Building a Recumbent Mountain Bike
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at
9:24 am
Building a Recumbent Mountain Bike. Shown here at the Old Post Trails in Russellville, Arkansas. Check out my Blog at: thisismyshadygrove.blogspot.com
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good job man! after seeing your action, i build my first a Recumbent Mountain Bike too, thanks for inspiring me.
good job man! after seeing your action, i build my first a Recumbent Mountain Bike too, thanks for inspiring me.
@wordreet Although the center of gravity is a bit high, I have grown comfortable with it. That actually is the least of the concerns for this ride. Main downside is it simply does not do anything quite as well as if it were in normal configuration. So learn what it can and can’t do and ride within that best that I can. I can go surprisingly fast on non technical single track, but throw in some technicality and I am usually having to dismount more frequently than if I were on a normal ride.
As an off road rider, I can appreciate your desire to get out on the trails. But the centre of gravity on your bike would scare me half to death! :¬)
Congrats for the build (even though it was 2 yrs ago) and I’m glad you are enjoying it.
Have you considered making a simple rubber bush type of rear suspension?
@daUntitled I got the hose from an auto parts. It is kind of a hard plastic, very thin wall and very resilient. Sorry about the late reply.
@6F00T4TV I ride the bike fairly conservatively, as it does not handle technical stuff very well. Thus so far I am managing ok with the rigid rear end. This winter, I may pursue getting the rear suspension back in place with the appropriate pivot point to avoid the pogo. Thank you for you comment.
@vivitar45 I left the wheel base as it was, thus yes…. probably a pretty short wheel base for a recumbent. With me in riding position, I have a 50/50 weight distribution between the wheels. Longer wheelbase would have meant a longer turning radius. Have not ever felt like it want to put me over the front wheel, and I have ridden off drop-offs of 1 foot and less. I have surprisingly become fairly good riding this thing on our trails of Arkansas. Just have to know the bikes limits.
Good job, but I think you still need the rear suspension. You’re back looks like it might suffer in the long run. Also, you’re at the mercy of the bumps – I guess it’s something you get used to.
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nice bike i think the weel base is to small your waight is to far to the front weel did you ever fall off going over the front of it you just be better to buy a new bike like a comfert or beach cruser that you sit up straight on it
Hey great job looks like great fun. I am thinking of makeing one myself well done.
I hear ya man. I was just being contrary. I’m in the process off building one myself. I love to see other people putting their ingenuity on display. It’s amazing what some people come up with. Keep up the good work!
@ETERNALTEXAN I do ride this bike on all the trails of Arkansas, including the Womble and the Ouachita Trail. So I would call it a mountain bike. It is very limited though in what it can do as I am simply dead weight on the bike. Cannot un-weight the front, so I have to know it’s limits in technical sections. On fairly non technical and even steep downhill that has no jumps, I can go pretty fast. Would not want to hit any jumps. Only reason I ride this way is due to neck injuries.
Umm, actually, I wasn’t going to ask if it was for sale or headed for production. Just wanted to know where the jumps and steep downhills were. This thing is still supposed to be a mountain bike, right?
hey, nice video ;D I was thinking about making recumbent too, and I had this question… Is it some kind of special hose on the chain? or just regular, for example gardening hose etc? again, great video 5*
@menamiketrx Please feel free to check out the bike i just made ,my first.Its a recumbent also.
Appreciate you commet. Indeed you are correct. This is my first bike project and was a very satisfying endeavor.
Very nice bike man, No bike like the one you make yourself . It just feels good to ride your own,dont you think so ? 5 stars.
Without a doubt, there have been a few embarrasing fall-overs, but I am getting better at knowing with this ride can and cannot do. Just like any machine, we learn it’s capabilities and try to stay within the envelope.
man, that’s pretty cool. it’d be fun to have one of these. how do you make a sudden stop and not fall over? to me, it seems that if you had to stop quickly, it’d be hard to put your feet down because of the position your body is in.
Thanks for you input…. I somewhat understood this principal and understood why it was pogoing. Maybe this winter I will make the mod to position of the pivot point. There are times, such as drop-offs on trails that I would appreciate having the suspension back.
the pogo effect was probably the chain pulling on the suspension while you pushed on the pedals. to get rid of it, you should make the tensioned side of the chain pass directly through the axis of the suspension pivot. that way, the “pogo” force will be pointed directly at the pivot, causing no torque on the suspension arm. i know it’s probably too late to make that change though…. nice bike!
I have ridden the bike at highspeed both on and off-road. Very stable at speed. It is basically the same configuration as the original as far as wheelbase, and my weight on the bike is 50/50. Chain does not jump off and minimal slapping as it is controlled by the guide tubes.
Both wheels are the original 26 inch. Handles well. I have done very high speed runs on and off road with the bike.
May be changing to disk brakes this winter.
Excellent trail. Fast with lots of twisty turns. No huge hills, which is rare for Arkansas.