recumbent trike parts suppliers

Hello all,

I am gathering parts for a homebuilt recumbent trike. I was wondering
if there was a company/website that I might be able to purchase parts that I
will need, an all in one type of parts store for bikes and trikes. I am
really finding it hard to find a hard shell seat, I am leaning away from the
pipe frame and mesh seat that I see allot of the homebuilders using.

Thanx for any information you can share with me
James Johnson

NaTaS wrote:
Hello all,

I am gathering parts for a homebuilt recumbent trike. I was
wondering
if there was a company/website that I might be able to purchase parts
that I
will need, an all in one type of parts store for bikes and trikes. I
am
really finding it hard to find a hard shell seat, I am leaning away
from the
pipe frame and mesh seat that I see allot of the homebuilders using.

Thanx for any information you can share with me
James Johnson

Tried Power On yet?
http://poweroncycling.com/
http://poweroncycling.com/RECUMBENT%20SEATS.htm

You'll probably have the most trouble coming up with a front wheel
arrangement. I'm pretty sure Greenspeed sells Sturmey Archer front
hubs, and many people have had success adapting "downhill" mountain
bike hubs.

Also, Bentrideronline has a homebuilder forum:
http://www.bentrideronline.com/messa...splay.php?f=12

Jeff

www.organicengines.com has hubs. and seats.

Ben Fox



"NaTaS" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I am gathering parts for a homebuilt recumbent trike. I was wondering
if there was a company/website that I might be able to purchase parts that
I
will need, an all in one type of parts store for bikes and trikes. I am
really finding it hard to find a hard shell seat, I am leaning away from
the
pipe frame and mesh seat that I see allot of the homebuilders using.

Thanx for any information you can share with me
James Johnson

Here's the exact link for seats and
http://www.organicengines.com/Accessories/index.htm

Ben Fox



"NaTaS" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I am gathering parts for a homebuilt recumbent trike. I was wondering
if there was a company/website that I might be able to purchase parts that
I
will need, an all in one type of parts store for bikes and trikes. I am
really finding it hard to find a hard shell seat, I am leaning away from
the
pipe frame and mesh seat that I see allot of the homebuilders using.

Thanx for any information you can share with me
James Johnson

How about Greenspeed? They sell just about every component, from frame
tubes to complete frames, and all the trike-specific bits and pieces.
http://www.greenspeed.com.au/

Thanx to all the posts, your assistance is extremely appreciated.

James



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NaTaS wrote:
Hello all,

I am gathering parts for a homebuilt recumbent trike. I was
wondering
if there was a company/website that I might be able to purchase parts
that I
will need, an all in one type of parts store for bikes and trikes. I
am
really finding it hard to find a hard shell seat, I am leaning away
from the
pipe frame and mesh seat that I see allot of the homebuilders using.

Thanx for any information you can share with me
James Johnson

Tried Power On yet?
http://poweroncycling.com/
http://poweroncycling.com/RECUMBENT%20SEATS.htm

You'll probably have the most trouble coming up with a front wheel
arrangement. I'm pretty sure Greenspeed sells Sturmey Archer front
hubs, and many people have had success adapting "downhill" mountain
bike hubs.

Also, Bentrideronline has a homebuilder forum:
http://www.bentrideronline.com/messa...splay.php?f=12

Jeff

NaTaS eh...You Little Devil

Try Randy Shulman @ Actionbent in Seattle (don't have the website address),
he carries a Hard Shell made by China Mascot TW that is supposed to be quite
comfortable and vented, somewhere around $125.00 USD.

Power-on-Cycling has/had? Karl Swanson Hard Shells.

Milt Turner (Turner Recumbents) in Arizona does a Hard Shell.

Velokraft (Germany) used to sell a Kamil Hard Shell, also used by Optima & I
think M5.

Personally I prefer the Optima (Baron Model) and Hostel Shoppe sells an
extension for those with a fear of sliding off and hurting their manhood on
the boom.
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"NaTaS" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I am gathering parts for a homebuilt recumbent trike. I was wondering
if there was a company/website that I might be able to purchase parts that
I will need, an all in one type of parts store for bikes and trikes. I am
really finding it hard to find a hard shell seat, I am leaning away from
the pipe frame and mesh seat that I see allot of the homebuilders using.

Thanx for any information you can share with me
James Johnson

Joshua Goldberg wrote:

Velokraft (Germany) used to sell a Kamil Hard Shell, also used by
Optima & I think M5.

I think you're thinking of Novosport, Joshua URL: http://www.novosport.de
They supply composite wossnames, including seat & tailboxes, to HP
Velotechnik among others, though IIRC they're the distributors for a Polish
operation. The German version of the site has more detail than the English,
and includes a trike-specific seat which, natch, I only discovered /after/
having bought and fitted an HP Velotechnik-stylee one to my Trice...

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