Post your pictures of what you ride.

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/trainingsetuppics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1764

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/trainingsetuppics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=2233

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/trainingsetuppics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=5009

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/trainingsetuppics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6615

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/trainingsetuppics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6996

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/trainingsetuppics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=7408

And a 2003 catrike speed.
http://www.catrike.com/

That's an awesome machine. Thanks for sharing.

I like the home theatre too :D (nice)

One of my favorite recumbent designs is this one.
http://members.westnet.com.au/rjharrop/recumbents/page2/tridem.gif

I tried to have 3 fellows ride in my homebuilt velomobile once and there was no room for the PBJs.

Spuds

Man, are those long chains or what?

One of my favorite recumbent designs is this one.
http://members.westnet.com.au/rjharrop/recumbents/page2/tridem.gif

I tried to have 3 fellows ride in my homebuilt velomobile once and there was no room for the PBJs.

Spuds


Spuds.....Is that picture another one of your creative homemades?....You must be the very fit-looking rider on the rear.....How did you co-ordinate your start?...

I notice the front rider has the PBJs tucked in behind his helmet......like Epaminondes.....

Spuds.....Is that picture another one of your creative homemades?....You must be the very fit-looking rider on the rear.....How did you co-ordinate your start?...

I notice the front rider has the PBJs tucked in behind his helmet......like Epaminondes.....

I want to race this design some day. I can make a plastic coroplast, zip tie and duct tape storage bin between the seats and load it up with PBJs and Oreo cookies for a century ride.
http://members.westnet.com.au/rjharrop/recumbents/page3/trainng2.jpg

This is one of the fastest recumbents out there and guaranteed to "smoke" any paceline of old folks who are doing a century ride.


Spuds

I want to race this design some day. I can make a plastic coroplast, zip tie and duct tape storage bin between the seats and load it up with PBJs and Oreo cookies for a century ride.
http://members.westnet.com.au/rjharrop/recumbents/page3/trainng2.jpg

This is one of the fastest recumbents out there and guaranteed to "smoke" any paceline of old folks who are doing a century ride.


Spuds


May you never cease to amaze.....& amuse....


How about 3 recycled enema bags for on the move hydration?....

May you never cease to amaze.....& amuse....


How about 3 recycled enema bags for on the move hydration?....

I could only fit 2 on this one.
http://members.westnet.com.au/rjharrop/recumbents/page2/artic2.jpg

I have found that plastic zip-loc bags with a straw poked in the side and sealed with duct tape will work just like a Camelback.
Easy to make and CHEAP.


Spuds

...Post your pictures of what you ride.

1. RANS V-Rex with Coroplast front fairing
http://www.bikejournal.com/images/jfoltzfairing.jpg
2. Optima Baron lowracer
http://www.bikejournal.com/images/jfoltzbaron05.jpg
3. Homebuilt dual-26
http://www.bikejournal.com/images/jfoltzjunk06b.jpg

Hey blazin, do you ride with just the standard seatfoam? I'm been trying to decide if I should change mine out to the seat pad I've seen on some vk2s or add a cover from optima for mine.

AS Engineering S32 Zenit L trike. Front wheel drive, hydraulic braking in all three wheels, aluminium chassis.

this reminds me of how the ambigualy gay duo flys
http://members.westnet.com.au/rjharrop/recumbents/page2/tridem.gif

my burley limbo. with upgraded wheels and seat. I just moved the lights to a post mounted bracket today. I commute on this bike 20 miles a day haul heavy trailers of lumber and such too.

1. RANS V-Rex with Coroplast front fairing
2. Optima Baron lowracer
3. Homebuilt dual-26
May I ask where you found the plans (if any) for the home built dual 26?
thanks,

R Long

May I ask where you found the plans (if any) for the home built dual 26?

There weren't any formal plans. I just cut the seat tube and top tube on the first donor bike, and went from there, pulling the seat stays down and adding a downtube from another donor as the seat mounting tube. The boom was from new chromoly. Plans on the seat mounting clamp were found at recumbents.com, and the riser and handlebars are 7/8" aluminum tubing. Building a seat would have complicated the project, but I was able to use an old hardshell that was lying around.

Due to the junkyard-quality donor bikes, it's pretty clunky; but in spite of it all, it is almost as fast as my faired V-Rex.

You can see my bikes/trike at the link below.

