RECYCLED RECUMBENTS!!!!!!!
NEW BIKES ON December 17, 2009!!! There is a way where there is a will! And there is almost no wrong way to make this bike! Read on! (I remain an imperfect record keeper. If I have mis-labeled or forgotten a credit below, please forgive first, and write me to correct it second.)
(I also put a few recent projects of mine on the A.D.'s bikes page.)
Gene took a frame of mine and fitted it out like this. Beautiful. He took a great high density photo of it too, which I played with to isolate the bike from the background.
This is Bill Hodskins bike - with his original seat on it. We chatted on line and he then added a Barnett Williams seat to it.
He says it rides better this way.
Carl Begley's bike. Carl made a different seat attachment to the top bar, using machine collars - as:
How is it holding up, Carl?
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I always enjoy straying from the straight and narrow Recycled path. Dana Early created these bikes and shared them by photo. Unique frame restyling on the yellow bike, with a unique seat brace. You might springboard a recycled 'Fold-Rush' from such inspiration! The silver bike is an aluminum project. And USS to boot.
Darby Hite wrote me from
Michigan - had I ever shown his bikes in this forum? I didn't
recall, so I am showing his work now. This bike, and the next, are
his. He used SUV hatch bearings for his USS steering
pivots.
I thought you might like to see Darby's home made bike stand, too.
Standard steel pipe bits, with a furniture clamp mounted on the top 'L', and
braced into a rolling TV cart. Ingenious.
Dave Nellis' bike, with some details of his work. Unique seat stitching, wrapped around the back of the frame. And his aluminum block seat brace clamps remind me of Easy Racers' for their Cobra Seat.
Don King wrote from
the island to share this bike, which he has ridden all over, on the continent,
even. I am not sure how he credits Recycled Recumbents,
exactly, with inspiration, but this is a very interesting bike. English,
somehow.....
Two from Doug Toms. He used a road handlebar with extensions for the bike on the left. Looks like pipe fittings on the right.
Ed Michner. You may have seen this bike previously. If so, note that Ed is a perfect example of continuing to embellish. This bike gets fancier every time I see it.
From Ed Sherman. He's rigged an underseat handlebar as well. Note the cover on Ed's seat. Simple - a webbing band wound in a spiral up the frame. Like taping a handlebar.
Ed Spielman and the bikes he has made.
I spotted this on a Craig's list ad from San Diego (there is a search engine,
you can set it to look for recumbent bikes.....) Not sure who made
it.
Gene Berger sent this in. He looks relaxed, don't he?
This unfinished marvel is from Jeff Pallazzollo. Got it cranked up yet, Jeff?
Jim Feustel's bike. He plans to ride it this summer in his 5th (?) or 6th (?) trip across Ohio (GOBA). Maybe with a softer seat by then.....
John Wolter
showed me this first progress shot. I am not sure where he is on it
now. We all have to start, eh?
This is Lauro Haber de Amapa, from Brazil. He is a true adventurer, riding this bike north to south ACROSS rural/coastal Brazil. He sent me a web link to his photo journal - I've lost it or I would post it here. A proven bike, though, eh?
R.D. Zink is a building addict, I think. If you look closely, he is experimenting with the geometry in several ways.....
Rick Cox showed me this progress
shot in early October. How far along are you now, Rick?
Another progress shot Shawn Chervinskis, just this month, I think. I am hoping for a finished shot by the next edition.
This is from Tom Dout, a fine looking EZ Clone bike.
And finally, just because I like pictures of smiles on bikes, this is Joachim - he is on a bike I made, FWIW.
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That's the 'final' 2009 edition of this page. I always love seeing pictures of the work other do making these bikes. Thanks for browsing. If you sent a picture and I missed it, write and let me know. If I missed your intent, or there is a better shot than above, send it in! I very much appreciate seeing where you go with your project. There is no finer payback for what is out here on the web than your responses to it. Keep the faith!
Check out details by me and by others on the detailing page here. Detailing
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