saturated with trikes, we have found that we haven't been adequately serving the two-wheel recumbent market.

9 Jun 2015 - 9:40am

Come out to Davis on Saturday, May 30, 2015 for the Ride Ataxia NorCal ride.

Join Kyle, Izzy, and a whole bunch of amazing people in the FARA Norcal Ride.

All the details right here on the official FARA Norcal website.

29 May 2015 - 8:17am

It should be almost illegal for old people to ride road bikes. They should ride these... --JCS

[Editor's note: Notice the shifter / brake setup on that 700.]

21 May 2015 - 3:20pm

One of the sillier things we've inherited from the auto industry is the concept of "model-years". The "model-year" is a fabrication arbitrarily used by the auto-makers to make their own products prematurely obsolete.

25 Jan 2015 - 6:10pm

To fold, or not to fold... this is the question.

5 Jan 2015 - 7:26pm

Left-dished wheel with non-dished Rohlloff Speedhub!

10 Nov 2014 - 9:48am

AlphaBENT is now an Azub dealer. The first Azub Six recumbent bike has arrived in the shop and it is SWEET!

It sports full suspension, ergonomic composite seat, and a bunch of cool accessories.

Something about it really appeals... perhaps the colors...

4 Nov 2014 - 11:13am

22 October 2014, Sacramento, CA: AlphaBENT is shipping its first NeoDrive electric-assist retrofit kits.

22 Oct 2014 - 8:46pm

St Charles, IL: HP Velotechnik introduced a new high-performance folding trike into a booming trike market.

The Gekko FX-26 has the foldability of the proven Gekko travel-trike, but now gets the better-efficiency, comfort, and handling performance of a 26" drive-wheel.

12 Oct 2014 - 11:30am

St. Charles, IL: At Recumbent CycleCon 2014, Inspired Cycle Engineering (ICE) introduced its new 26" drivewheel suspension.

The Sprint 26-RS brings the efficiency of a 26" drive wheel to rear suspension comfort, reducing the comfort vs. speed tradeoff.

11 Oct 2014 - 6:11am

Arkel released a new video highlighting the versatile TailRider trunk bag. Check it out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyugnGvu0Vo

30 Jul 2014 - 9:48am

Dear Hugh,
Please don't feel that you need to respond to this note.
I know that my check reached you yesterday and I just wanted to give you a big thank you. I have rarely run into someone whose customer service skills can match up to yours.

6 Jul 2014 - 8:22pm

I don't know if I will write a testimonial or not, but, if I do, it will be a good one.

I'm impressed with how this Catrike Expedition has held up. --JJ (13,000 miles)

30 Jun 2014 - 11:51am
New Catrike Folding Trike hits the Trail

The new Catrike model (Trail) announced last year at Interbike is finally in production.

After a seemingly endless wait, dealers will have Trails in stock across the country within a week.

27 Jun 2014 - 9:02am

My new 700 really smokes! --DM

18 Jun 2014 - 5:09pm

John Jackson has finished his trip on his Catrike Expedition in Centralia, Illinois.

He started in Sacramento on March 7. We had a lot of fun wrapping up loose ends with him.

Check John's blog.

15 Jun 2014 - 7:10am

Once again, we had the opportunity to turn out in support of Kyle Bryant and his band of amazing people.

350 riders rode whichever ride worked best for them: 60, 40, 10, 5, or 1 to raise funds for research to cure FA.

An incredible $110,000 was raised as well as the hopes of all.

2 Jun 2014 - 6:17pm

I was looking for the next thing for my rehab... and, this is it! --Rocky

27 May 2014 - 12:21pm

Although Catrike Day was officially proclaimed by Orlando City a year ago, let's set aside April 30 every year as Official Catrike Day.

1 May 2014 - 8:31pm

Handy gearing calculator makes optimal gearing easy.

This calculator tells gear-inches calculations for:

11 Apr 2014 - 10:13am

Solidly made in Canada! Arkel is a manufacturer of innovative commuting and touring packs in Quebec, Canada.

27 Mar 2014 - 3:38pm

Thanks for all your patience. I only wish every company I dealt with was like yours.

I certainly am hoping that I have seen the last of the inside of a hospital for a good long while. Here's to my trike helping me on the road to recovery 

-DT

19 Mar 2014 - 4:25pm

It was a good trike when I brought it to you, but now it is amazing.

The professional manner in which you treated me and the skill level shown on working on the trike was exemplary. I came to ask about upgrading the trike and I left with it all done.

19 Mar 2014 - 4:20pm

Thank YOU - for helping me learn & choose rather than SELLING me a trike.

 See you next Thurs. P[HP Velotechnik, Pedelec]
17 Mar 2014 - 10:09am

I researched this for years before buying the ICE Sprint. In the end, it was an easy choice. --DW

15 Mar 2014 - 5:39pm
Hugh: Thank you very much for helping me get onto the right trike for me. I am quite pleased with the upgraded version of my Terratrike and I have been able to already make 3 different runs in excess of 10 miles each round trip.
15 Mar 2014 - 5:34pm
7 Mar 2014 - 7:54pm

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