Lightning Scrapbook

Lightning as a Tow Vehicle?

The Burley trailers can be used "stock" with the the Phantom (more info). 

 A great value for this genre of bikes! - D.S.

An even more unusual "tow story"...

Will Pederson thinks its ideal to use the P38 as a tow vehicle! The question is, does he ride the bike to get to the river to kayak, or paddle the kayak to get to the road to ride the bike?

Steve Scott of Colorado touring in New Zealand

The Lightning T-38 Racing Tandem

Never one to sit on his accomplishments, Tim designed a unique back-to-back racing tandem and raced it for a few years. This is one of the lightest, most compact tandems ever built and it has the advantage of allowing the rear rider (called the "stoker" in tandem-speak) an unobstructed view. This bike is not in production currently, but you can see a video clip of it on our Cyber Test Ride page.

Lee Emmett  

Just a regular guy who is in it for the exercise. I used to own a hybrid bike and always came home with numb hands and a sore bottom and sometimes numbness in the crotch area. Love the Phantom and pass everybody when coasting down hills and can keep up on the flats, not quite as good on the hills (up) but have been able to climb any hill I've encountered so far. Met some people with the standard Phantom handlebars and will say I like my drop bars (custom installed by the Wheel Bicycle Shop in Tulsa, OK ) much better than the standards.

Mike Nicholaus

Mike's 6 day trip took him over 500 miles with a full 40 lbs. of gear. He rode from South Sioux City, ND to Watertown, SD and back. Mike's bike is a Lightning P-38 with front Zzipper fairing, Lightning Panniers and aerodynamic wheel disc.

Ceb Blankenship

Ceb is an accomplished rider and racer in Maryland who loves to climb mountains on his P-38. The assault on Mt. Mitchell, Blue Ridge Parkway and the tour DuPont around the towns of Blowing Rock and Banner Elk. Halfway up Valle Crucis and Beech Climb he once passed two upright riders spinning their way up the almost vertical climb.

Sue Yokum

All you guys better watch out, Sue is coming!!  This lady is hardcore, read her latest exploit:

"Here I am at Death Valley just about a week ago. We rode about 325 miles, climbed over 18,000 feet in 5 days and the P-38 performed beautifully. It is stable going on fast down hills, on the steep up hills I was sometimes wobbly but contribute some of that to my inexperience on the bike and not have ridden at all this year and testing myself on difficult conditions even for the end of the year. ......Oh, ya, we saw a Phantom jet while riding along early onoe morning......that was cool. At onoe point it turned and it was completely invisible......amazing plane."