Hello from Peterborough UK
04-24-17, 04:24 PM
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Hello from Peterborough UK
Hi all, just a quick introduction, i'm a homebuilder/restorer, so far I have scratch built a recumbent FWD RWS trike by eye and very few measurements mostly.
Then, once that was up and running I built a slightly faster two wheeled SWB recumbent based mostly on Atomic Zombies "Spirit" again, built by looking hard at several pics and making my own measurements to fit me!
In my quest for old bikes (ebay finds etc) for the recumbents I've found a couple of older 70s folding 3 speeds, not worth a lot so I've rebuilt one of them for an upcoming camping trip (get there by car, use the bikes to get around once there), cleaned and changed anything worn out, replaced cables etc, the other one i'll do over the next weekend or so.
So these are my three that are done, well until I decide to change something again!
Then, once that was up and running I built a slightly faster two wheeled SWB recumbent based mostly on Atomic Zombies "Spirit" again, built by looking hard at several pics and making my own measurements to fit me!
In my quest for old bikes (ebay finds etc) for the recumbents I've found a couple of older 70s folding 3 speeds, not worth a lot so I've rebuilt one of them for an upcoming camping trip (get there by car, use the bikes to get around once there), cleaned and changed anything worn out, replaced cables etc, the other one i'll do over the next weekend or so.
So these are my three that are done, well until I decide to change something again!
04-24-17, 04:59 PM
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Welcome cambiker, some radical designs there mate, sounds like your having a ton of fun. I see heaps of old bikes left out on those curbside cleanups, I actually picked up 2 the last time I saw one and stripped some parts off. Very handy.
04-24-17, 06:12 PM
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Welcome to Bike Forums. Good looking bikes.
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I am a cyclist. I am not the fastest or the fittest. But I will get to where I'm going with a smile on my face.
04-25-17, 05:24 PM
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Consider making a build thread on future projects I would like to follow
04-27-17, 02:45 PM
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Thanks all, yes, i'll add a build thread on the next one, if you search for my username on atomic zombies forum I currently have two build threads there 
