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Frankie is my homebuilt long
wheelbase recumbent bicycle. Originally "dubbed" the
Frankenstein Recumbent Project" ,
I now refer to
her as Frankie.
I once rode mountain bikes, until I had back
surgery. Then I bought an EZ-3 Recumbent 21 speed
tricycle. Then graduated to an EZ-Sport 24 speed recumbent
bicycle. Looking towards the next step , I liked the long
wheelbase recumbents that cost $2000 and up. But could not
afford them.


As an experiment I picked up discarded mountain
bikes , chopped them up and created my own at great
savings. Frankie has 27 speeds, 123 Gear-Inches top end
, is almost 8 feet long , has been modified since her birth
with top of the line components. I have ridden her for more
than 4 years and several thousand miles. Now that almost 15 months
have past since my last back surgery I am on Frankie again when the
weather permits as part of my Rehabilitation...

The picture above
in the middle was drawn by Jean Smith a local artist . You can
see more of her work at jeansmithartist.com
Frankie is my own creation . She is
everything I ever wanted in a bike and more. Sometimes she
seems to have her own personality . Think I am crazy ?
Try riding a recumbent and see how much better it is. Then try
to imagine riding one tailor made for just you , By you.
Nothing is quite like the pride of riding your own homebuilt. To see
more about how she was created "click" on the
Frankie button on the navigation bar. I also invite you to
explore the rest of the navigation bar to see what else is in
my life other than Frankie. I am particularly fond of the
place we refer to as the falls
.
I would be
interested in hearing from others that have built their own or would
like to .
email mmyrick@ptmc.net
Hope you
enjoy my site. Use the e-mail link on this page and let me
know...
Bent Mike...

Please Pray for Bruce
Hermann He was struck by an auto while riding his
recumbent on 21 Feb. 09 and is finally home.
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/mar/01/bike-devotee-was-hit-from-behind-uphill/
and
Bruce is out of the hospital WXII12
video http://www.wxii12.com/video/19523725/index.html
Email mmyrick@ptmc.net