Some updates are coming soon. It's been a while. Frankenbent was put on hold until certain things could be taken care of. Like feeding three kids and paying a mortgage. Stay tuned!

Angletech Aims High!

Sooner or later, Franken'bent would be blown away by a most generous donation to the cause. And that moment has come! A big shout out to Kelvin Clark of Angletech Cycles of Colorado for donating a complete Ostrad Adagio LWB recumbent to The Franken'bent Project!

I put it together and actually tried to ride it. No dice. It's too long for me of the inseam challenged! :( So, for now, it is parked in the garage next to a not so complete, and rather sad, Franken'bent.

Before the Ostrad starts donating its organs and various parts to Franken'bent, I should see if anyone would like to adopt this heavy, super-cush German road warrior. Any takers? Bear in mind the box will weigh 50 pounds and be 70 inches long!

Email me for more information if you are interested. Pick up in Southern California would be most welcomed.

Thank you for your time.

Spin Cyclz Signs Up!

A special shout-out to Nanda Holz of Spin Cyclz for jumping into the Franken'bent fray with a few tasty donations!

After acquiring one of his raw alloy Rans Zenetik frames, Nanda was kind enough to toss in some extra goodies. A Tektron brake set, Rans waterbottle cage, chain, a couple brake levers and a pair of sweet Spin Cyclz socks! In my fave color, no less!

Nanda's also sending a little sumthin-sumthin for a future Franken'crank (or is that Cranken'bent?) project! Thanks Nanda!

Now, to see if I have then energy to maintain yet another blog!

Happy New Year, Everyone! Here's hoping you all have happy and healthy years!

RedShift Rocks!

Tom Thompson (aka RedShift) has joined the fun by donating a Nashbar Bottom Bracket, Topeak Panoram computer, mirror and toe clips! That yellow tube down below is actually some lubricant and not a syringe of urine as my daughter thought!

Thanks Tom! And thank you for chipping in the shipping!

Ken Kobayashi Kicks In!

Ken Kobayashi sold me his Mark Stonich-shortened Dimension cranks for my upright and inside the package, he bequeathed unto Franken'bent a sweet SRAM 9.0 gripshift and a large-toothed cassette! Thanks, Ken!

Did I mention Ken was kind enough to pop for shipping as well. Thanks Again, Ken!

Mandrake1051 Mixes It Up!

Well, Happy Belated Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you're all enjoying your Black Fridays fighting the crowds and standing in line to score those doorbuster deals!

Me, I decided to hang out with the family and chill. Maybe even tinker a bit on Franken'bent!

A little update here. David Hanson, Mandrake1051 on BROL, has joined the Franken'bent Family of supporters with a kind donation of the parts you see here!

They include a a conplete Suntour crankset, a pair of Dotek crankarms, a couple of pedals, a much-needed 'bent-length chain and some new cable housing! And, on top of that, Dave popped for the shipping! Thank you, Dave!

Everyone, be sure check out David's website, Boise Rents Tricycle Rentals!

Bent Up Cycles Joins The Project!

With Franken'bent now sporting a sturdy RANS Force 5 spine, it was time to seek out the other parts. While still needing a seat to go with the dual density seat pad, it was obvious a clamp would be needed to attach whatever seat Franken'bent came across.

Not wanting to risk catastrophic failure, it was determined that the platform for a Franken'seat should incorporate a seat clamp designed for the F5 frame.

So, a quick email to Dana of Bent Up Cycles seeking pricing on a clamp received a generous offering from Dana of a RANS two-inch rad-lock seat clamp to the Franken'bent Project! Very cool. So, I grabbed my oldest son for Carpool Lane Duty and headed up to the Valley, where the air is extra chunky!

There, we wandered around Dana's newly-expanded shop, ogling all the sweet hardware while Dana ran around dealing with various customers. There were like five or six VK2's floating around. As well as a bunch of Bacchettas, a few HP Velotechs, a bunch of RANS 'bents (my kid dug the Zenitek) and a whole bunch of trikes. Nice.

Dana then handed me the 2" RANS Rad-Lock clamp. Sweet! And , THEN, he handed me a 26' Velocity front wheelset! Awesome! Franken'bent's got a front!

Thanks Dana!

Stay Tuned. More to come from the Franken'bent Project!