Mechanic Photos and Videos
From simple tune ups to the most custom of installations, RecumbentPDX mechanics can do it all! We have a complete wheel-building set up, so those “coolest-ever” builds include
- Rohloff
- Schlumpf
- Alfine DI2
- Bosch
- Bafang
We have fun showing what we do!
Photos
Mechanic Build Videos
Mechanic Builds
Schlumpf Drives
Rohloff Electronic Shifting
Miscellaneous
Mechanic Jack builds a Schlumpf Hi Speed Drive. This internally-geared planetary drive provides a 27 tooth “granny” gear, but switches to a 2.5x overdrive (meaning the chain ring spins 2.5 times for every revolution of the pedals) -resulting in a 68 tooth-equivalent “Monster” downhill gear.
Israeli classical guitarist Yaniv Oron covers the Nirvana classic About a Girl
Mechanic Rick builds a Schlumpf Mountain Drive.
In the background we hear Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke
Good wheel builders are by equal-measures talented and methodical -each step must be followed and there are no shortcuts to a good build. Mechanic Jack’s Rohloff A12 build is a master class!
This build is going into our brand new DEMO Catrike Dumont A12 Thru Axle Bosch Rohloff E-14 Electronic Shift. The Atomic Orange beauty will be on our test floor this week, so call/email if you want to take it for a spin.
The music is the Dead Rocks surfer/rockabilly take on the Brazilian classic Pais Tropical.
The Coolest Build Ever!!
Mechanics Jack and Paul tag team on a Catrike Dumont with Bosch-Rohloff electronic shifting.
Catrike-Bosch-Rohloff is inarguably the coolest collaboration we’ve ever done!
In the background you hear Jobin’s O Amor Em Paz played by arguably -easily arguably- the greatest Jazz collaboration ever! Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb
This is the coolest build we’ve ever done. Mechanics Jack and Paul explain why!
Pretty-much every motor kit installed today is “mid-drive”. But, we’re still happy to show off the craftsmanship that goes into every build. Here, Mechanic Spencer performs a wheel build around an old hub motor kit
Mechanic Spencer finishes up with a little jig to French musician Chris Joss
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Preparing a trike to accept hydraulic disc brakes, our mechanic ensures the caliper mounting surface is planer to the rotors. It’s all pretty routine, but makes for a cool video.