Picture of my homebuilt recumbent cycle

[resister]

I am happy to accommodate you, Friend.

Here is an image from Google Earth of the cul-de-sac I named, where there are currently six houses I supervised all construction, from the demolition of the old house and orange orchard, through grading, construction of street, curbs, gutters, and sidewalk, to the final inspection of all homes by the city. We sold them at a handsome profit after buying the land from profits of a 36 unit apartment complex we also built and sold.

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Keep in mind the fact that all of us are smarter than any of us. Just because you like orange paint doesn't necessarily make it the optimum color to paint for resale.

Terrible choice of paint and the palm trees are misplacedJust looked in the "sprocket hole" nope, no rust. Is that like my wheels that are true that you asked me if I know how to true spokes?

[Starman]

I have been thinking about your beloved recumbent, Friend.
The greatest danger to bike riders comes from traffic near them, approaching from the rear.
Now what do they see when driving up to a bicyclist in the right lane?
1. The back and head of the rider. That is the largest, most obvious part of the driver's view.
2. Then, the rider's legs and arms.
3. Then the end view of the tire, always black.

A tiny shred of the rear frame may be visible, but it is not prominent at all.

So the reason for orange paint is invalid. You want to be seen, put a flashing red light
facing the rear, and a flashing headlight on the front.

And ride on the sidewalk, pulling off into the grass for all pedestrians. If there is no grass, hop off the curb and
yield. I did this a few months ago and the grass was three inches above the sidewalk. The grass caught my front tire,
and I went down past the curb into the street just as a fire truck was coming by. It pulled over and three firemen
got out to check on me. Asked me if I was "all right." Told them I'm fine. They asked again. I said "I'll arm wrestle
you for a hundred bucks." Then rode away.

You can't make this stuff up. Split my head open a year ago when I went without a helmet on account of I let my niece wear it. Took 11 stitches to close the gap.

[resister]

I ride on sidewalks in high traffic, narrow shoulder roads, otherwise I ride on the right shoulder. I have a rechargeable 12 volt in the opposite saddle bag, it powers two automotive accent, light strips. They are very bright. Not sure if you can see it in the pic but I have a Bushnell 1,500 lumen rechargeable flashlight on the front.

At night, I am lit up like a x-mas tree. I have a big rearview mirror on the left handlebar.

There are certain situations where sidewalk riding is better, but VC (vehicular cycling) is perfectly safe if you do it right. Sidewalks are where you get cut off for lack of visibility. Been practicing VC my entire life and have been fine.

A wreck on a recumbent is less likely to result in a head injury. Your hip hits the ground.

[resister]

@Common I put my bike on the scale at the scrapyard yesterday 51 pounds as pictured, if I got rid of the bags (tools inside) I bet it would knock 10 pounds off. Not terrible, an average mountain bike is around 30 pounds with super high end one a little over 20.

[Starman]

Terrible choice of paint and the palm trees are misplaced

The owners planted the palm trees. The owner of the green trimmed house selected that color.
The others are typical colors throughout Southern California.

Their homes are worth $1,000,000, and YOU judge their taste?

Please show the audience a picture of your place. From what I can tell of the surroundings near your recumbent, your residence is worth something less than $1,000,000. But I could be wrong.

[resister]

The owners planted the palm trees. The owner of the green trimmed house selected that color.
The others are typical colors throughout Southern California.

Their homes are worth $1,000,000, and YOU judge their taste?

Please show the audience a picture of your place. From what I can tell of the surroundings near your recumbent, your residence is worth something less than $1,000,000. But I could be wrong.

Not my house pictured, you are the one that started nit picking. Are you always such a petty critic? Do you know how to weld and fabricate?

On the internet, everyone is a high roller

[stjames1_53]

The owners planted the palm trees. The owner of the green trimmed house selected that color.
The others are typical colors throughout Southern California.

Their homes are worth $1,000,000, and YOU judge their taste?

Please show the audience a picture of your place. From what I can tell of the surroundings near your recumbent, your residence is worth something less than $1,000,000. But I could be wrong.

what the hell????????????? now your attacking him because he's NOT rich and spoiled? wow

[jimmyz]

Every one is critic, waiting on him to post his welding projects. He sounds like a great back seat fabricator, damn, he should of been nagging at me as I built it

Blow it off Resistor. Home-built the way you like it is great! After all you are tPF's local folk-art mechanic and explosives expert.

[stjames1_53]

Blow it off Resistor. Home-built the way you like it is great! After all you are tPF's local folk-art mechanic and explosives expert.

psssssst........... we try not to talk about that other thing

[jimmyz]

I am happy to accommodate you, Friend.

Here is an image from Google Earth of the cul-de-sac I named, where there are currently six houses I supervised all construction, from the demolition of the old house and orange orchard, through grading, construction of street, curbs, gutters, and sidewalk, to the final inspection of all homes by the city. We sold them at a handsome profit after buying the land from profits of a 36 unit apartment complex we also built and sold.

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Keep in mind the fact that all of us are smarter than any of us. Just because you like orange paint doesn't necessarily make it the optimum color to paint for resale.

God awful fascia and design on those 80s looking homes. The architect should be ashamed.