Presenting the Redneck Recumbent

[Frank Lee]

Re: tire drag: Shouldn't a "Ride Hard" tire be an ultimate Ecomodder tire?



No, on second thought, the ultimate Ecomodder tire would be "Hard Ride".

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Re: tire drag: Shouldn't a "Ride Hard" tire be an ultimate Ecomodder tire?



No, on second thought, the ultimate Ecomodder tire would be "Hard Ride".

But that does read "Hard Ride", or actually "Hard Ride".

[mcrews]

nice, leave it to our eco-ero brother to decifer the hidden code in the tire!!!!!!!!

of course, you had the dark ages,........and the druids..........

[Frank Lee]

Hacked it up today and now it's a pile of bones again, to match the skulls on the tire.

[puddleglum]

I think your on the right track with the MKII. If you rake out the head tube to get the trail right, it should be more stable. I'm still not sure why you wanted FWD though. Was it just to try something different?

[Frank Lee]

Yes, I'm sure everyone is predicting right, with proper rake and trail it'll settle right down. It was expedient to give the "wrong" geometry a try just to see tho'. Straight ahead, and small steering inputs were fine, but try to give it more steering at speed and... ah ha ha ha ha ha... wipeout!

I've got ideas for another power source for the rear wheel; not only is it easier to power that wheel from the existing sprocket, but I wanted the pedal fwd for the short n sweet chain run vs snaking it all over the place.

AND there is the "different" aspect of it too.

[ngrimm]

Pretty clever Frank but I think I'll have build his one:

[Frank Lee]

If this one isn't all I hoped, something like that should do the trick!

I've revamped the head tube angle and fork trail, but not welded it all back together yet.

[ngrimm]

I sure got a laugh out of the other bike pics your posted, like the snowplow and grocery cart bikes.
Not sure if you found the link so here it is: Mark Eckert Markolounger

He basically combined the rear of a mountain bike and the front of a bmx type bike. He had to put two chains together and an idller sprocket in the middle. One thing I don't think I'd like is the tiller type steering. Thinking I could put a u-joint along with a support bracket where the handlebars currently mount to make something more natural feeling. I've got an old mountain bike already and should be able to find a smaller bike for the front. I'm kinda anxious to start on it but I really need to get some other projects done first.

[Frank Lee]

I considered leaving the original head tube in place and putting frame extensions in front of it for the "real" headtube and front end, such that the original head tube could support the handlebars alone and then there'd be a steering link running forwards to the drive/steer fork. This time I opted for the simplicity of direct handlebar mounting in spite of it getting a tiller effect. Also there is no steering system slop from added joints and bits. Who knows, maybe I'll try it the other way sometime. First impression of tiller effect steering is OK though.