Hello, from custom recumbent e-bike rider.

[PGM1]

Designed and built an all season, all terrain, recumbent e-bike. You can find me cruising the streets and trails around Midland, Ontario, Canada.

Happy trails!

 

[indianajo]

Welcome to the site.
I ride on streets with cars and trucks. I find I am invisible enough 3' off the pavement in a yellow vest with reflective stripes.

 

[JGcycle]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Tom@WashDC]

Designed and built an all season, all terrain, recumbent e-bike. You can find me cruising the streets and trails around Midland, Ontario, Canada.

Happy trails!

Show us some pics and specs? Would love to see what you built.

 

[PGM1]

Happy New Year!
I have received so many positive reactions from people that I am considering manufacture. Thus it is Patent Pending. I am curious to get your reaction?

 

[PGM1]

Welcome to the site.
I ride on streets with cars and trucks. I find I am invisible enough 3' off the pavement in a yellow vest with reflective stripes.

It sounds as though you have been hit, or nearly?

 

[PedalUma]

@PGM1, What pedals do you use on your recumbent electric bicycle?

 

[JGcycle]

Happy New Year!
I have received so many positive reactions from people that I am considering manufacture. Thus it is Patent Pending. I am curious to get your reaction?

Love the seat and fenders.

 

[PGM1]

@PGM1, What pedals do you use on your recumbent electric bicycle?

They are an older TIME clipless pedal on Fat-Tire cranks, drilled and tapped for a 150mm crank arm length. Any pedal will do, but I do find clipless pedals more relaxing.

 

[PGM1]

send us some videos of your trips

 

[PGM1]

Sure, I will give it a try. I will call this one "Warming up to Winter". aka BEES KNEES

 

[Mike TowpathTraveler]

I hate to be the wet blanket on a very nice build, but as it stands, real off-road fat bikes are a niche market to begin with. (not talking about the typical Chinesium 70 pound plus monstrosities with no-name fat tires on them that are sold these days). Add a recumbent fatty into that mix and I think of how many numbers that BikeE sold of their off road model recumbent, the FX, which I purchased new in 1999 or so. It had to be a very small run of that dual suspension recumbent. Yours is a double niche-a very high quality fat bike build.....and it's a recumbent.

I still have my BikeE FX off road recumbent, so I know that riding position well. Going on long straightways on dirt or asphalt was no problem. The low speed manuevers was where the problem lies with an off road recumbent. (anything under 5 mph) Somebody smarter than me can describe it better, but when your speed slows, say, to get around some puddles or pot holes or rocks or roots, you lose that gyroscopic event.

End result, being I never had so many slow speed fall overs/tip overs as I did riding the BikeE. Especially so as I was clipped in with Shimano SPD pedals. I'd be curious about your own honest assessment with low speed handling of your bike. I've noted in your riding video, you come upon a set of water puddles on the path to where you've slowed to steer around them, but you then cut to another section on the trail.

As a long distance, canal towpath/MUP cruiser, I can see alot of comfortable miles done on your design. I believe that is where your bike will shine. I hope you share some more riding clips of what is a very unique and well built bike.

 

[PGM1]

Wow, thanks for your generous reply.

I know exactly what you are talking about regarding slow speed stability going around barriers. I have never had a slow speed tip-over however I do rely on my feet on the ground and the throttle to aid in stability until pedaling gets underway. I find 10 km/h (6mph) about the minimum for a controllable, semi-stable ride and rock solid stable (IMO) above 20 km/h (12mph).

All this time I thought people were yelling "Nice Bike!" alas, it may have been "Niche Bike!" all along.