The Actionbent Jetstream Recumbant - Page 2

HELLO ,,,,,,,,,ABOUT THE RACK,,,Call Randy to make sure its ok,,,re the warranty,,,,,then see the rack makers specs,,,,most are I believe,,restricted to thirty pounds. Goo luck.

I doubt if you'll find anything on the market today to match the ActionBent value or design. He sells from his home, so there is no shop rent, sales staff, distributor etc. I have just purchased the ActionBent - TitleWaveII through Ebay and wisely chose to use the money I saved and have a bike shop assemble it for $70. Randy (president of ActionBent) will talk the shop through any problems that might occur. The TTWII has better components and quick under seat steering takes a bit to get use to, but makes a comfortable bike even more so. I’m having a blast with the TTWaveII and I’m sure you’ll enjoy what ever you purchase from ActionBent.

Hi, Regarding any interest in actionbent, I have purchased one already, and found it wanting in a serious way. Its been eight weeks since purchase and Randy hasnt procured the warranty items necessary to put my bike on the road and hasnt offered a refund. I do hope ,someday to have a bike to ride, but wont be counting on it given the problems that Ive had with bad parts. He is full of excuses and buck passing, youre lucky you bought one of the simplest bikes, you are much more likely to have a usable bike there. Good luck, You may very well need it. I would never recommend action bent to any new buyer, especially first time riders, no way! There is a supply of these bikes going used on ebay, usually with almost no miles, you can see that other folks are having probs too. There are many incidents of missing parts on these bikes, there are a number of incidents of broken seat mounts, and many peops consider the chain control item to be a piece of junk at best, they almost all replace them from what I hear. Just keep in mind,, that you get what you pay for. The advertising hype surrounding actionbent, is ridiculous, there are few bikes that actually come with all the right parts that are on the spec sheets, and his claim that its worth twice as much as it costs,is pure baloney. Its a standard copycat style of recumbent bike. There is NO particular engineering to the design, its lifted off of others. Take note,, the jetstream LOOKs almost identical to the Bill Cook bike , the Barcroft virginia,, the loracer is a copy of an m five,, the highracer, looks identical to a bachetta hi racer. Copys are not all bad except for those being copied from, but bad copys, are really sick, and these are just that. There is one design that actually may have some engineering in it, its the RR, but it too has a checkered past and many complaints about chain control parts that are inadequate. You should go back and seriously study the actionbent site on yahoo groups, it will give anyone who is a prospective purchaser the willies.
T All the best.

My biggest concern (question) with actionbent is how than can build a recumbent so cheap, with duel disk and all, I feel somewhere they had to be cutting corners. I have warned other people they were buying a problem child with AB.
From the post I've been reading I'd guess he has a bargain basement frameset, something I don't think I'd want and then have too put the thing together or pay a LBS to do it for me,if your lucky enough to find a LBS that will do it for 50 to 200 dollors on top of what you've already paid and then there is the issue of missing parts (I can see this has turned into a real Bargain ????) and on top of that I haven't even rode the bike to know if I like it, whats wrong with this picture?
I do think local dealers are important,why buy stuff on the internet for just a somewhat lower price when you're going to have to deal with all the repairs yourself, get that all important dealer support.
Ride a few different Recumbents and buy from your LBS before you order,that's the best thing you can do. I say again you're buying a problem child. Wish you all good luck

Ric

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