My experience is with motorcycle frames, and bicycles aren't really much different. The key is building the right jig, and learning to work with weld distortion. Looking forward to to watching your progress. Mike
This too has vexed me.The problem I have with recumbents is there are just too many choices. Bike or trike. Short wheel base or long wheel base. Big wheels, small wheels or some combination. Sitting up high or sitting down low. Tadpole or Delta. Etc.
I've been picking up abandoned bikes and taking dontaions of old ones for cutting up and practicing copeing and also the welding of the bike tube.
Paul Brodie on youtube has a lot of good videos on frame alignment etc.
Stu
I completely agree and just had to go with what appealed to my eye. I had decided on building the Atomic Zombie tadpole with the rear suspension and had gotten plans and started my parts accumulation….and up pops a deal. Doing my final run through CL before bed a ICE Adventure tadpole w/rear suspension comes up for $1,000. Yeah, way more than I’ve ever paid for a bike in my life but I had the bread and it was kinda life and death. A new one comparatively equipped was $4,500, such a deal.The problem I have with recumbents is there are just too many choices. Bike or trike. Short wheel base or long wheel base. Big wheels, small wheels or some combination. Sitting up high or sitting down low. Tadpole or Delta. Etc.
I would like to try one sometime but they are just too expensive to make the wrong choice on what would work for me. It seems like everyone that rides a recumbent on an ongoing basis has several different ones so I don't think I am the only one that doesn't know where to start.
P.S. I am a person that will only buy used automobiles and with the price of bicycles I will pretty much only buy used there too.
I used to own a Brodie road bike. Fine riding machine!I've been picking up abandoned bikes and taking dontaions of old ones for cutting up and practicing copeing and also the welding of the bike tube.
Paul Brodie on youtube has a lot of good videos on frame alignment etc.
Stu