Hey blazin, do you ride with just the standard seatfoam? I'm been trying to decide if I should change mine out to the seat pad I've seen on some vk2s or add a cover from optima for mine.
Sorry Greg I didnt' see your post right away. I've been using the standard foam, but it's getting pretty ragged after 3 years of hard use. I have a Bacchetta hardshell pad which sort of fits, but I don't like it. I want to get my hands on some Zote-type foam and cut/rout a homebrew pad.

Oh yeah, registration is now open for BRAT. This goes to John and Aikigreg.

http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/BRAT/

There weren't any formal plans. I just cut the seat tube and top tube on the first donor bike, and went from there, pulling the seat stays down and adding a downtube from another donor as the seat mounting tube. The boom was from new chromoly. Plans on the seat mounting clamp were found at recumbents.com, and the riser and handlebars are 7/8" aluminum tubing. Building a seat would have complicated the project, but I was able to use an old hardshell that was lying around.

Due to the junkyard-quality donor bikes, it's pretty clunky; but in spite of it all, it is almost as fast as my faired V-Rex.
I'm assuming the donor frames were cro-mo? I wonder about looking for some aluminum donors. It doesn't look too difficult to build a vacuum bag carbon fiber seat, but I'd sure use an "old hardshell" if I had one laying around. Don't you love it when you get to use that stuff that's been laying around collecting dust?

I'm assuming the donor frames were cro-mo? I wonder about looking for some aluminum donors. It doesn't look too difficult to build a vacuum bag carbon fiber seat, but I'd sure use an "old hardshell" if I had one laying around. Don't you love it when you get to use that stuff that's been laying around collecting dust?
Chromo? LOL - Only the boom. The rest is hi-ten. The main donor was a 1979 Ace Hardware road bike. One of the problems I ran into was that the rear dropouts weren't the normal 1/4" plate, they were just 1/8" sheet, crimped onto the stays. Had to use washers on the axles so that I could tighten the QRs into the dropouts.

Here's my RANS Rocket packed for touring with my new Arkel RT-60s, and another of me heading out for a weekend tour on the Rocket last summer:

Howdy! First post here, I'm a 30+ year cyclist and brand-new recumbent fan. I have just completed this fine machine:
Built along the lines of the "No-Weld" plans sold on the internet. I didn't buy the plans, I just looked at the pics and figured it out.
Thing comes in at a hefty 38 pounds, which leads me to wonder what I could do with one of the aluminum Y-frames and maybe one of those old Raliegh "Technium" roadsters for the boom...hehe.

I still need to sort out the gearing, and construct a chain tensioner to make the front DR work. Seat is pirated from a Nordic Trak ab machine.

http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41cc1280zedf02c43/8e64/__sr_/e555.jpg?pheZNRCBPlZlLA5z

Link didn't work for me. Go to tinyurl.com and convert it to something smaller!

Odd, opens instantly for me....Lets try this:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd07b3127cce908f9df2446e00000016108AcNGzhu3bNn

Success! I was looking around at some info this morning, and it's a good thing I decided to chuck the cheesy suspension forks that came with this bike, numerous recalls and reports of failures.

Odd, opens instantly for me....Lets try this:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd07b3127cce908f9df2446e00000016108AcNGzhu3bNn

Success! I was looking around at some info this morning, and it's a good thing I decided to chuck the cheesy suspension forks that came with this bike, numerous recalls and reports of failures.

The hell is that thing? A mountain bike/recumbant hybrid?

The hell is that thing? A mountain bike/recumbant hybrid?
That's just a homegrown mountain bike-to-recumbent conversion. You can get a commercial product for converting a mountain bike into a FWD recumbent from cruzbike.com

You just graft the forks/downtube/BB from an old roadster onto one of these cheap Y-Frame MTBs. There's a guy who sells plans, but I didn't think I'd need em.

I'm currently putting together a chain tensioner so as to make the front DR functional; using a skate wheel and an aluminum bracket.

I've been thinking of refining this idea. Cheap aluminum Y-Frames are readily available, as are old aluminum roadsters (or even solid-frame MTBs.) By going to an aluminum frame and "boom", and greatly lightening the seat assembly and stem, I think I can bring one of these things in at about 30 pounds. That would put it in the ballpark for many commercial 'bents.

