Welcome to HPV_Homebuilders

This forum is for cyclists who want to share information on building HPV's.
As with upright bikes, there is a subculture of recumbent builders who design and build home-built recumbents. Often these are assembled of parts from other bikes, particularly mountain bikes. The frame designs may be as simple as a long steel tube bent into the appropriate shape to as elaborate as hand-built carbon fiber frames. For many builders, the engineering and construction of the bikes is as much of a challenge as riding them.

Photo of some of my Michigan friends and their homebuilt tallbikes!