This summer we had an international recumbent-meeting here in the Netherlands, with races, a show etcetera. You can imagine that my daughters had a lot of onlookers! A lot of people asked them to give a demonstration. There were even people asking if they could buy the bike. I advised them to build one themselves! The only thing I want to replace is the coaster brake. Because it's impossible to pedal backwards, it's quite difficult for the girls to start riding. Well, I hope thet you like the bike! Of course the girls will be very proud when the pictures will be shown in the gallery. Good luck with your beautiful website! The Netherlands |
I would like to send you two pictures of the recumbent I built for my two daughters. I got the idea from David Rehus' site about "no weld recumbents". I immediately knew that I wanted to build one myself. I started with an 18 inch kids-bike, an old girls bike, a front-fork, some rollerskate wheels and some more old parts. I didn't use any plans, I just started building. It took about two weeks.The only difficulty was finding the correct chain-line. Of course it took the girls some training-rides, but as you can see in the pictures, they are doing just fine, and they love it! The red haired girl is Eileen, she is eight years old; her sister Lisa is six. |
Stef Pluijm: No-Weld Children's Recumbent |
I would like to send you two pictures of the recumbent I built for my two daughters. I got the idea from David Rehus' site about "no weld recumbents". I immediately knew that I wanted to build one myself. I started with an 18 inch kids-bike, an old girls bike, a front-fork, some rollerskate wheels and some more old parts. I didn't use any plans, I just started building. It took about two weeks.The only difficulty was finding the correct chain-line. Of course it took the girls some training-rides, but as you can see in the pictures, they are doing just fine, and they love it! The red haired girl is Eileen, she is eight years old; her sister Lisa is six. |
This summer we had an international recumbent-meeting here in the Netherlands, with races, a show etcetera. You can imagine that my daughters had a lot of onlookers! A lot of people asked them to give a demonstration. There were even people asking if they could buy the bike. I advised them to build one themselves! The only thing I want to replace is the coaster brake. Because it's impossible to pedal backwards, it's quite difficult for the girls to start riding. Well, I hope thet you like the bike! Of course the girls will be very proud when the pictures will be shown in the gallery. Good luck with your beautiful website! The Netherlands |