This is my trusty BikeE. I've had it about five years, and it's still going strong. I had to add the electric power assist since my accident in October left me with a weak right leg, and a limp. It's powered by lithium ion polymer batteries, just like your laptop, so it's not too heavy. This gets me to work and everywhere else I have to go. If you'd like more information about this system here is a link to it's creators.

http://www.ecospeed.net/index.html

Here's my 2004 Actionbent Jetstream II Under seat steering. I do a partial commute to work every day totalling 30 miles per day. Not much to look at but I enjoy it for all its worth. It's kind of hard to see in those pics but in the seat bag on either side is a speaker with the cd player in the bag.

http://www.longwell.net/recumbent/images/small/100_2095.jpg
http://www.longwell.net/recumbent/images/small/100_2096.jpg
http://www.longwell.net/recumbent/images/small/100_2098.jpg
http://www.longwell.net/recumbent/images/small/100_2099.jpg

Here is a pic of my Trice Micro:
http://www.footeco.com/Images/Micro/leftside01.jpg

Here's my stable...

http://home.insightbb.com/~dtresenriter/stable.jpg

These new fangled thingamajigs can go faster than heavy velomobiles loaded with PBJs.

http://www.hostelshoppe.com/images/rally/2004/p7301460.jpg

Spuds

These new fangled thingamajigs can go faster than heavy velomobiles loaded with PBJs.

Spuds

Yep, that's recumbency nonpareil. point, set , match. :)

-Dennis

These new fangled thingamajigs can go faster than heavy velomobiles loaded with PBJs.

http://www.hostelshoppe.com/images/rally/2004/p7301460.jpg

Spuds

What are those?

What are those?

Velokraft No Coms.

Hi,

Here's a pic of my '04 Stratus and my new '05(very slightly used) Greenspeed GT3:

:D

alltheway,
Those recumbents are called a Thingamajigs. The elite Spuds McDoogle racing team rides Thingamajigs. It was made for those who prefer not to draft riders but instead sail down the road ahead.

All Thingamajigs come with an incredibell which is mandatory to warn fellow cyclist that the Thingamajig rider will be passing on the left. There is a large compartment inside the frame that holds a century rides supply of PBJ, a 64 oz bladder full of diet Coke and all tools needed for riding.

In a recent survey at he local skateboard park 98 % of the kids preferred the Thingamajig over the Bacchetta highracer. Must have something to do with the radical low stealth black X-Games look.

Spuds

What are those?

New family limo:

New family limo:

Here's hoping you have a ground level place to store that thing!

Here's hoping you have a ground level place to store that thing!
It's only 9' x 4'. :D

It gets stored vertically on two mover's dollies.

I'm not too proud of this but someone might like to glance at it. Write me and I'll tell you all about it. I'll have to tell you where and how I got it too as that experience was non pariel.

That is certainly not a recumbent it's a tandem-pronebike spuds mc googles! Recumbent means reclined so you shall have to come up with one of your "goofy" models if you want to call it a recumbent. For the rest what you consider "goofy" most of us think is beautiful inspiring. There have been a lot of pronebikemodels since the early forties but none of them became as popular as the recumbents.

Here are my recumbents ready for a ride.

A beautiful spring day for a ride in sunny CA.

A beautiful spring day for a ride in sunny CA.

I love the windsock idea. I'm going to have to get one of those!

A must for visibility!!

Beautiful bike. Mine is the Mistral in #42. I'm using the black plastic sponge seat--about 2" thick and very comfortable. It attaches with velcro. What kind of seat pad is on your Fujin?

Beautiful bike. Mine is the Mistral in #42. I'm using the black plastic sponge seat--about 2" thick and very comfortable. It attaches with velcro. What kind of seat pad is on your Fujin?I have a handmade cushion made of leather from "de liggende Hollander". It is most comfortable and resistent to water- I simply love it. I have never tested the Mistral but I have a friend of mine who has got one and he can't think of a better bent. Congratulations!

Here's a couple of my homebuilt bikes...

First bike is a SWB
http://www.backyardbents.orcon.net.nz/AA_0_006.JPG

One of my LWB's
http://www.backyardbents.orcon.net.nz/Bam/TMLWB1.jpg

A homebuilt something... Has promise but I have yet to find out just what it's promising :D
http://www.backyardbents.orcon.net.nz/Bam/TMP381.jpg