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• Short Cranks - First Impressions - Wow!!!

  Slipstream - Spring 08 - Short Cranks - TerraCycle Idlers - Grocerey Bags Continued from So you want shorter Crank Arms Now What? My new shorter cranks(155MM) from Biksmith Design & Fabrications are now installed and I have taken my first few rides... Posted Apr 10 2008, 10:40 AM by eBent Recumbent Cycling Filed under: Equipment, Tips, Cranks and BBs

• TerraCycle’s Longbikes Slipstream Idler Kit

  TerraCycle offers a Longbikes Slipstream Idler Kit that looks very nicely made. It replaces the rubber idlers seen on most recumbents with coged idlers that have high quality bearings. TerraCycle claims that the better idlers provide improved efficiency... Posted Mar 31 2008, 08:19 AM by eBent Recumbent Cycling Filed under: Equipment, Repair and Maintenance, Cranks and BBs, Longbikes Slipstream

• How to Replace Crank Arms

  If you are replacing your crank arms with shorter cranks this video shows you how. You can also find this great video at How to Replace Crank Arms at BikeTutor.com. If you also have to replace the bottom bracket, here’s a great video on how to do... Posted Mar 08 2008, 06:02 PM by eBent Recumbent Cycling Filed under: Cranks and BBs

• How to Replace a Cartridge Bottom Bracket

  I have been investigating steps needed to install my short cranks when they arrive. Here’s how the UN54 68/115 (or 118) BB for the Slipstream will install. Make sure you have the special tool needed to install the BB before you start. I use a Park... Posted Mar 07 2008, 09:44 AM by eBent Recumbent Cycling Filed under: Cranks and BBs

• Short Cranks with Q-Rings

  macpublish suggested in yesterday’s comments that I consider Q-Rings if I am changing cranks. I rode Shimano Bio Pace in days of old so really haven’t paid much attention to Q-Rings, the stories sound the same to me. However, this was the... Posted Mar 06 2008, 11:53 AM by eBent Recumbent Cycling Filed under: Cranks and BBs

• So you want shorter crank arms - now what?

  Ok, I have decided that I want to replace the standard 170 MM cranks on my Slipstream with 155 MM cranks more appropriate for my Hobbit legs. So I Googled and found almost nothing. Looks like the shortest commercial Road and MTB cranks are 165 MM. There... Posted Mar 05 2008, 09:25 AM by eBent Recumbent Cycling Filed under: Cranks and BBs