Took my Phantom out for it's first ride of the season last week to commute to work then joyride for a total of 35 miles. Woooo! It took me a couple miles to get used to the balance and HOLY COW it's when you ride something else then go to the Lightning that I realize what a fast, responsive ROCKET the Phantom is! I was easy cruising a slight down incline and sprinted up to 30 then coasted over a quarter mile to an intersection where I was still going at speed. And to attack hills! I like them for different reasons, but the Phantom totally dusts my '95 bike E and Catrike 700.

 I think I could give my brother the triathalete a run on his Canondale, or at least keep up with him better. He's a bit more hardcore than I am, but he was impressed when I told him I did a 202 miler by myself last year - and did it comfortably with NO NUMBAGE, or groin, butt, wrist, lower back, upper back, or neck stiffage. 

Just FYI for the Phantom, I was 45 when I started training last year for the 202 miler. I hadn't ridden beyond a 70 miler in 12 years, and I gained about 40 pounds in that time weight about 210. I went twice as far and wasn't sore or stiff the next day! Granted I started taking excellent vitamins, and I've learned more about nutrition; but I hammered out the first 125 miles last year at an average of 15.5 MPH, going solo with no drafting. Have lost 20 pounds so far this year. I try other 'bents at the shops and compare features and performance and still think I got the best!

Ray

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I have  been very pleased and impressed with the bicycle and find that my climbing performance is much better than my Rans V Rex while the comfort is very good.

Ron D.

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I like this bike!  Yesterday I climbed a hill that I would have found impossible on my Tour Easy.

Brenda

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I wanted to thank you for a great bike, it is so much fun to ride.  Thanks for helping me get in SHAPE! I can't wait to order a P-38! 

Ernest Z.