Freth's Recumbents

I'm working on 2 different cargo bikes right now ... and showing some of the other Recumbents that I've made.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Wife's New Trike

Custom made by Jack at S&B Recumbents

My wife's bikes or trikes have to be blue!
And she wanted something that sat higher off the ground
than a DeltaWolf trike ... so she got the
Venice Beach Trike.

Front end view
"Sun Bicycles" seat

close-up of the king-pin ...
showing the grease fitting.
It has 14 mm axles on the front wheels ...
which carry the most weight.

Steering connector from the handlebars.

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Labels: Recumbent Trike, Venice Beach Trike

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About Me

Freth: It seems I can never have enough Recumbents ... made 2 Bentech LWB's, 2 Bentech SWB, 1 Toureasy clone, a LWB lowracer, 1 Mach2, 1 Mach3, 1 BMX SWB, bought a Sun EZ-Speedster, made a DeltaWolf trike, a LongJohn cargo bike, a cargo trike, and a AZ Warrior trike. I LIKE USS! See some of my bikes below ...

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Redondo Lowracer

Due to the intermediate jackshaft, this flies as fast as a 26" rear wheel. (co-designed with S&B Recumbents - no longer in business)

Bentech SWB

Bought the Bentech plans, made the jigs, and made this from a Huffy Mtn bike & a muffler pipe. I extended the maintube 2" behind the front wheel. It handled nicely and became the bike I rode most because of ease of transport and visibility in traffic. (Bentech no longer in business)

ALM's LWB

My Wife loved her LWB Bentech ... as you can see by the smile on her face!

TE Clone

TourEasy Clone (found plans on internet). Early on, Gardner Martin did sell plans. Later, he went to selling completed bikes only. Used this bike for about 14 years. Recently I've been pulling parts off of it to use in other projects.

SWB BMX

SWB Fully Suspended Mongoose BMX - this was the first "Fully Suspended" type recumbent that I built .. by adding the front boom onto the BMX bike and changing the seat. Needed a stiffer spring suspension in the rear ... everytime it flexed, the bike changed gear due to the change in chain length. That was kind of disconcerting ...

Sun EZ Speedster CX

This is a much maligned SWB recumbent. I love it! And have had many enjoyable years riding this easy steering bike.

Venice Beach Trike

Jack Baker (S&B Recumbents) made this for my wife, a couple years before he died. She needed something more stabile than a 2-wheeler. Despite the high CG, she has yet to fall over on it.

Another Bentech design SWB

I was building this for a guy, and actually rode it. But he changed his mind, and it is still in the shop.

AZ Delta Trike

I was going to build this racing trike for myself ... but the wife gave it to a grandson. So I put 20" wheels on it instead of 26". The grandsons fight over this racing delta trike. I really like the square tube building concept. Easier to align things.