10 solid reasons to add electric-assist to your Catrike with a Neodrive Z20 hub-motor.
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5 June 2024 - 10:48pm
Fire 2024
A fire in the early morning of 5 June 2024 destroyed our neighboring business, MidCentury Sacramento. An investigation is in the works.
Thanks to thick masonry walls and the skills of the Sacramento Fire Department, AlphaBENT came through the event relatively unscathed.
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UPDATED 29 June 2024:
Our power is back on and the internet is up. Business almost as usual. The entry-door to the shop still looks like a grizzly had its way with it, but that should get fixed soon. Other miscellaneous repairs are in the works.
Thanks to all of our customers and vendors hanging in there while things were a bit wonky!!!
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Hand-cycling is vigorous full-body exercise that builds upper body strength. HP Velotechnik's new Hands-On Cycle is available for the Gekko-26 model with a weight rating to 320lb.
AlphaBENT offers the German-made Neodrive Z20S torque-based hub-motor electric-assist upgrade kit for Catrikes -- even those with 142mm through-axles.
This elegant e-kit upgrades non-motorized Catrike recumbent trikes with a smooth, powerful motor built into the rear wheel. The intuitive system ihas a simple, comprehensive control / display that mounts efficiently onto a shifter.
Catrike introduces a new trike with a wider stance and higher seat and weight limit.
Catrike has discontinued the venerable Road recumbent trike model.
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Face-time with ICE. Ask all of your questions. Find out what happens behind the scenes. And, try trikes, trikes, trikes... including the fully automatic ICE Adventure electric trikes.
An inexpensive hitch-mount rack for folded recumbent trikes. For example, the ICE Full Fat big-tired adventure tricycle.
Azub will be at AlphaBENT on Wednesday, October 23 to show the latest Czech recumbent technology. Come to for test-rides, and bent-talk.
Classifieds
FSA, Patterson, Pinion, Schlumpf, Rohloff
Find out about options to standard drive systems: planetary gears, continuously variable transmission (CVT's), Capreo cassettes, Schlumpf drives, Rohloff Speedhub, and Patterson Metropolis 2-speed bottom-bracket / spider.
When are the different options appropriate? When are they on the edge? What works with what? How do you install?
We'll cover the highlights. There will be Show and Tell. Focus this week will be on the Patterson Drive. We'll put one on a test boom for a trike and see what it takes to do it.
Cost: FREE
PBW
Never fear going out again. Have confidence in your patch kit and your patching technique! Meet a goathead / puncture-vine and know your enemy. Morning snacks and caffeine provided. Workshop begins when the caffeine kicks in. Bring a flat tube to fix and tire conundrums and puzzles. Go for a ride on nearby American River Trail afterwards
brakes
PBW
Explore the elements of a tricycle drivetrain from the pedals through the cranks, chain, rear cog or cassette, and into the wheel.
Azub, Bionx, Catrike, GoSwiss, ICE, HP Velotechnik, Greenspeed
Join AlphaBENT in welcoming HP Velotechnik during their 2017 West Coast Tour.
PBW
Come out and learn about adjusting your own shifting.
Enjoy beautiful, crisp shifting. Eliminate pesky trips to a bike shop to get rid of that clunking. Take charge of your handlebars. We'll show you how to do all this and more. Covering twist shifters, bar-ends, internally geared hubs, as needed.
Caffeine and morning snacks provided. Bring a shifting conundrum for our version of Stump the Chumps. Go for a ride on the beautiful American River Trail afterwards.
Where: 1114 C Street, Sac'to.
Cost: FREE
Azub
Azub Open-House at AlphaBENT on the morning of 18 Oct 2016. Open invitation to try the new Azub Ti-FLY full-suspension trike, 2015 Trike of the Year TriCon, Azub Six full-suspension trike, and Azub T-Tris upgraded with 250W Neodrive electric-assist system.