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Long cargo rack options for DIY recumbent cargo bike?

Old 05-19-20, 11:29 AM
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Long cargo rack options for DIY recumbent cargo bike?

I am working on a recumbent Bike E2 (tandem) which I scored a few months ago and which I want to convert more into a cargo bike. I already removed the rear seat and rear handlebar. I will also take the pedals off the rear crank set. Since I am now having a frame with a long flat surface behind the seat I am looking for rack options. Needs to be wide enough for panniers on each side which clear the rear suspension arm and the rotating rear crank case. Also a long removable basket for the top might be cool. Basically looking for ideas.


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Ah you adapted a Bike E, fitting existing parts,,, plumbing material used for that back support?

Bike E as a company is long gone..

Now you build a custom rack in your shop Or hire it out .. can you Braze?
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For those interested, here is what the original poster ended up doing. More information can be found by searching the recumbent forums.

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Originally Posted by fietsbob
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Now you build a custom rack in your shop Or hire it out .. can you Braze?
I built the rack myself. It was very easy afterall on the BikeE. It is just clamped to the frame. 2 aluminum angles, wood board bolted on top, 2 pair of Sunseeker pannier racks and two pairs of BikeE seat clamps.
But I have just sold the bike. I wanted to electrify it but eventually found a used long tail cargo eBike for far less of what it would have cost me to convert this bike to an ebike.



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For those interested, here is what the original poster ended up doing....
Pontoons! I could use a bike like that here in New Orleans right now!
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