Disclosed is a recumbent bicycle having a frame with at least one tubular member having a lumen. Mounted to the frame are a rear wheel assembly and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly can include a first gear, a second gear, and a chain that extends from the first gear to the second gear and through the lumen of the at least one tubular member. Pedals and crank arms can mount to the second gear, which is slidable relative to the first gear to vary the position of the second gear r...

Disclosed is a recumbent bicycle having a frame with at least one tubular member having a lumen. Mounted to the frame are a rear wheel assembly and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly can include a first gear, a second gear, and a chain that extends from the first gear to the second gear and through the lumen of the at least one tubular member. Pedals and crank arms can mount to the second gear, which is slidable relative to the first gear to vary the position of the second gear r...

This disclosure relates to novel improved recumbent vehicles having a frame comprising an elongate tubular support means adapted to substantially entirely enclose within its interior the vehicle's primary drive means thereby eliminating risk of rider entanglement. Other features of recumbent vehicles according to the invention include a steering assembly including handlebars selectively positionable along the frame and diametrically interconnected by steering cable means to a front fork selectiv...

A recumbent cycle whose seat can be quickly repositioned on the frame to provide for adjustable spacing between the seat and the pedal assembly. The seat has a rod which extends rearwardly from the backseat portion thereof at a location near the upper portion of the back seat and the rod is slidably received in a tubular portion of the frame. in one embodiment, the tubular portion of the frame has an aperture extending therethrough, and the rod portion of the seat has a spaced apart series of ap...

A recumbent bicycle is powered by the driving of a crank spindle that rotates on an axis generally coincident with that of the front wheel. The crank spindle is disposed within a spindle housing supported from the front of the bicycle frame, and the spindle housing supports the front wheel through a steerably turnable intermediate hub. Steering of the handlebars causes the front wheel to turn to steer the bicycle, while the crank spindle remains in a fixed orientation to the frame so that the bi...

Disclosed is a recumbent bicycle having a frame with at least one tubular member having a lumen. Mounted to the frame are a rear wheel assembly and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly can include a first gear, a second gear, and a chain that extends from the first gear to the second gear and through the lumen of the at least one tubular member. Pedals and crank arms can mount to the second gear, which is slidable relative to the first gear to vary the position of the second gear r...

A recumbent bicycle has a tubular frame member with a longitudinal axis running from front to rear. A rear support module includes a saddle for nestingly embracing a rear portion of the frame member. Cantilever support members extend downward from the saddle to free ends which are attached to an axle for a rear wheel. A head tube and bearing attached to the front of the frame member support a head shaft and a fork with a bifurcated lower portion suitable for mounting a front wheel. The fork lies...

A two wheel bicycle on which the rider sits elevated above and slightly forward of the rear wheel on a high-back seat. The seat is supported by the rearward end of a multiple angled main tube. The position of the pedal crank assembly is forward and upward of the pedal crank position of conventional bicycles and downward and rearward of that normally associated with fully recumbent bicycles relative to the seat. The rider steers by way of long upwardly curved handlebars affixed to an elongated mu...

A recumbent bicycle that has a short main frame, a small front wheel, a hub and crank that is in close proximity of the steering tube, and an aesthetically designed and integrally mounted shock absorber seat.

A recumbent bicycle including a frame having a longitudinal main tube divided into a main tube front section telescopically inserted into a main tube rear section to form an adjustable length frame. A forked yoke is pivotally fixed to the main tube front section. A front wheel is rotatably mounted on the yoke. A rear wheel is rotatably fixed to the main frame adjacent the frame rear end. A pedal assembly of a driving mechanism for driving the rear wheel is mounted on the main tube front section ...