RECYCLED RECUMBENTS!!! 
RECYCLED RECUMBENTS!!!
PARTS, KITS, AND BIKES!
(BIKES FOR SALE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, Scroll down)
You should try to make this
bike. Organize a few tools, scrape up a couple of yard
sale bikes, a little garage space. Give it a try! If you are not
a welder or brazier (sp?), take your hacksaw-cut and carefully filed parts to a
friend who is. The mechanical details of assembly are very
accessible and take only a few specialty tools. Bike mechanics work
too cheap, and are usually susceptible to Mountain Dew bribery.
Write
me - especially if I have confused you anywhere on this site.
Half my joy in this hobby is discussing my odd passion with you. I
am most interested in your progress, and in your improvement on these pages.
Somewhere in the website is a feedback page.
I hope you use either that or the Email listing at the bottom of this
page to respond to what is here.
If I can help you with advice, I am paid enough.
If you can help me with a better idea, I am blessed!
Last and least if the process scares you,
let me help.
It shouldnt I believe anyone can build this bike.
It takes desire, time, ingenuity, and often helpful friends, but you can
do it. But if the
project does give you the heebies, or if YOU scare you off, yet you still
want a modest but great riding entry into recumbent bicycling, get in touch.
Ill meet you anywhere along this road you want to start.
Need a frame? Ill sell you
a frame for next to nothing and you can build it up and paint it as your own.
Got a bike you like, but my seat seems comfortable?
Ill send you a seat frame, and we can work on inventing the hardware
to get it onto your ride. Want
a whole kit frame, fork, seat frame, and special parts?
We can do that and you can do the rest.
I build around 8-10 complete bikes a year a few of those not on
commission are looking for good homes.
It is a hobby and labor of love I do not make a living from
this. I
fantasize about it, perhaps, but you and I are a pretty small niche market.
If
there are any parts, portions, or assemblies I can help you with, I will be glad
to. A rough idea of costs, not
including shipping, are:
The
plan set is not for sale - every drawing on this site is a down load-able
PDF file - look here - DRAWINGS
RECYCLED
RECUMBENT PARTS
Bare EZ Clone frame $160
Matched
donor fork with a brake bridge
$
40
Bare Mach 2 $200
Matched fork with rake and bridge $ 50
Seat
frame (I make 15" and
16"wide stock)
$ 60
Seat
finished with stitched in web (black is 'stock')
$ 100
Set
(top & bottom) of seat mounts
$ 40
A
steering stem
$ 25
Diagonal
frame brace
$ 25
Brake
studs front or rear, each pair
$ 25
Der. cog/washer idler $ 10
If
I have it in stock you can have it this week.
If I am making a frame in your size, it might take a little longer.
Please write me with your needs.
I'll let you know what I have on hand.
If you place an order this way, I'll expect payment in advance of
shipping - use my address from the home page here.
Bike
parts your salvage is probably as good as I have what I have you are
welcome to at salvage prices. Lets
talk.
Whole
bikes built this way?
I build about 6-12 a year. Want
one? Lets talk.
Generally priced here at $700 with donor stock components and a powder coat
paint job. There is a
sometimes a spare
bike or two in stock. Id be
tickled to make an ideal bike for you either the 10 Speed version I have
sold a few times on Ebay, or something tailored to your specific needs and
components.
Thanks for visiting, and let me hear from you! Home
ADC
CURRENT BIKES AND FRAMES FOR SALE:
Bare frames are posted below these two bikes for sale. Keeeeeeeep scrolling!
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The blue bike closed on EBay Feb. 17. The one with the rack closed Feb. 27. The last of these three bikes is still here, detailed below.
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Offered For
This Yellow bike is a Mach 2 frame.
The frame length is 42.5, roughly sized for riders from 6-2 to
6-6 tall. Shorter riders
can be fit to the bike but there are limits.
This is about as long a bike as Ive made.
Some statistics:
Wheel base
-
77.5
- Seat height -
21.5
- Crank height -
12.5
- 18 speed drive train (3x6)
NEW Suntour - 175mm crankset. 48-38-28 chain rings. THIS IS CHANGED on 3/1/10 from the earlier listing.
- frame has diagonal brace for
stiffer ride.
- Shimano 100GS brake levers, NEW
Gripshift 3x7 shifters.
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Composite cage pedals.
- Rear wheel is 700c alloy, with 6 speed freewheel and bolt on hub, tire is Kenda Kontender 26c 120 psi road.
- NEW front wheel is a 20 (406c) Weinman 1.75 alloy rim, sealed bearing bolt-on hub. NEW tire is a ISOTECH 100 psi road slick, Schraeder valve. New tube.
- ProMax V-brakes front and rear.
- New cables and housings for the entire bike. - NEW wide
alloy handlebar custom bent for best comfort.
- Weight - about 40 lbs as you see it pictured.
- Seat is new, the sling seat described on website verrrrrry comfortable.
- Bike includes kickstand, return chain idler, NEW MIrrycle
rear view mirror.
- Powder coated, durable finish.
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FRAMES for sale.
Here is the current collection of recent projects:
E This frame is 37 ½ long, a Mach 2. I have not finished this frame by adding basic stops or drilling for the idler yet. With those minimal finished (or not) it is priced at $250 for frame and fork. We can finish it to your specifications, of course.
F-
This frame is 36 long. It
uses a lightweight Trek MTB frame for its front end, so the downtube is 1 Ό
tubing size a front derailleur to match.
The head tube is a standard 1 size.
This frame is not yet minimally finished with the cable stops for the
rear derailleur or the drilled hole for the idler.
With those minimal finishes, this frame is available for $250.
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USED BIKES - These are bikes that have come my way used, from other sellers. They are manufactured bikes. In a way, this is recycling too!
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Vision R44 - a USS short wheel base bike. Price on the website at $600.
Very light, very fast. 3x9 gearing, trigger shifters, good Vbrakes, a great wheelset showing little wear. The seat is not new, but shows no holes or rips. Write me for more specifics.
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Vision R85 monotube tandem. Also known as a "Double Vision" - a very popular touring bike, great for the traveling team!
Price on the website at $1,500
The Vision R85 is a consumate tandem. 3x8 gearing, Independent Pedaling System (IPS), Magura hydaulic rim brakes, drum brake (for those long descents). This bike is in great shape, 100 psi Kenda Kwest tires, has two bags - rack bag shown and a seat back bag that isn't in the overall shot. THe bike is adjustable for different height captains and stokers. And it's expensive to ship (but I will!).
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Thanks for looking at the current crop. Let me know if something here merits a home with you!
FOR ANY BIKE or Frame -
Shipping Con. US only you pay the
costs plus about $5 in packing tape.
Using Fedex Ground I find costs range from around $55 to near $100,
pending your distance from
Please write with your comments or questions. That is as much fun for me as a sale! Ride safe, ride often!
Contact A.D. Carson, adcarson@recycledrecumbent.com or call 414-616-0307