Comments on: Footbike Trail Review

By: Moses Aoki

Moses Aoki — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:25:03 +0000

Ohyea—one more thing. The bar ends become relative when you are training or training to race (like on the Track model).

The complete follow through on a ‘kick’ will put you at the bar ends for additional leverage.

On all of models we supply bar ends because we can. AND—wasn’t the purpose of the invention of the bar end was to give riders a choice of hand positions?

Believe it or not there are a few European distance riders that use a time-trial setup on their front ends. Here is a site for the first and only carbon fiber performance scooter—www.exionscooters.nl. Now THAT is funky!!!!

By: Moses Aoki

Moses Aoki — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:56:41 +0000

Hey RL—Thanks again for the review of our Trail Model. Here are a couple of things to add to your rap.

When we ride the Trail model ‘offroad’ we try to ride like we rode or hardtails in ‘91. Okay, mostly fire roads and party trails.

This ‘offroad’ specification was borne for the dog mushers out there. Yup—-lots of dogs pulling this thing around. THAT is a ride to remember!

Yes indeed a tighter suspension fork is desired. One of the great things about our frame design is that you can slap on whatever parts you want from your current bike fleet to make this beast what you want it to be. I will send you a photo of a machine we built down for the US downhill speed record on a scooter.

A final note from all of us a FBUSA. Thanks to you and your readers for checking us out. WE ARE NOT in this business to replace your bicycle!. But a few hours a week training on a performance scooter will enhance your cycling skills dramatically——-really! Wait–the heck with that, add a basket, keep your spd’s at home and save $4.40 a gallon!!

By: john

john — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:07:22 +0000

mondo scooter

By: RL Policar

RL Policar — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:33:02 +0000

Vic, a “death trap?” Aren’t you a being a little dramatic? If you see that video of Randy eating it, he was fine. In fact when I rode this thing around, if you wanted to bail, just jump off. There was no need to worry about your pedals being clipped in.

By: Vic

Vic — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:33:05 +0000

That thing looks like a deathtrap. What is the purpose of the barends?

By: RL Policar

RL Policar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:23:16 +0000

One thing I found when I was riding the Footbike before I handed it off to Randy was that the front fork was absorbing the energy I would put into it. It think it would have been good if they had a better fork like a Manitou Axel Elite with lock out. Using this type of fork will also help with the clearance problem since the Axel has 100mm travel opposed to the 80mm RST Capa fork.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:51:41 +0000

Do a back flip!!

By: kevinb

kevinb — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:11:25 +0000

the amish kids around central PA use these types all the time, cept not nearly as fancy. they really fly on them