How I Made My Recumbent Trike 

The total cost was some where between $100- 200 dollars and this was for the steel that I bought from a steel merchant rather than Bunnings/Masterrs as there cost are a lot higher and you Have to buy a certain size only . I found gathered and picked up about 4-5 bikes to cut up for parts . One for the back half two for the front wheels assemble and a good set of gears from one of them . I started collecting a bikes about a month before starting the project .

Niall, cheers for posting this, I'm just starting a similar (but two-wheeled) recumbent project , and your video has given me a few hints!

Thats great to hear you are going to build a recumbent, welcome to the world of recumbents as once you have ride on a recumbent theres no going back. Good luck on the build.

Great work, very informative video.

Good video and a good explanation, it looks so simple, use a simple weldig machine. And it is always exciting when the trike goes for his first ride. I see that you have fun on the buildingplan and fun at the ride. Keep on going.

Been riding my AZ Streefox for about 6 weeks now. Steering and all has worked great from the first. My main difficulty has been with the deraileurs and idler pulley. Ive about got it all worked out though. Redid my derailleurs to position closer to the gearing. Changed the idler from a metal idler like in the plans to a nylon idler pulley. The dang metal one was too loud. Heck im using a 220v arc welder. Does fine. Dont really desire a MIG. Do like your chop saw though. Now i need to change my crank bearings, they are too loud. Hope to build more trikes, bikes from AZ. Oh, the seat, i ended up with a padded seat all the way up to support my head with lumbar support. I just kept positioning temporary boards til it felt right and then used hard foam to prop the lumbar and head, then 2 inch foam over that off an old mattress pad.

Thanks, one of the vids that made me build my own one which turned out superb

Most Excellent Work was well done Sir! Now I just wish I had a shop set up with tools to do my one trike projects.

That's a pretty cool build! :) Congrats!

gracias por compartir tus ideas que han sido muy provechosas para mi porque estaba navegando en busca de informacion para construir un triciclo y como aprovechar al maximo las piezas de bicicleta que tengo. Cuando lo construya voy a postar el video para que puedas ver si puedes aprovechar alguna de mis ideas....un gran abrazo a la distancia hermano!!!

AC stick welders are a bugger to use, my hats off to you Mate!

Thanks for the tip this will help heaps!

Great ! Thank You ! Safe and enjoyable riding of course ;)

Very good. I learned a lot from you. Thank you.I made a trike inspired by his trike. I used the same technique

Wow. Amazing plan on that . Awesome skills. Thank you for sharing .

Awesome Niall, simply awesome. Nice build. Great video.

Thanks for the great video. Hoping to do something similar in the near future.

Thanks for the video, I have plenty of donor bikes and plan to build a trike myself, If I do well on the trikes I will probably tig weld the rest and possibly go to aluminum built frames.

Thanks for the comments I have been able to ride much as we have just bought another house so till

Thanks. Nice ride.