THE SHOWROOM!!

USED FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS:   

                        May 21, 2012.    Bike frames and 'kits' will be made to order moving forward.    I make up 'front ends' from incoming donor bikes.    These await your specification so I can build them to length for you and with your specific component set in mind.  Write or call, and we can set it up!   See pricing on the Parts FOR SALE page.

Mach 2 new - finished in 2024  - for sale at $500

This bike has been a finished frame languishing in the basement waiting for me to have space in the shop to finish and hold  it.   This is an interesting, 'electric' blue powdercoat finish, a color my painter hasn't used with me before.   The seat for reference is more a standard, bright blue.   The paint is lighter in shade, somehow more vibrant in contrast.   

In any case, it is a Mach 2, the flagship bike at Recycled Recumbent,  I dare say until Bacchetta starts making Bella's again, this is the only long wheelbase touring recumbent currently made in the US.   Long, comfortable, easy to ride, easy on your sit bones and on your arms and shoulders.   It is for me the perfect touring bike, my own bike is of course on the title page of the website, these bikes are made of the same stuff, less a little bling.

Tuesday and Thursday were rain days this week.   I don't love riding wet.   And I have a little space in the toy shoppe, why not build out another bike?    So, here it is.   I chose this yellow frame because it is a long one - as shown this bike is set for a 47" x-seam and it can adjust longer as well.   (And it can adjust for shorter folk as well.    But think 6' tall and up.)    This frame was made in think early last fall, it's only been waiting for me to have room enough to store it as a completed bike.

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Mach 2 bike, new in October, 2025. For sale at $750

The Mach 3 custom built by Recycled Recumbent is a dual 26" long wheel base recumbent.   This one I built up as a new bike, using components from a used Stratus XP with a damaged frame.   This new frame is steel, rugged, and ready to ride!   Features 26" wheels with new Schwalbe Marathon tires front and rear.   3 by 9 speed drive train with twist grip shifters.  V-brakes front and rear.  New FSA triple crankset.   New Recycled Recumbent heavy duty mesh seat.   Single mast handlebar (from the XP).   

This bike is a great, comfortable recumbent ready to cruise the road and carry  you for the long haul.   Great touring bike.   

SIzed for riders roughly 6' tall, adjustable both above and below that height.   

Design

Crank Height     14"

Seat Height          22"

Frame length       39"

Wheel base           71"

This Mach 2 is one I built the frame for 5 years ago.  The custom buyer wanted to assemble the bike with his own components, he specifically wanted to be able to mount a Rans seat for the bike.   He was also after a specific color, as close as we could come to Bianchi green.   The bike was for his sister - It is a small frame, with a 34” top tube.   Maximum x-seam to fit on this bike is about 41” (roughly 5’-6” and shorter), it will adjust for someone with even shorter legs.   The sister didn’t take to it, so this bike sat ever since I sent it off to Madison, assembled, unused. in 2024 my custom buyer returned the bike here for re-sale.   It is in like-new condition, clean, unused.

I've replaced the Rans seat with the 'native' Recycled Recumbent seat, made this time with a heavy duty gray Phofertex mesh  - I think this looks great with the Bianchi green bike color.   You can option a standard black seat if  you prefer that.

Statistics

Frame length      34”

Wheelbase              65”

Seat height              22”

Crank height            14”

Features –

26” and 20” alloy wheels with quick release hubs.   Tires are 50 mm slicks for a soft ride.

3 speed alloy crankset.  FSA triple with 48/38/28 rings, new.

8 speed rear cassette – 3 x 8 gearing for 24 speeds.

New Half pipe SRAM twist grip shifters.

V-brakes front and rear, new.

The bike uses white cable housings.     I changed one cable housing for a black one - it needed to be longer than it was when I got the bike.    

I’ve added a kickstand (I like kickstands).   I've added a rear rack.    Comes with wide platform MYB pedals.

This is a sweet little bike for the right sized rider.   Come get it for her (but don’t surprise her with it).

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Mach 2 bike, new Oct. 15.   Classic build          offered at $600

This yellow green (John Deer green?)  has been waiting in my basement for a few months, I finally have room to assemble it as a bike.   This is a classic Mach 2, 3x7 drive train, 700c and 406c wheels (700 and 20"), V-brakes, new seat.  Sized as shown for a 46" X-seam, it can adjust larger and smaller for you.   Sun deep drop handlebar.

Statistics:

Wheelbase          69.5"

Frame length       38"

Seat height            22"

Crank height         13.5"

Features - new Recycled Recumbent frame, powdercoat paint, 3x7 gearing with flat bar shifters.   Deore V-brakes.    Schwalbe G-One rear tire, Kojak front tire.  Bike has a single leg kickstand and a handlebar mirror.  New cables, housings, chain, etc.     A great base line build for the Mach 2.   Green for Christmas!

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Mach 2 bike, new dark green build October, 2025,   Offered at $700

New Mach 2 bike, the powdercoat is a dark green, almost a Hunter green.   This bike has an upgraded gear train - 3 x 9 SRAM X-9 components.   Rear wheel is my favorite, Velocity Chukker 700c rim for heavyweights, it has an S-works Turbo 28c tire on it.   Front is 20" (406) wheel with a Kenda Kwest 60 psi tire - both tires are new.  Crankset is new FSA three speed, 170 mm crankarms.

