FAQ

Q: How can I view the status of my order?
A: Go to the Customer Service, Account Information page. This page lists all your orders. Click the date of the order whose status you wish to view.

Q: What are your shipping costs?
A: You can view an estimate of shipping costs by viewing your cart. However, final shipping costs will be displayed on the Invoice you see before confirming your order. PLEASE NOTE: The web site shipping calculator will over/undercharge under certain conditions. You will be charged the actual shipping costs when your order is processed.

Q:What services do you provide?                                                                

A:We custom build all variety of custom recumbent bikes and framesets. We design and build proto types for the recumbent industry. We can custom bend smaller diameter 4130 & aluminum tubing. We can custom machine parts for you. Please contact us with your needs.

Q:I would like some more info on your seat strut clamps and why I should use them?

A:Many Commercially built recumbents have retained that home built look as the industry out of necessity adopted non-traditional components. Various forms of hitch pins are one of these components. ( In the recumbent world they are affectionately called "grenade pins".) They are used with a series of holes in a pair of telescoping tubes to make the seat srtuts adjustable. Besides aesthetics, this system has a number of problems. The pins can be easily lost. They are noisy. If the alignment of the holes isn't perfect they can be difficult to insert and remove. They only provide the incremental adjustment of the predrilled holes. If you remove your seat by pulling the pins your favorite setting can be lost.

The design of our new seat strut clamp addresses all of these problems. It comes in 2 sizes and works with your exsisting seat struts. It is a well design precision component with an anodized finish that will look good on an expensive bike. It provides for precise adjustment. Hole alignment is no longer an issue. Noise is no longer an issue. They are more stable than pins.

The seat can be quickly removed. The clamp has 2 pinch bolts, one for the smaller diameter tube and another for the larger tube. With a 3mm Allen wrench, simply loosen the bolts for the larger diameter tubes and remove the seat. The clamps are left attached to the smaller tube saving your setting and preventing loss of the clamps.

The clamps are machined from 6061 aluminum and weigh only 16 grams each. Grenade pins weigh 6 grams each.

Q: What bikes do they fit?

A:They are available in 2 sizes.  5/8" x 3/4" Fits: RANS, Barcroft & WhizWheelz TerraTrikes                             1/2" x 5/8" Fits: Bacchetta, Burley Speed Struts, Longbikes & Sun products. 

Q: Where can I find a dealer?

A: Bike shops that carry our seat strut clamps :

Amblings Cycle, 8140 N. Milwuakee, Niles, IL 847-692-4260

Calhoun Cycle, 3342 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN  612-827-8000

Merv's Bike Shop, 300 Firehouse Rd., Shippensburg, PA  717-776-4177

Power On Cycling, 6053 State Rd. 60 E., Plant City, FL   813-737-3001

Springdale Bicycle, 20133 Santa Rosa Dr., Springdale, AR  479-751-5318

Angletech, 318 N. Hwy 67, Woodland park, CO  719-687-7475

Bent Up Cycles, 7828 Balboa Blvd., Van Nuys, CA. 818-994-4171

Jersey Bents @ Economy Bike Shop, Red Bank, NJ. 732-747-6712

Recumbent Brothers Cycles, 15180 Russel Dr., Peyton, CO. 719-683-2713

Bicycle Spot, 5074 N. Dixie Hwy., Oakland Park, FL. 954-772-4909

Bike Center, 12011 Manchester Rd., St. Louis, MO. 314-965-1444

Altough they are not a local dealer I would like to mention here that our 1/2" x 5/8" clamps are available from bacchettabikes.com. The clamps are very popular with Bacchetta owners. Bacchetta reports that they are "selling like hotcakes"! They are also available on the RANS website.

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