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Old 05-28-2008, 03:21 PM
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Default Re: Helpful suggestions wanted

I built mine for stability first. Twenty inch rear wheel for easy of mounting and dismounting. Crank from the same 20" bike to get it low enough so my knees didn't have to go so high when I pedaled it. used the kiddie bike handle bars to get them up so I would bang them.

the avatar is a picture of it picture there before I switched the wheel back. It did suffer from not much speed though. The 20" crank is in use now on a bike with a 26" rear wheel. it still makes pedaling easier with the seat down and my center of gravity lower.
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