Xtracycle - Its Alive!!!!!!
Bajrang is up and running, smooth and nimble as ever. I brought it home Thursday night. On Friday, I bought a 40 Lb bag of dry dog food and a 12 can box of wet dog food, loaded it on Bajrang and we carried it as effortlessly as ever even with the load being unbalanced. I started off on a low gear but soon moved on to the normal gears and cruised home at 15 mph.
It feels like the free-radical was always a part of the bike and the bike was built with the free-radical in mind. The way it attaches itself to an existing bike is the most attractive feature of the xtracycle. You can go for longer rides and not feel any different than before the conversion. I rode it 10 miles to a friend’s house today and at times I forgot that I was riding an xtracycle. This is a genius invention and deserves a lot of credit.
I am Abhishek Mukherjee and on behalf of Bajrang, I approve this message.
By the way, I am looking for a name for my Dutch bike. Suggestions will be helpful. I do think it is a ’she’!
October 13th, 2008 at 9:47 am
“Dutchess” is the obvious choice for naming a “Dutch” bicycle, but something exotic like Vienne or Rochelle would be nice also. I’ve been oggling the xtra-cycle for a while now and am currently looking for a bike that I would want to convert. I have been a little hesitant about it the last couple of weeks, not sure if I wanted to go that route, but you’ve pushed me over the edge on that one. Going to kick it into high gear.
Ciao.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I like Rochelle…keep it coming.
If you want to ride an Xtracycle to see how it feels, let me know. I will be happy to arrange a test ride.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Abhishek Mukherjee - are you sure you aren’t “admin” ?
My Xtra does ride even better than the original, IMO.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I like riding my Xtra better than I ever did the parent bike…it’s smoother and way more fun. That extra length and the bit of flex introduced into the system knocks the edges off rough roads.