Tim’s Recumbent
Web page
Recumbent Bicycle Builder in South Carolina
I remember seeing
my first recumbent bicycle in a DIY magazine well over two decades ago and
thinking it would be a great project. I saved the article but never actually
got around to building a bike at the time. My interest in building a recumbent
was rekindled when I started to see them on the Internet. I found several great
websites, message boards and books covering the design and building of
bicycles. A few are listed at the bottom of this page.
This site was created to show those who are interested in
building a recumbent bike what might be involved. Below are some of the bikes
I’ve either built or modified. Each pic is a
link to a page explaining a little about how that bike was created. Most were
constructed using parts from existing bikes so you could say I’m re-cycling.
TE 1st attempt at a TE
Clone
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Click on the pic
to
check out the info on
a specific bike.
If you
have any questions
email me at :
karlet@bellsouth.net
Welcome to
The jungle !
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RX Assembled BikeE
from parts
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T-Rex Clone of a Rans V-Rex
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TE
& V2 Best of
both bikes
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Workshop misc
tips and tricks
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Links
Bentrider
Online
Recycled Recumbent
MnHPVA
Wisil
HPV
Tandem, Touring and Recumbent Bikes - Greenville, SC
Books
Atomic
Zombie’s Bicycle Builders Bonanza A great book for beginners as it
instructs ways to go about collecting, disassembling and recreating a bike of
your own. The book has many plans and some really far out bikes
Bicycle Design
Written by Mike Burrows, the creator of the WindCheetah
trike and bicycle design engineer for Giant. An
excellent read on design and building, he makes the technical stuff easy to
understand. I highly recommend both books.
Bicycle Science
Exactly what the title says, all the math
behind how any bicycle works. Co-authored by Professor David
Gordon Wilson, inventor of the modern day recumbent.