about us
Instead of publishing a newsletter, we created this blog so we could share NEWS about Reverse Gear Inc. and other issues that matter to us personally: cycling, cycle clothing, sustainability issues, travel, etc. We will update the site periodically, at least once a month or hopefully more often. And we hope you will add comments to let us know what issues interest you. - Len & Judi
About Us
We are a team, Judi Bachmann and Len Ashby, personally and in business.
We rode regular bikes for many decades. However since buying our Greenspeed tandem (GTT) in 2001 we have become passionate about ‘bents. We now also ride single trikes (folding GT3s).
We are equally passionate about travel. On our hybrids, we rode in Canada, USA, Germany, Italy and Cuba. While living in Australia from 1999 – 2006, we rode our GTT on independent tours and on several ‘big rides’ (Tasmania with 1700 cyclists and New Zealand with some 1000 others). In 2006, we returned to Canada to be closer to the grand-children. For the next two years, we travelled to several bike rallies in North America.
Over eight years of riding recumbents, we became dissatisfied with the selection of clothing for recumbent-riding. In 2008, we began to design and manufacture a line of recumbent-specific clothing and launched REVERSE GearTM clothing, a wide range of tops and bottoms with unique features (see about RG for more).
Since November 2009, we have taken the travel seriously. We sold the condo and bought a class-A motorhome and became full-time RVers travelling around North America. Follow our blog for more details about our travels. When we travel we will try to keep our itinerary on the find us page, so perhaps we will see you somewhere on the road. Sometimes when we travel and/or ride, we will write a description of what we have learned with recommendations for other cyclists and walkers. You can find these in our blog under TOURS.
We will also occasionally publish questions and answers about recumbent riding based on our experience riding or research or what we have learned from bike shop owners and other cyclists. If you have a question, please send it to judi at reversegearinc.com and we will answer when we get a chance.
- Happy trails, Judi & Len