ActionBent Road Runner - great looking bike!

[Rocketman]

The ActionBent Road Runner is one sweet looking bike! Congratulations guys!

http://www.actionbent.com/RR.html

I can't find anything about the Road Runner that I would change, certainly
not at that price. It appears to be the sporty, sleek, do-it-all
performance SWB/OSS bike that many of us have been searching for. The front
disc brake puts it ahead of everything else in its class (even at twice the
price). BROL's review said that the ActionBend hardshell seat is comfy; but
that would be my one concern. It looks great!

Any Road Runner owners here? Has anybody test ridden one?

R

 

[aportteus]

Rocketman wrote:
> The ActionBent Road Runner is one sweet looking bike!
> Congratulations guys!
> http://www.actionbent.com/RR.htmlhttp://www.actionbent.com/RR.html
> I can't find anything about the Road Runner that I would change,
> certainly not at that price. It appears to be the sporty, sleek, do-it-
> all performance SWB/OSS bike that many of us have been searching for.
> The front disc brake puts it ahead of everything else in its class (even
> at twice the price). BROL's review said that the ActionBend hardshell
> seat is comfy; but that would be my one concern. It looks great!
> Any Road Runner owners here? Has anybody test ridden one?
> R




I can't speak to the road runner , however as an owner of a Tidal
Wave, converted to OSS, I can comment on the seat. Yes it is comfy.
Compareing it to my EZ sport, with a mesh back, the Actionbent seat
less likely to give you Recumbent Butt, but is warmer, even with the
center slit for cooling. The TW is fast & reasonably well made.
Handeling is steady at speed, a little twitchy when going slow, or
starting out. I don't think I would want to start riding recumbents on
a short wheel Base .

Regards, Andre`



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[Victor Kan]

Regarding the Road Runner specifically, one owner posting at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actionbent

has a problem with the monoblade front fork alignment, saying the bike
pulled to the left. Randy at ActionBent is working with the
manufacturer to get a replacement fork for him. Hopefully that'll work
out just fine.

aportteus wrote:

> I can't speak to the road runner , however as an owner of a Tidal
> Wave, converted to OSS

Hey Andre`, what did you use to convert to USS?

I know Tom Thompson used the Glideflex stem and a RANS riser.

I'm thinking of using the Burley combo flip stem and riser from
poweroncycling.com.

Oh, I see from your posting at the yahoo group that you used a RANS
riser without any "flip" mechanism. How do you like it?


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