This is my first attempt at designing and building a recumbent bike. It’s a long wheelbase design, about 8ft long, and weighs about 40 pounds. It’s a blast to ride! On the pages that follow are some notes on its contruction and photographs in case you’re looking to build a bike yourself. If you do make one, I look forward to hearing about it.
I started in April of 2000 and in November I called it workable as the winter rolled in. Initially, I planned to reuse old bike parts collected from garage sales whenever possible, but as I went along, the reused parts became scarce, due to quality issues and the fact that many department store bike parts aren’t compatible with the standard components. Besides, I wanted to leave myself an upgrade path by using standardized components that can be replaced. The rear triangle, front wheel and tire, front fork, front derailer, rear tire and stem were salvaged from old bikes, notably my 26″ Huffy Caribou MTB that I’d had since I was a kid. I couldn’t stand to part with it, so parts of it live on. I recently acquired a Sun EZ Speedster CX, so this is now my wife’s bike.
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I found the bike site interesting, and the fact that we have the same last name too!