I got the new seat up and running and went out for a ride. Overall I would say it was a success. It truly rode as a recumbent with the new seat angle. New item by Pete Olson / Google Photos This may be a bit much for a Prius… Here is the video …
I had made some changes and wanted to try them out. The new “cow catcher” worked perfectly, clearing almost all of the small debris from the rail. I had brought the chain saw with me and cleared a number of small pine trees that had fallen across the tracks. There seem to be an increasing …
One of the issues that have come up is sticks and debris getting hung up in the guide wheels. Any time the wind blows the tracks get covered with sticks from the pine trees. Even the small stuff, 1/2″ size, will get hung up. Something like the image below should work. I would make it …
The first try with the guide wheels that keep the bicycle tires centered on the rails did not work very well. There was too flex in the posts because the mounting bolts were too long and having them perpendicular to the rails created an opportunity for them to get caught on debris between the rails. …
I had started thinking about a rail bike about five years ago while still living in Connecticut. There is an extensive no longer used rail system running along the Connecticut River for many miles. I started hiking along the old tracks and found that a lot of the side hills had slid down and blocked …