My recumbent bike was made by Burley and the style is a Canto, which premiered in 2002. Burley built several styles of recumbent bikes for a few years, but stopped production completely in September of 2006. I’m not really sure what year mine is, but built sometime between 2002 and 2006 I would guess.
It should be noted that this is known as a convertible recumbent, in that it can be switched from short to long wheelbase. I prefer the long, which is great for long rides. The long is a bit wide on the turns and not good for city street traffic. The shorter version is excellent for the city commuter.
Here are the specs as it came from the factory (with changes I made in parentheses):
Colors: Pearl Silver
Model: Canto
Weight: 34.5
Year: 2002
Brake Levers: Shimano BR-420
Brakeset: Shimano BR-420 brakes, Shimano BR-420 levers
Front Brake: Shimano BR-420
Front Brake Lever: Shimano BR-420
Rear Brake: Shimano BR-420
Rear Brake Lever: Shimano BR-420
Bottom Bracket: Shimano BB-UN52
Chain: SRAM PC-38, 1/2 x 3/32″
Chain Size: 1/2 x 3/32″
Chainrings: 30/42/52
Crankset: 3-piece aluminum, 30/42/52 teeth
Front Derailleur: Shimano Sora, clamp-on
Front Derailleur Type: clamp-on
Handlebar: Hsin Lung aluminum
Handlebar Stem: aluminum
Headset: 1 1/8″ threadless Cane Creek STS
Headset Diameter: 1 1/8″ threadless
Largest Rear Cog: 32
Number of Rear Cogs: 8-speed
Pedals: Fasten NWL-953 (replaced in April 2010 with Wellgo platform/clipless pedals with shimano SPD cleats)
Rear Cogs: 8-speed, 11 – 32 teeth
Rear Derailleur: SRAM ESP 5.0
Rear Shock: Not applicable
Saddle: Corbin custom
Shift Levers: SRAM ESP 5.0
Smallest Rear Cog: 11
Fork Crown: unicrown
Fork Material: chromoly, unicrown crown
Frame Construction: TIG-welded
Frame Tubing Material: chromoly
Wheelbase: 40.5″
Front Hub: Shimano Deore
Front Rim: Weinmann Zac 19
Front Tire: Primo Comet (Replaced in April 2010 with Primo Comet with Kevlar Belts)
Front Tire Size: 20 x 1.75″
Rear Hub: Shimano Deore
Rear Rim: Weinmann Zac 19
Rear Tire: Primo Racer (Replaced in April 2010 with Primo Comet with Kevlar Belts)
Rear Tire Size: 26 x 1.50″
Spoke Brand: DT stainless steel
Spoke Holes: 32-hole
Spoke Material: stainless steel
Ron,
I’ve enjoyed the little I’ve seen of your website. I have a 2005 Burley Canto that I bought new in Feb 05. Your Canto is probably an 04 or earlier since I think the 05 was their first offering of disk brakes on the Canto (which I waited for). I’ve been away from the online bent community for several years and just found out that Burley stopped bent production in 06. That is sad since I love my 05 and hope that I will be able to find parts in the future. Also mine has very different handlebars which droop much lower allowing my elbows to be nearly 90 degrees while riding. I’ll be back to visit now and again.
Rick
Rick,
The BicycleMan is a great source for parts http://store.bicycleman.com/collections/burley
Another great source is http://www.edgerecumbents.com. In 2008 they acquired the inventory, tooling and model names from Burley and have been building reproductions of their bikes. I recently bought a seat rail from them. Good people!