Titanium Vision R68: any one own or seen one?
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Titanium Vision R68: any one own or seen one?
I'm looking to upgrade to a ti recumbent. I own a Vision R40 and have generally been happy with that. Upon doing a little research, it seems that Vision/ Advanced Transportation Products / ATP had a Ti version of their R60 Saber series. Vision Recumbent Bicycles: Guide to bicycle models and versions
Does anyone own or have seen an actual production version of this bike? Or is it a one-off unicorn they were advertising before they folded?
(please don't reply with all the other ti makes/models out there . . . if you know something about a ti Vision . . . it would be great to hear from you)
As an aside, The Bicycle Man's Vision web pages at one point claimed that the Vision tandem models came in a Ti version. I don't see the same statement there now. But I saw a very metallic grey Vision tandem on craigslist a few years ago that I didn't bite on. Perhaps all the Vision Ti models were custom?
Does anyone own or have seen an actual production version of this bike? Or is it a one-off unicorn they were advertising before they folded?
(please don't reply with all the other ti makes/models out there . . . if you know something about a ti Vision . . . it would be great to hear from you)
As an aside, The Bicycle Man's Vision web pages at one point claimed that the Vision tandem models came in a Ti version. I don't see the same statement there now. But I saw a very metallic grey Vision tandem on craigslist a few years ago that I didn't bite on. Perhaps all the Vision Ti models were custom?
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It seems to me that Art Hagood in Chattanooga brought one to BRAT the year they came out. So I'm pretty sure it was a 'real' product. Sorry I can't tell you how many were made or sold, though.
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I have a Reynolds T-bone.. hope one day soon I get to finish putting it together.
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I went back and found a pic of Art's bike and I think it was actually a steel bike that was just painted silver. So maybe the Ti version never made it to production?