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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:22 pm    Post subject: E-LSB (Bicycle) Reply with quote
Ladies and Gents,
Sun n Fun was great, made new friends and
re-acquainted with old ones.

Thank you Pat Panzera for displaying my cut away
engine in your booth, and thank you William Wynne for
introducing me during your forums.

The real reason for this post is to thank Larry
Macfarland of macsmachine.com for a fine bicycle
design. Ron Lendon built Larrys design from plans and
he and I drove to Sun n Fun together, with the bike in
Ron's van.

For those folks unfamiliar, Larry calls his design the
"light sport recumbent". All I can say is that it is a
blast to ride and it certainly turns heads.

I knew nothing about recumbent bikes until last week.
Apparently what makes Larry's design unique is that it
has a short wheelbase and has front and rear
suspension, there are probably a few other trick
things that I failed to notice because I was having
way to much fun.

I had to re-train my thinker a bit but once I got
going it was like riding........ a bike! I practiced
figure eights in front of the campsite and when Ron
signed me off I was solo and conquering terrain.

I have to have me one of these someday, maybe sooner
than later with the price of gas and having a bike
trail nearby that leads near my work 15 miles away.

Ron can testify to the satisfaction of building
Larry's design and I can testify for the sheer
enjoyment of riding the end result.

Best wishes to all,
Roy, CH701 plans, Corvair ect.
roysgarage.com
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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:07 pm    Post subject: E-LSB (Bicycle) Reply with quote
Thank you Roy,

I was pleased you found Ron’s Light Sport Recumbent a blast to ride. The
bike is a fun piece to build. When you’re done with the plane, and still
have the itch to build something, it's a light and inexpensive project
to keep your welding skills sharp, the mind busy and offers a great ride
to the airport. For anyone curious or interested, the link to the page is,
www.macsmachine.com/html/2007recumbent.htm

Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
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Ladies and Gents,
Sun n Fun was great, made new friends and
re-acquainted with old ones.

Thank you Pat Panzera for displaying my cut away
engine in your booth, and thank you William Wynne for
introducing me during your forums.

The real reason for this post is to thank Larry
Macfarland of macsmachine.com for a fine bicycle
design. Ron Lendon built Larrys design from plans and
he and I drove to Sun n Fun together, with the bike in
Ron's van.

For those folks unfamiliar, Larry calls his design the
"light sport recumbent". All I can say is that it is a
blast to ride and it certainly turns heads.

I knew nothing about recumbent bikes until last week.
Apparently what makes Larry's design unique is that it
has a short wheelbase and has front and rear
suspension, there are probably a few other trick
things that I failed to notice because I was having
way to much fun.

I had to re-train my thinker a bit but once I got
going it was like riding........ a bike! I practiced
figure eights in front of the campsite and when Ron
signed me off I was solo and conquering terrain.

I have to have me one of these someday, maybe sooner
than later with the price of gas and having a bike
trail nearby that leads near my work 15 miles away.

Ron can testify to the satisfaction of building
Larry's design and I can testify for the sheer
enjoyment of riding the end result.

Best wishes to all,
Roy, CH701 plans, Corvair ect.
roysgarage.com
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:42 pm    Post subject: Re: E-LSB (Bicycle) Reply with quote
You don't even have to wait to finish the airplane. I stopped the plane build in November at the 2 year mark and built the bike just for a change of pace. The Left wing goes on the table Monday.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:12 pm    Post subject: E-LSB (Bicycle) Reply with quote
For what it's worth, folks, I've been trying for ages to come up with
a design, suitable for scratch or kit building, to allow folks to make
recumbent bikes out of riveted sheetmetal *just* like your airplane.
Unfortunately, I've had very little time to work on it. But here is my
blog; anything I accomplish that's worth looking at will eventually
make its way there --

http://schmivits.blogspot.com/

Just so I know: if there *were* such a kit or easily scra[tch,p] built
plans, would you bother to build it? If the "standard channel" used to
make it (.025" sheet, 2" wide) were available over the Internet,
perhaps along with a few small parts for making hardpoints (for
mounting the wheels and other things), would you be excited about
this?

Cheers,

Ihab

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