Louisville's Relaxed Recumbent Riders' Group

                       Dedicated to the idea that cycling can be comfortable!

Jon

Jon is one of the newer members of our recumbent riders' group.  He lives in Old Louisville, and is working on a higher-level degree in engineering.  He is also a homebuilder.

His first effort has been called several things--"Green Beauty" by Harry, "unusual" by many who see it--and I will call it Jon's Green Machine" for the purposes of this site.

It is constructed of parts of at least two bike frames, one a hard-tail Trek mountain bike (I think), and the other a department-store Mongoose dual suspension mountain bike.  The seat came from a small airplane (kit?) that currently resides in Jon's back yard.

Jon is a big guy, so his bike is big.  Both wheels are 26-inch ATB wheels, and the distance between the seat and crank is set for Jon's long legs.

I am proud to include Jon's handiwork here.  The weld finish isn't that of a production bike, but as a first effort built for a specific purpose (getting back and forth to school and errand running--what I call serious cycling), it does very well.

Enough of my rambling!  Here are some pictures of Jon and his bike.