A recumbent bicycle designed and built from A to Z.

Welded aluminium frame, plywood seat, direct drive and disc brakes: a complete vehicle, drawn and built in my workshop.

Aluminium and plywood recumbent bicycle on the quay — The recumbent bicycle in aluminium and plywood, on the quay.

See the product on laboitequiroule.fr

A complete vehicle

I started from a blank sheet: geometry, welded aluminium frame, steering, plywood seat, drivetrain and disc braking.

It rides, and you steer it lying back, legs forward.

Recumbent bicycle with plywood seat, three-quarter view

Direct-drive recumbent bicycle in motion

Rider reclined on the aluminium recumbent bicycle

The details that matter

Welded aluminium brake plate, caliper and disc, steering clamp: restraint comes from simple, well-thought-out parts.

Hydraulic disc brake on a welded aluminium plate

Detail of the caliper and brake disc of the recumbent bicycle

Detail of the aluminium steering of the recumbent bicycle

What this project shows

Designing a complete vehicle takes the same skills as an industrial prototype: requirements, design, welding, testing. I put them at the service of your light-mobility or mechanical equipment projects.

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Workshop in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), near Paris