'Recumbent Bikes' Category
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Jun072004
Steering setup
On to the steering setup. This was an area of much work (and rework). As you can see from the illustration, I have tried several different steering setups. The one that seems to work the best is similar to the ones that appear on most commercial recumbents. (Hmmm, I wonder why that is…) I will [...]
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Jun052004
Seatworks
Seat Post? With the three main tubes in place, it is time to add the seat tube (accurate but misleading name) and a false brake bridge to complete the basic frame. First I cut and shaped a piece of the tubing left over from the new chainstay tubes to fit between the chainstays about 3 [...]
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Jun042004
Chainstays
Next, I worked on the chainstays. This was the most difficult part of the building process and is something I will avoid on the next bike. The first step in this part of the construction was removing the stubs of the chainstay tubes from the bottom bracket. The plan was to simply heat the bottom [...]