I've posted about two dozen photos, with comments, of the Maxarya Ray 1 on my flickr account. The first photo is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsackett/111597579/ . I'll add more notes as I compose them.
I've had the bike for about a month. I bought it to replace a stolen BikeE that was my main means of transportation. The short version of the review is that I love the bike, hate the disk brakes, and am a bit wary of the company itself.
One important point I want to mention is that I have discovered that the Cannondale underseat pannier rack fits the Maxarya almost perfectly, without modification. An underseat rack is the best way to carry a load on a CWLB recumbent, but Maxarya does not yet sell one made for their bike. A local bike shop sold me a rack made for Cannondale's Bent I, Bent II, and Easy Rider recumbents. With a bolt, lock nut, and a few washers I attached it to the seat bottom and was good to go. I think the rack works even better on the Maxarya than on the Cannondale.
-Tom Sackett
Seattle, Washington, USA
I've had the bike for about a month. I bought it to replace a stolen BikeE that was my main means of transportation. The short version of the review is that I love the bike, hate the disk brakes, and am a bit wary of the company itself.
One important point I want to mention is that I have discovered that the Cannondale underseat pannier rack fits the Maxarya almost perfectly, without modification. An underseat rack is the best way to carry a load on a CWLB recumbent, but Maxarya does not yet sell one made for their bike. A local bike shop sold me a rack made for Cannondale's Bent I, Bent II, and Easy Rider recumbents. With a bolt, lock nut, and a few washers I attached it to the seat bottom and was good to go. I think the rack works even better on the Maxarya than on the Cannondale.
-Tom Sackett
Seattle, Washington, USA