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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.
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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
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
Has anyone bought a recumbent bike from Walmart (the one for around $110 or so)?
Leena
I need to know if it works well or how it worked out for you. I'm looking for an affordable recumbent bike to work out on. Thanks!!
Answer
I know this goes beyond the scope of your question but I think it is important that you are informed.
As a general rule, when the machines you see at WalMart are designed it is assumed that you will buy it, use it once or twice, then store it in the basement or garage never to see the light of day again. You'll also see these lower priced machines in other places to satisfy the person who wants to do "something" to exercise and not spend too much money.
Buying a bike- any bike, including exercise bikes- from WalMart is a bad idea.
Recumbents are very complex machines and as a result they tend to be verrry picky about how they are made on the inside- where nobody pays any attention. They also tend to have less-than-optimum components
When selling exercise machines I relay these rules of thumb to my customers:
1) If the product costs less than $500, expect it to last approximately 100 hours.. that is 1/2 hour a day, 5 days a week for 1 year. Most of these units have a 90 day warranty. In order to use the warranty you need to contact the manufacturer (not the dealer) and fix it yourself with new parts supplied... many retailers (including WalMart to my knowledge) will not accept returns on items like this;
2) if it costs between $500 and $1000, expect it to last approximately 500 hours... 1 hour a day, 5 days a week for 2 years. Usually includes an in-home warranty of up to a year and occasionally has some dealer support;
2) If it costs over $1000 chances are there is an extended warranty and the machine is made for long term use, perhaps 5 years or more. This usually includes in home service at no extra charge. In the time you wear this machine out it is likely that a $500 machine would be replaced at least 3 times.
So, what do I suggest? Save your money, buy a nice sweatsuit and a good heart rate monitor, then go walking outside. If you have a munchkin or 2 to watch, buy a jogging stroller. Walk or jog 30 minutes a day outside.
If you choose to go ahead and get the recumbent, thats cool. Just print this answer out, fold it up, and tape it to the machine in an inconspicuous place. Once you start having problems and need to fix it, read this answer again.
I know this goes beyond the scope of your question but I think it is important that you are informed.
As a general rule, when the machines you see at WalMart are designed it is assumed that you will buy it, use it once or twice, then store it in the basement or garage never to see the light of day again. You'll also see these lower priced machines in other places to satisfy the person who wants to do "something" to exercise and not spend too much money.
Buying a bike- any bike, including exercise bikes- from WalMart is a bad idea.
Recumbents are very complex machines and as a result they tend to be verrry picky about how they are made on the inside- where nobody pays any attention. They also tend to have less-than-optimum components
When selling exercise machines I relay these rules of thumb to my customers:
1) If the product costs less than $500, expect it to last approximately 100 hours.. that is 1/2 hour a day, 5 days a week for 1 year. Most of these units have a 90 day warranty. In order to use the warranty you need to contact the manufacturer (not the dealer) and fix it yourself with new parts supplied... many retailers (including WalMart to my knowledge) will not accept returns on items like this;
2) if it costs between $500 and $1000, expect it to last approximately 500 hours... 1 hour a day, 5 days a week for 2 years. Usually includes an in-home warranty of up to a year and occasionally has some dealer support;
2) If it costs over $1000 chances are there is an extended warranty and the machine is made for long term use, perhaps 5 years or more. This usually includes in home service at no extra charge. In the time you wear this machine out it is likely that a $500 machine would be replaced at least 3 times.
So, what do I suggest? Save your money, buy a nice sweatsuit and a good heart rate monitor, then go walking outside. If you have a munchkin or 2 to watch, buy a jogging stroller. Walk or jog 30 minutes a day outside.
If you choose to go ahead and get the recumbent, thats cool. Just print this answer out, fold it up, and tape it to the machine in an inconspicuous place. Once you start having problems and need to fix it, read this answer again.
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