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Recumbent for a Roadie?

This is a familiar question although in several forms, paraphrased it boils down to this:  “I have a high end road bike I normally ride, but I’m finding it too… Read more »

General    DT Recumbents, highracer vs road, recumbent vs road, recumbent/road bike comparison

Buying a Second Hand Trike? What to look for.

Not everyone wants a new production trike, indeed there are some amazingly tempting older designs that come up for sale at times.  But faced with a snap decision to buy… Read more »

General, Technical    buying second hand recumbent, DT Recumbents, Second hand recumbents, secondhand trike, Used recumbent problems, Used recumbents, used trike

GREENSPEED’s GT3 & X7 Trike Comparison

I have been riding my GreenSpeed GT3 trike for a couple of years now. First released in 2004, the GT3 was the first of GreenSpeed’s folding trikes.  I tried a… Read more »

General, Trike Reviews    DT Recumbents, greenspeed gt3, Greenspeed trike, greenspeed X7, recumbent trike
James M5

M5 Carbon High Racer Build Diary – Part 2

Part 2 of our Build diary and Comments from the now closed Brisbane Cyclist website, 2015. I made a rash statement yesterday about having a similar layout bike to cheat… Read more »

General, Technical    DT Recumbents, M5 carbon highracer recumbent bike, Recumbent bike, Recumbent build diary
GT3 Recumbent trike

I borrowed a recumbent tricycle for a 200km team time trial event…

Introducing our guest blogger: Tara Horner, Endurance cyclist with Audax Australia. At the start of March I wrote to James Ditton asking if he might have a recumbent tricycle to… Read more »

General, Trike Reviews    audax recumbent, DT Recumbents, greenspeed gt3, Greenspeed trike, gt3, recumbent trike, trike
M5 By the Bay

M5 Carbon High Racer Build Diary – Part 1

For something to do, I thought I might keep a build diary of the M5 Carbon High Racer. So here goes…..

General, Technical    DT Recumbents, DT Recumbents blog, M5 carbon highracer recumbent bike, Recumbent bike, Recumbent build diary
Airfreight Image

Importing a Recumbent into Australia

So, you have seen the trike of your dreams on the internet. It is overseas and the manufacturer doesn’t have a dealer or distributor in Australia.  Maybe you could import… Read more »

General    general, importing recumbents, Importing trikes, trike import

2020 ….. A year of challenges!

Christmas 2020 The team at DT Recumbents wish you all a Safe and Merry Christmas, and thanks you for your support over the last 12 months.  We will be having… Read more »

General    Greenspeed, Greenspeed trike, Performer JC26X, Recumbent E-kit, recumbent trike
Anura delta trike with elec assist

E-assist for a Greenspeed Anura

One of the more challenging installations I have done recently, has been the addition of a Bafang electric assist (E-assist) kit onto a Greenspeed Anura IGH.  This posed a few… Read more »

Electric Assist, Technical    Anura IGH, e kit for trike, Electric Assist recumbent, Greenspeed Anura, Recumbent E-kit
Wheel alignment on a trike

Trike Maintenance – Wheel Alignments

Sometimes I’m asked about maintenance on a trike, “what sort of maintenance do I need to do on my trike” type questions. The answer in many cases is, “it depends”…. Read more »

Bike/Trike Maintenance, Technical    recumbent trike, trike maintenance, trike wheel alignment

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