Good video , watched quite a few of your videos in the past couple of years , and your ice trikes always look nice , and like high quality trikes . 16000 miles with minimal issues , thats very nice indeed , and i`m sure a lot of the credit goes to the owners that look after their gear ;) . All the best to you guys .
I always look forward to your videos! I'm at two years on my Greenspeed Magnum but no where near as many miles as you guys. Hard to believe though. Here's to many more years and miles of recumbent riding!
Same here with my Magnum Big Wheel- 3 years roughly but only 3600km. Front tyres are bald now but the back tyre is as new. Brake drums needed slight adjustment around 800km, nothing needed since. One flat, then put thornproof tubes in. Great unit, will outlast me!
Glad to see you two again. My thoughts were with you and all those around you as the bomb cyclone hit Northern California. I knew ICE trikes were good but your review informed me that they’re great (Tony the Tiger reference was intended)
Thanks for the positive thoughts, Oly! Looks like we may get lucky and the rain could start to let up by tomorrow morning. May even be able to sneak in a ride. Good riding and thanks for watching!
Got an ICE VTX with Di2 recently. Loving it. Average trip times similar to Di2 equiped £5500 road bike I had. It is faster than the bike down hills by quite a bit though. I use the Sprint X Tour 26 as a runabout and the VTX for excercise
Sounds like a sweet set-up! Yep, I've noticed the same thing- The VTX runs just about the same as my road bikes on the flats, a little slower going uphill, but as you said, these are like greased lighting on the downhills. So far my downhill speed record is 52mph on the VTX, but I've been getting a bit smarter (Older? Wiser?) lately so I doubt I'll hit those speeds again. :)
I LOVE my ICE VTX. That bike has opened so many adventures for me; Rio Grande RailTrail 3 times already. Several triahlons too. Mine has been bulletproof. I have changed out the gear train though to a lower range overall. do ride with a flag, lights and GoPro/ Insta360. (Been coal rolled once too many) Those trails look very familiar. Are you in the denver CO area?
Thank you for yet another of your inspiring videos. Watching these make me want to jump on my GT20 and go out and about. One question: you mentioned going from index shifting to friction shifting for the rear derailer. How do you know that your shifting is correct when you cannot see the chain running over the cassette (lik on an upright bike)? Is there a simple trick or is it just listening to the sound of the chain over the derailer. Kind regards from The Netherlands.
Ah, good question! :) You can feel the chain as it moves on the cassette and you both feel and hear if something isn't aligned quite right. Sometimes it does take some trimming, but after a while it becomes second nature and you don't even think about it. Thanks very much for watching!
Thanks for another great video. I always enjoy your viewpoints. I am not able to afford the VTX, but I do have a Spyder from Terra Trike. It's a fast, fun ride for me. It definitely "suffer" from triker's grin every time I take it out. I also enjoy a Terra Trike GTS and have, between them, ridden about 2500 miles this year here in West Michigan. Not sure if I'll get much more before the end of the year. Happy Thanksgiving to both of you!
It is a very relevant video. My wife is on her 4th year of her ICE VTX.
Thanks a million.
I hope your wife is enjoying her VTX as much as we are, Evan! That four years went by fast! :)
It still turns heads that for sure.@@bikestrikesrazors
Always enjoyable and informational videos. Thanks
Thanks very much for watching, Gary!
Hey Guys!! Always good to hear from you-Enjoying your update on your recumbent still having a great time riding- me to 🤗- Have a happy Thanksgiving 💫
Happy Thanksgiving, Doug! And many more happy miles of riding to you! :)
Good video , watched quite a few of your videos in the past couple of years ,
and your ice trikes always look nice , and like high quality trikes .
16000 miles with minimal issues , thats very nice indeed , and i`m sure a lot of the credit goes to the owners that look after their gear ;) .
All the best to you guys .
Thanks very much for watching, Mikldude! We certainly take better care of our trikes and bikes than we do our cars. :)
I always look forward to your videos! I'm at two years on my Greenspeed Magnum but no where near as many miles as you guys. Hard to believe though. Here's to many more years and miles of recumbent riding!
That Magnum is quite the amazing trike! Here's wishing you many years and many miles on it! :)
Same here with my Magnum Big Wheel- 3 years roughly but only 3600km. Front tyres are bald now but the back tyre is as new. Brake drums needed slight adjustment around 800km, nothing needed since. One flat, then put thornproof tubes in. Great unit, will outlast me!
@@rossbrumby1957 Yep, I've got a GTO and it will be around long after I'm gone! :)
Glad to see you two again. My thoughts were with you and all those around you as the bomb cyclone hit Northern California. I knew ICE trikes were good but your review informed me that they’re great (Tony the Tiger reference was intended)
Thanks for the positive thoughts, Oly! Looks like we may get lucky and the rain could start to let up by tomorrow morning. May even be able to sneak in a ride. Good riding and thanks for watching!
Got an ICE VTX with Di2 recently. Loving it.
Average trip times similar to Di2 equiped £5500 road bike I had. It is faster than the bike down hills by quite a bit though.
I use the Sprint X Tour 26 as a runabout and the VTX for excercise
Sounds like a sweet set-up! Yep, I've noticed the same thing- The VTX runs just about the same as my road bikes on the flats, a little slower going uphill, but as you said, these are like greased lighting on the downhills. So far my downhill speed record is 52mph on the VTX, but I've been getting a bit smarter (Older? Wiser?) lately so I doubt I'll hit those speeds again. :)
I LOVE my ICE VTX. That bike has opened so many adventures for me; Rio Grande RailTrail 3 times already. Several triahlons too. Mine has been bulletproof. I have changed out the gear train though to a lower range overall. do ride with a flag, lights and GoPro/ Insta360. (Been coal rolled once too many) Those trails look very familiar. Are you in the denver CO area?
Thank you for yet another of your inspiring videos. Watching these make me want to jump on my GT20 and go out and about. One question: you mentioned going from index shifting to friction shifting for the rear derailer. How do you know that your shifting is correct when you cannot see the chain running over the cassette (lik on an upright bike)? Is there a simple trick or is it just listening to the sound of the chain over the derailer. Kind regards from The Netherlands.
Ah, good question! :) You can feel the chain as it moves on the cassette and you both feel and hear if something isn't aligned quite right. Sometimes it does take some trimming, but after a while it becomes second nature and you don't even think about it. Thanks very much for watching!
Thanks for another great video. I always enjoy your viewpoints. I am not able to afford the VTX, but I do have a Spyder from Terra Trike. It's a fast, fun ride for me. It definitely "suffer" from triker's grin every time I take it out. I also enjoy a Terra Trike GTS and have, between them, ridden about 2500 miles this year here in West Michigan. Not sure if I'll get much more before the end of the year. Happy Thanksgiving to both of you!
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Thanks very much for watching, Tom!