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Recumbent bicycles, RR made and homebuilt A link to the do it yourself web page for Recycled Recumbents.

The (other) site has a complete plan set for the EZ Clone and Mach 2 recumbent bike frames. This also links to the author's sales page for Recycled Recumbents, where updates on comissions and available kits and finished bikes are on view.

05/13/2026

Frame repair! Oh me, FRiday a week ago, I got home from a lovely ride on my flagship Mach 2, called yellowbike2. Walking in the driveway I felt the rear brake dragging a little, so I put it on the stand to adjust it. While doing that I looked over the frame and - Oh MY! I found out why the drake was dragging! This picture is the left rear dropout and chainstay - the stay is cracked! Sheared clear through. I can't adjust THAT out. There was debate - in my head and with some friends - is this fixable. Maybe, though I don't feel good about either of the methods suggested. This iteration of my 'flagship'bike was made in late 2014, it has served me well for 11.5 years, thousands of miles.

My best bike needs a new frame. And I need something to ride meanwhile. Well, it's in the right place to feed both needs!

So, strip down the old bike. As it happens, new in the used bike department here I received an Easy Racers' Gold Rush just a few days before this tragedy. Parts from the old bike are now on the Gold Rush - the white bike below. First job was to 'morph' the Gold Rush as closely as possible into the peculiar comforts of my yellowbike2. The seat moved over, the crankset, my rear wheel. The Gold Rush really is a fine bike, and acceptable substitute for a month or so. The second picture here is the Gold Rush as received, the third is the Gold Rush as altered for this rider.

I have test ridden this temporary Yellowbike substitute, it's a really fine bike. I don't have to hurry to build a new Mach 2 frame.

So, time to address a new frame, which I've done the last three days. Hey, it rained all day today off and on, the frame is almost done! Picture four below is a partially made new frame, shown with the now stripped bare broken frame. And the last picture, taken this morning, show the complete new frame, lacking only the diagonal and other braze on features to be complete.

This goes to my painter to wait for the yellow color to come up on the line - it might be 2-3 weeks until I can get the new frame powdercoated. I've had fun making a new frame, I don't do it that often this year.

03/13/2026

Today, the wind cat is saying it’s not a good day to ride.

12/12/2024

JUst added this Cycle Genius Raven in the showroom. It's on Marketplace too. Coming soon will be a Cattroke 700, it's not quite ready yet!

10/19/2024

I know it isn't a new trend, but I just decided to try an air compressor for my toy shoppe (bicycle garage) again. I bought one in 2004 or so, one of the then fairly new, cheap oil-less compressors. You know, something to infate tires, blow off the workstand, etc. In 2004 I couldn't stand it, the blamed thing was noisy! When it went off I couldn't even think, let alone speak or hear conversation. Yeesh! It sat there, unplugged, unloved, for two three years before I gave it to my junque guy - the guy who used to come by and clear away my metal scrap bins. I don't know if he used it.

Any way, then til today I've pumped every thing by hand. Up and down and a succession of air pumps over the years. It isn't difficult.

But I got to reading about the new (to me) small compressors - how quiet they are. There's a new Praesta air chuck being advertised - I have Praesta valves on a LOT of my personal bikes. And we run two cars - the last time I went to the gas station to use their 50 cents air pump, there was a delivery truck in front of it so I had to wait...

So I was reading - new small compressors - 'Max 60 db rating' - donno what that means, but I like the, um, sound of it. Not expensive, easy to stow away when not needed. I took the plunge on a modest little 2 gallon oil free compressor. It arrived today (yes, mail order). Plugged it in and - ahhhhh - that's nice. quieter than my Milwaukee drill, come to that. The usual gasp and hiss when it gets to tank pressure, and when connection and disconnecting stuff. But very nice. I got a 50' hose (I hate the coil-hose stuff!) some QC ni***es, and a Schraeder inflator in another little kit. Now I can maintain the car tires in the comfort of my driveway. None of them needed air tonight, turns out. But at least I know (and Helen knows). I have ordered the new Praesta valve chuck and such, and I look forward to retiring (at least for shop/garage use) the trusty red hand pump I've had forever. Old dog, new trick.

10/11/2024

Two new additions to the showroom. Used bikes for sure, but newly offered. See the showroom for details on this Rans Stratus LE and Cattrike Expedition. https://sites.google.com/site/recycledrecumbents/home/the-showroom

09/23/2024

I donno WHAT to do! I kind of petted this in the parking lot in Xenia on Sunday at the end of the day at Cycle Con. Then it followed me home! Now it's here and I DON'T think Helen will let me keep it.....

Home safe after a weekend at the conference.

06/08/2024

A rainy Saturday transformation. EZ-Sport to Wonder-Sport! The stock EZ Sport is the first picture. It is modified for a lower, different seat in the second picture. It's a much prettier bike showing off that teardrop shape!

05/26/2024

I've added four bikes to the showroom today. I can't help it, they are all great bikes. Look for these new additions - Longbikes Slipstream, Burley Canto, Lightning P38, and Rans Rocket XL. Full descriptions and pricing here - https://sites.google.com/site/recycledrecumbents/home/the-showroom

03/15/2024

CAUTION - fundraising solicitation! Scroll down if offended. Sporadically over the last 27 years I have ventured into a 2 day Bicycling event, these are fundraisers for good cause. This year I am taking the opportunity to commit to the SCENIC SHORE 150 ride, in Wisconsin on July 27-28. The ride is beautiful, up the Lake Michigan shoreline from Mequon to Sturgeon Bay. I've done it many times, some of you know that, some of you know the route.

This ride is a charity fund raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Wisconsin. Please consider donating to the cause in my fundraising obligation to the event. L&L does great work supporting blood cancer research and patients, they are a worthy charity for your consideration, and they prove an excellent return value for every dollar donated. You can donate right now, from the seat you are poised on - this is the link - https://events.lls.org/pages/vtnt/2024ss150/ACarson

And this, of course, is the bike and rider. I am grateful for your consideration.

01/25/2024

Today I got OUT for a ride! The last time I was out (it says here) was January 8, Monday = 17 days ago. Hard to live without those endorphins for that long. I did breakdown and start using the trainer after about a week cooped up inside - but trainers don't yield miles on the bike (just time on the trainer. I've been pedaling through the rather dreary GET BACK sessions as Peter Jackson cut it together. Anyway, out for 20 miles (10 miles outbound before the trail was no longer cleared) today. Sweet! More on the weekend, and next week as the weather promises mild times. I might just stay in shape for my 2 week sojourn to Tucson in February!

12/22/2023

I've been puttering. These 5 bikes are new frames at the moment - two of them (green on top and red on the bottom) are Mach 3's, made to use a 700c rear wheel and a 26" front. The three in the middle are Mach 2's, made very much to the website formula. Across the winter, space permitting, I'll build them out for sale. I think I'll do the green Mach 3 first, I want to ride it a little bit. :-)

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