Anyone know of a web site with a recliner bike designs?

Question

I would like to make a recliner bike for my girl friend. Her father is a welder and i do design. Does anyone know of any good sites which have plans for recliner bikes.

Answer 1

Are you talking bike or trike?

If a bike try the grounghugger it is available as plans
http://www.rqriley.com/bike.html

If your talking trike you will need to get familiar with the terms ackerman compensation and brake steer. See this link for some details and basic plans.
http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/trike.htm

You should find a heap of info if you do a general search on recumbent bike/trike plans. (throw in a few more specifics to narrow down the search.

I recently went through the exercise of designing a recumbent . The hassle came when sourcing and costing out of the project. It cost way more than I could buy one ready made. ( I also doubt I would have got it right the first time ).

If you are keen on design at least have a look at some of the ready mades to get some ideas from. I enjoyed the exercise and learnt heaps from it. I don't own one yet but I'm working on it.

Check out this link to find your nearest dealer. And check their prices.
http://www.twbents.com.tw/HTM/link.htm

More up market manufacturers.
M5,Optima, Bacchetta, Challenge, Azub, Velokraft, Volae, Greenspeed,Carbent,Trisled, Go one,Twike

Answer 2

Check out recumbents.com for lots of info on models, building, etc. They have lots of tips for design and customization.

http://www.recumbents.com/home.asp