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I have a 6063 aluminun tube with a fiberglass/epoxy outer wrap. Is there an reasonably fast and effective way to chemically dissolve the aluminum tube, without seriously degrading the fiberglass outer shell? Appreciate any suggestions.

Your first sentence refers to using the "bars", so you are speaking from a typical "hands on" view point - that's outside the specific topic here, I believe.

Who, specifically, can ride a recumbent "no-hands", with the ease of a mountain bike? And what model recumbent are you refering? I am riding a Rans Stratus XP. As I stated before, I can do for a very short distance too. However, I don't think 20 or 30 feet of turn-less riding proves much, except...

Hummmm? hadn't thought of that. Very interesting! Could you please elaborate in greater detail? Come to think of it, on my mountain bike (riding no-hands), I balance by pivoting my hips laterally (which tilts the frame, so trail steers the bike). On the recumbent, my feet are parallel to the...

Although not as well as my mountain bike, I can ride a kid's 20" BMX bike hands-free and it posses much smaller tires than the recumbent.

Yes. It is usually referred to as "rake" or "fork offset". I measured the steer tube (axis) angle at *59 degrees* and the trail at 1.5". As i stated before, I can walk beside the bike, while balancing and pushing it. It responds exactly like a regular upright bike, in that, when I tilt the...

Tried that, but same results. I can only ride about 20 feet or so, in a straight line, and even that feels dangerous. Again, the recumbent's handling and steering feels great, so I don't suspect design issues or malfunctions. It just feels like I'm learning to walk all over again...

The seat height is about 20". Which lower than a regular bike. That's what I suspect, but why is that? I can walk beside the recumbent and steer it just fine, via frame tilting by holding on to the seat back (like a regular bike).

Just bought a new recumbent bicycle - full lawn chair type seat and pedals directly forward, with legs now horizontal. Tried no-hands riding, but failed repeadedly. The steering seems fine, just can't seem to balance this critter for some unkown reason, like i can on my mountain. The...