Posted by Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman on 02/25/06 23:15

NYC XYZ wrote:
> ...
>
> Erratum: their 'bents were front-suspended, and yes it's too bad
> neither the film nor even the book goes into detail about the bikes.
> With up to 200 lbs. of gear, you'd think they wanted some rear
> suspension as well!...

With that heavy of a load, I would not want rear suspension. There will
be plenty of frame flex (at least in any production recumbent) so
suspension will not really be necessary. Suspension is also less
reliable and could be impossible to fix in the middle of nowhere.

If I were planning on doing such travels I would consider a trike such
as the Greenspeed GTR:
<http://www.greenspeed.com.au/NewGSweb/web-content/australia/models/design/gtedesgn.html>.
Note the lack of rear suspension.

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Tom Sherman

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