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Bicycle ManBurley Recumbents 2006 Models |
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Burley Recumbent Bicycles for 2006
We were
surprised September 8 2006 to hear Burley announce it was immediately
stopping recumbents production. At the time Burley was one of the
largest recumbent makes in the US. They reported that their recumbent
business was profitable but they were loosing money overall and needed
to shrink and re-focus. Michael Coughlin purchased Burley and has a good
track record of saving financially troubled companies. Burley began with
bicycle trailers and for the immediate future they will focus on
trailers only.
We are all sold
out of Burley recumbents but we do have Burley seats, seat parts, racks
& etc. 2005 Burley Spider
Burley introduced this new Spider and Nasoke LWBs with 5.5" of rear suspension travel to replace the Limbo.
Burley Spider Shock
These bikes use a declining rate linkage it sure sucks up the bumps but has little affect on hill climbing power. The suspension has more travel and gives little or no trouble on hill climbs. The Spider is a bit lighter, has a lower seat and is less expensive than the Limbo too!
Burley Nasoke
Will these bikes be best in their category? I ordered the Spider on the spot.
Burley also showed a new Sand Point and Adirondack LWBs based on the frame of the Koosah and Jet Creek.
Burley Sand Point
The Sand Point sold at a price point lower than Burley has ever attempted before. At $799 retail it looked like a good value but component problems caused Burley to permanently discontinue this model. This bike used the frame, fork, seat, handlebars, wheels and brakes of the Koosah. What's different was the drive train (crank, derailleurs and shifters). They were much lower quality, too bad.
Burley also showed their
commitment to continuing improvement by working on their seat with good
results. The Corbin seat Burley was using in 2001 was not well received.
In 2002 Burley doubled the foam thickness in the seat base and changed the
cover from the leather some riders found slippery to imitation leather.
They also increased the amount of un-recline adjustment in the seat back.
While they were at it they got the seat to slide more easily on the frame
and lock securely, so that is fixed too. The new seat base stay in place
better and they are working on making it easy to adjust with just a 6mm
Allen wrench. Both the slide and lock well fix and the 6mm Allen wrench
fix are easily retrofit-able, see your Burley dealer.
Django & HepCat | Canto & Taiko | Limbo Jett Creek | Koosah | Burley 2005 Models
We also carry these recumbent brands:
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