Recumbent Roundup

Chuck From “Chuck’s No-Weld Recumbent Bike.” Because riding a recumbent means you have to smile like that:)

As with tall bikes a few weeks ago, I’ve just hit my tipping point with recumbents: there are now too many high-quality how-to’s on this most aerodynamic style of bike to avoid adding it to my project list. A central dividing question seems to be “to weld, or not to weld?”

Some of the no-weld variants:

• No welding, done in a few spare hours” (supposedly)
• Mother Earth News’ acccount of a conversion: “The $18 Recumbent Bicycle”
• This recumbent incorporates wood and claims no irreversible changes to the underlying bike need occur
• A “front wheel drive center steer semi recumbent bicycle” that supposedly can be constructed without a welder or even power tools

And, those pulling out their TIGs:

• A long-wheelbase low racer recumbent bicycle: looks pretty slick!
• A kid’s version, by the same author as above
• EZ Clone 1 and other advanced recumbent plans

Not challenging enough? I’d love an open-source version of the Transformation Trike:

Happy extremely-low-coefficient-of-drag cycling!