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| First recumbent I built in my garage. Named it after the bird in Arizona. Most of the parts are recycled from odds and ends picked up from different sources like friend's junk boxes, garage sales and thrift stores like Goodwill. | ||||||||||||
| FACTS: Builder - RICK VALBUENA Material - 4130 chro-moly Type - 45 inches Compact Long Wheelbase Drive - 2 Leg-a-bytes Gears - 21 Leg-a-hurtz Weight - Uhh...Yeah, something like that Main Frame - 1.75 inch chro-moly Max. speed - 32 mph on a flat road 50 mph before applying brakes (downhill) RECYCLED PARTS: Rear triangle - wrecked Bridgestone road bike (I think my friend is okay now, I just needed the frame anyway) Handlebar - handicap person's aluminum cane (God bless his soul) Stem - modified road stem. Seat Frame - handicap person's aluminum walker (he's been promoted to an electric wheelchair) Seat Pack - binocular case (binocular is still in the pawn shop) Wheel Cover - child's snow sled (she goes skiing now) Wheel Cover bolts - binder bolts for project specification (he doesn't need it anymore, he got laid-off from work) Seat Fabric - garden ground cover (don't have time for gardening anyway) Idler Wheel - son's roller skate wheel (He drives a car now) Intermediate Gear cover - burned CD (my computer got killed by a virus) Rear Tail - election poster (he lost the election, works as a clerk now) Nose Cone - plastic Easter Egg (bought it from a kid for 10 cents) Front Deraileur - donated by a friend (he doesn't know it yet) |
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