http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The desire to make cycling more difficult and entertaining - cont'd en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:59:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19166#post-292710 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:56:56 +0000 LaidBack 292710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know we've done our bit at LB with coolbox bikes, front wheel drive recumbents and the like but this deserves a mention and viewing...</p> <p><a href="https://www.cyclingweekly.com/videos/watch/watch-rear-wheel-steering-singlespeed-bike" rel="nofollow">https://www.cyclingweekly.com/videos/watch/watch-rear-wheel-steering-singlespeed-bike</a></p> <p>Articulated bikes are nothing new of course...</p> <p>One nameless forumer had a front wheel drive, moving bottom bracket Cruzbike recumbent. I couldn't get the hang of it as totally different from a 'normal recumbent'. Totally three dimensional and could fold in half any time until you learnt to relax and just work with it.<br /> Was very fast but leg steer was a problem if you had to slam on the anchors quickly.</p> <p>In NL the articulated front wheel drive Flevobike was rated as able to sort out real riders from 'poseurs' too.<br /> Often see these offered on ebay.</p> <p>Rigid front wheel drives are easy to use in recliner land. Raptobike from NL being a design we had way back in 2008 - Arnold the designer helped @Ken and handcycle team at Battle Mountain a few weeks ago. Is a very small world! @Dave on this forum had a Rapto and commuted to Dunfermline on it 'quite quickly'. </p>