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Old 07-11-06, 04:45 PM
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building a Recumbent out of a BMX

i was planing on building a Recumbent out of a bmx frame and just stretch it a little, anybody else tried this or have pictures?
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Old 07-14-06, 04:59 PM
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May be wrong but I think I saw this on Sheldon Browns site.
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May be wrong but I think I saw this on Sheldon Browns site.

Yes I did see thison S.B site

https://sheldonbrown.org/bicycle.html#kkt
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BMX to Bent

Here are a couple of links that might be of help to you.

https://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisi...orrestbike.htm

https://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisi...e/junkbike.htm
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cool thanx! i would just like to build a recumbent as free as possible, and i thought a BMX would be the easist.
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