Pics, pics....    

Quote from Tom Nuchols on Dec 26^th, 2009, 8:25pm:

 
Yes, we need photos. Have you tried uploading them to photobucket?

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That is really cool and looks great. Did the backend come off a donor bike or did you bend all that yourself? Curiousity about some bike i have stuck in my head.

The color is John Deere Yellow for two reasons.  I like John Deere Equipment.  I am color blind and yellow does not blend into other colors as bad as reds, greens and browns.
The  rear end is from from donor front fork cut at the center joint and welded to the frame.  The angles stays are from the top part rear stays of a DF bike..  The bottom bracket came fromPower On cycles,  The head tube  is a donor item.  The seat design can be found at Andrew Carson's Recycled Recumbents free down Load.  I is a lot of work to cover.  The frame is very easy to make.
I have not hade the bike on the road yet.  I am adjusting it on the Cyclops Wind Trainer.  I am trying to give this knee more time to heel before I tear it up again.  I have completed the  rehab on the knee.
The chain may be a problem since I had a gift certificate  at Bike Nashbar and I purchased 2 so called 9 speed recumbent chain which it took almost 1 and 1/2 chains to make it work.  I am going to meassure the size against the Scram 971 chain I have on the other bikes.   This chain looks larger and seems to be stiffer than the 971 chains.
Happy New Year
Tom
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I finally got up enough nerve to take it out yesterday.  I am still working with a sore knee that looks like it will need more work.
the main problem is the very hig bottom bracket.  t isver yard toget my right leg that high.  It is 34 and 1/4 inches high.  The design of the seat that I used has to much down position on the front of the seat for this bike.  It worked great on the Clone of the long wheel base that I built which pictured in the group of pictures that we posted.   I have already planed to change the seat.     The is a small problem with the chain jumping in the high cassette gears which is a no brainer.    There is a slight out of alignment with the handlebar and the front wheel, again a no brainer.  
It was very easy to get rolling once I got my feet on the petals.  I know how to corredt every thing but the high bottom bracket.
Tom Nuchols