Statistics - Wheelbase is 71", frame length is 39", seat height is 22", crank height is 13.25"    

Seat is black, with a heavy duty mesh cover.   Bike has, as always, new cables, housings, a new chain.   Bike has a single leg kickstand, and a handlebar mirror.   Brakes front and rear are Deore.   Handlebar on this bike is special - it uses an Energy Bar riser from Rans with a Kreig handlebar.   

A good find for Christmas?   :-)

USED BIKES BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS:

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EZ-1 SC steel.    A great entry recumbent bike.   Offered for $275

The Steel frame version of the EZ-1.   Sun's original recumbent made to designs from Easy Racers.   This bike is the exact same geometry as the EZ-1 SC Lite above, but it is heavier with the steel frame and slightly lesser components.    This is Steve's bike, he's been a friend here in Milwaukee for years - Steve has moved on to other adventures.    This bike is clean and well maintained, Steve keeps his many bikes very well.   

This bike features three by seven gearing with twist grip shifters.   V-Brakes front and rear.   Fenders, a two leg kickstand, and there is a wireless computer on the handlebar that seems to be working (I don't warrant that).   It has a handlebar mirror.   Tires are in good shape.   Bike overall is clean and ready to ride.    Included if you want it is a half-fairing kit, I can't guarantee that all the mounting hardware is there - most of it is.

This is a great first bike, or a great guest bike to keep for your home visitors.   It adjusts easily for riders from 4'-6" tall to 6'-6" tall, and is an easy, intuitive first time recumbent ride.

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Burley Limbo      Unique shock ride, overhand linked steering   - for sale at $300

Burley usta make bikes, not just trailers.   They made a few really sweet, unusual entries into the recumbent field.   The Limbo is one of them.   The monotube frame could be classed a  CLWB recumbent (compact long wheel base).   It handles with agility, rides with confidence and on a soft hydraulic rear shock.   The Burley seat is mounted onto an aluminum track on the main tube - adjustment is easy and it does not need rear seat braces.   The steering is unique, with a mid-ship pivot and masted handlebar linked with a bell-crank to the front fork.  Steers like a mountain bike, rides in comfort.    Note that it will fit a wide range of people.   Also note that with a 23" seat, it might be a better bike for a tall person than someone shorter.   Try reaching the ground from a 23" bar stool if you are considering this bike.   I can do it, at 6' tall.   Can you?

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Sun EZ-Sport        REVISED on June 9!              For sale at $400

The original Sport looks like this, I've revised it for a new, lower seat position, like this!   

The EZ-Sport.   This is a favorite, first rider friendly recumbent.   Easy to adjust, familiar to start, easy to ride.   I suggest this bike to anyone for whom a recumbent is a new idea, and they just want to try it for a while.    The Easy Sport is a comfortable, adjustable upright posture, an easy feet forward pedal cycle, and familiar handlebar and controls.    I've yet to meet someone who can't start off immediately and ride this bike.   That said, it's a pretty good bike, often all you might ever want.   Good solid 3x8 gear train, V-brakes, comfort seat, 26" rear and 20" front wheels.    Ya can't go wrong.    This is the steel frame model, there is also an aluminum frame version that weighs a few pounds less.    

NOTE THE REVISED FRAME AND NEW SEAT.    I've trimmed the frame to eliminate the high horizontal bar, leaving the bike with this graceful teardrop shape.   I've also added the Recycled Recumbent lightweight sling seat in lieu of the stock Sun padded seat.

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Easy Racers' Tour Easy - the model touring bike - for sale here at $500

The Tour Easy is the most popular touring bike on the road.   Even my own bikes do homage to this design.   The Tour Easy handles well, is easy to learn and to ride, and is comfortable and efficient for hours and hours of riding.   It also carries a touring load easily and well.    This bike came to me as an unfinished restoration, many components are not 'stock' from the original factory bike.   The prior owner was moving to mountain biking and other pursuits, so this langushing project came here for finishing and to find a new home.   

This is a medium size frame, suitable for x-seams up to 44", or riders up to about 5'-10" tall on average.  It can adjust down for riders to about 5'-3" tall.   There are exceptions, but this is a fair marker on rider size range.

Details of the work done here.   The bike needed a rear derailleur (Shimano Tiagra added), it needed an idler (TerraCycle Sport idler added).  It came with a choice of seats, I selected this ER Cobra seat for it.   The Cobra seat's tall back plate was cracked, so I fashioned mending plates to repair it.   The bike needed a new handlebar, this is an old stock Easy Racers' handlebar I added.   A complete assembly here, plus tuning and clean up, and this Tour Easy is ready to ride.

Features - 

Note this fork is not native to the bike.   The prior owner added this fork, originally from a Sun Bicycles Tour Easy - to this bike, it works perfectly.

• Cobra seat

• 3 by 9 gearing operated by trigger shifters.

• Caliber brakes front and rear.   The front one is new, added here.

• Beautiful wheels are Velocity Spartacus deep vee wheels.  700c rear and 20" (451c) front.   Good tires.

• Frame mount kickstand

• solid blue paint on this frame - it isn't showroom new, but it shows very few nicks and scratches, no fading

• Lycra cover for Cobra seat is in great shape, no wear, no holes.

This is a fine Tour Easy, ready to ride - come and see!