Recumbent bike system

The first recumbent appears in the journal "La Nature" N ° 1220 of October 17, 1896

This "Bicyclette normale" of Mr. Challand was presented at the Swiss National Exhibition of Geneva

His advantage is the comfort

Now the rest of this invention is the little pedal car for children

It exists also cars for adult with one, two or four seats

The best results of the recumbent is the top speed of 130 km/h on 200 m run with flying-start and 84 km for one hour run

2000 Short wheel base (SWB)

Or how to build a simple recumbent bike

Initial idea off a faired bike

It is the first HPV of my conception

I use a simple 24" bicycle frame

I weld on it a pedal system with a part of tube

The seat is made of plywood

SWB profile

At beginning I use an height handlebar but I abandon this idea after a crash

My knees touching the handlebar

The crank is from an MountainBike

I welded a square tube as boom

The seat is simply attached too the seat tube of the bike

Under seat view

With this HPV I ride many hours

I used it through may 2000 to February 2004 and winter 2006 - 2007

My best journeys are :

• Ecublens - Geneva - Ecublens (123 km, one time)

• Ecublens - Les Paccots - Ecublens (91 km)

• Ecublens - Vevey - Ecublens (68 km)

• Ecublens - Yverdon - Ecublens (75 km, one time)

Advantage :

• It climbs very good, despite of its 19 kg, thanks to his 21 speeds and mountain bike pedal system

Disadvantage :

• It is risky to brake hard like motorbike