Recycled Recumbent Bike Project

I vowed after bike riding in the 2017 Bike-A-Thon and Tour de Shore events (Philadelphia to Atlantic City) that next year I would not do 5 hours on an upright bike for 65 miles again.  I test rode a few recumbent bicycles in early August and really liked them however the cost for one is around $1800+.  So of course I decided to try making one.  I found some good plans from AD Carlson of Recycled Recumbents.  This is the Mach 1 design and he shares all his plans for free.  I have about 60 miles on the bike now and it is very comfortable.  I really love it.  I learned some new skills with this project including arc and mig welding.  I also did some brazing.
More construction pictures here on my Flickr site.