ROADRUNNER...
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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