bicycles Archive
Eamespunk Recumbent Trike
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Wow! This bent-wood ‘bent is beautiful! Click through for a build log – english translation is here.
Hardshell Bicycle Trunk
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Here are some pictures of a hard shell trunk I made for my all-weather commuter bike out of an industrial dual compartment mop bucket. Originally published at Bike-Recumbent.com. Here are some pictures of a hard shell trunk I made for my all-weather commuter out of an industrial dual compartment
Short Wheelbase Recumbent Bike
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Collecting Materials: After getting my shop in order and purchasing a new drill press I began to collect the donor bikes: The black one is a Bridgestone that was hit by a car, it will donate the head and bottom bracket shells, handlebars and brake levels. The red bike
A Visual Aid for Bike Design
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For Halloween I made a Witch on a broomstick out of 2" thick Styrofoam insulation. I got my 8 year old daughter to pose with a broom and then I snapped a picture with my digital camera. I did an "edge trace" with Paint Shop Pro and used the
Front Wheel Drive Moving Bottom Bracket Experiments
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Some random experiments with front wheel drive bikes. Originally published at Bike-Recumbent.com The first iteration is based on Tom Traylor's designs. As with the SWB project I am looking for a bike that I can ultimately try and put in a full fairing. With the short wheelbase bike I
Cheap Hydration System for a Recumbent Bicycle.
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When I changed the handlebars on my Tour Easy for a "T" bar arrangement I needed to find a new place for my water bottles. I took a look at some of the Camelback type systems available but balked at their prices. In the past I'd used homemade "hydration"
Home Depot Bike Headlight
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How to make high power bicycle headlights with materials from your local home center. This is an article from a few years back that was up at Bike-Recumbent.com, I'm consolidating everything from there over to here. Nearly five years after I built them I am still using these headlights with
Retro bike stuff – Orange Velo
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From Steubens Wheelmen! Here’s a shot of The Brass Lion with a Down Low Glow "Fossil Amber" light from Rock The Bike ! And since we are talking bike accessory you should pop over to Velo ORANGE for some truly wonderful retro-bike accessories like this pair of paniers!