The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Cent My motivation for this project started long ago. I built a Tadpole trike some years back, and I made a full fairing for it with coroplast. It had several problems that kept me from riding it. 1) Since the frame is fixed you can't lean it into a corner. This means you lose speed, eat tires off the front, and you have to have a very wide track to keep all the wheels on the ground in a turn. Please, people with tadpole trikes. O.K. with all the drawbacks of the tadpole trike above the vehicle was disassembled and the remains are still hanging in my garage. Last fall I was surfing the web and came across a web site that featured tilting three wheelers.
Cabine13.com Easy Racers Recumbent Bicycles | Home Blog | Velocult | Portland Bike Shop, Bar, Cafe, Cultural Hub | Page 3 Cycles J Bryant – Ryan’s 650b Randonneuse Joshua recently completed his first frame built at Velo Cult for Velo Cult customer Ryan. “Ryan came to me when I offered a batch production, semi-custom randonneuse. Introducing the Velo Cult Framebuilding Studio: Cycles J Bryant This has been in our plans for quite some time but finally we pulled it off. Velo Cult Live Music: Hang The Old Year, U sco, Oker, Gaime It was a warm night in the shop, but the live music was pumping. Happy 4th of July from Velo Cult Enjoy these patriotic bicycles! Treo Ranch I just got back from a trip to TREO Ranch just outside of the Hardman Oregon living ghost town. Nelson Vails Visits Velo Cult Last week Olympian and Cycling Hall of Fame inductee Nelson Vails came by the shop to tell his story and do a Q&A with our customers. Portland Afoot Starting and Ending at Velo Cult, the 60+ teams of two or more are taking advantage of public transit options like the bus, MAX, and Streetcar but Continue reading “Portland Afoot” »
CF_Bike_home My DIY Carbon Fiber Recumbent Bike Odyssey by Mark Rehorst Update October 2006 - DISASTER STRIKES! Ever since I first saw a recumbent bike (either an article in Scientific American magazine on human powered vehicles, or a TV show with a segment on HPV races) I wanted one. That was almost 30 years ago. I built the Hypercycle with a 26" rear wheel and very high pressure tire. Here it is now! That 75 mile ride felt like walking up stairs. Here's my niece, Jenna, on the Hypercycle in 2004, 20 years after I built it. seen riding around Milwaukee on it. Fast forward to 2004, and there are lots of recumbent bikes available, but now that I can afford one, I am too cheap to buy one. My experience with the Hypercycle helped me decide what I wanted in a bike. The final list of desired features looked like this: Desired features and reasons: After a lot of reading at web sites and some trips to the library, I decided that carbon fiber composite was the way to go. Frame Design Steering - What handlebars?
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