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
![RPDX Team](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Catrike-Dealer-Photo-768x541.jpg)
![Cutting Spokes](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jack-Wheel-Build-landscape-768x577.jpg)
![Alfine DI2](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Alfine-1-768x576.jpg)
![Schlumpf Hi Speed](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Schlumpf-speed-drive-build-768x576.jpg)
![Lacing Hub](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jack-Wheel-Build-2-landscape-768x624.jpg)
![Schlumpf Drives](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Schlumpf-Drive-Array-768x577.jpg)
![Jack builds wheel](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jack-Wheel-Build-3-768x577.jpg)
![Schlumpf](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Schlumpf-logo-768x576.jpg)
![Rohloff](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rohloff-768x576.jpg)
![Schlumpf Chamfer](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Schlumpf-Chamfer-micro-small-768x577.jpg)
![Three Mango Catrikes](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mango-build-day-2-768x576.jpg)
![Hydraulic Brake](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Hydraulic-Twin-Lever-RPDX-Left-768x577.jpg)
![Pinion Drive](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pinion-PS-768x576.jpg)
![Mechanic Bench](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Bench-2-768x576.jpg)
![Rohloff](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rohloff-rear-large-768x577.jpg)
![Spencer laces a wheel](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Go-Swiss-Lace-Up-768x576.jpg)
![Three Catrike Build Day](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-Three-Catrike-Day-768x576.jpg)
![Atomic Orange Cats](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-March-Orange-Catrikes-768x576.jpg)
![Mechanic Lunch](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-March-Mechanic-Lunch-768x576.jpg)
![Parts Wall](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Parts-Slot-768x576.jpg)
![Parts Wall](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Parts-Wall-4-768x576.jpg)
![Innertubes](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Tube-display-768x576.jpg)
![Brake Facing](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_4208-768x576.jpg)
![Spencer and Rosie](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Spencer-and-Rosie-768x576.jpg)
![Mechanic Bench](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Bench-1-768x576.jpg)
![A Hole in A hole](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/A-hole-in-a-hole-768x576.jpg)
![Jack Building](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/December-7-three-Catrike-Day-768x576.jpg)
![Battery Mount](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Bionx-build-768x577.jpg)
![Rohloffs!](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rohloff-2-flat-1-768x448.jpg)
![Catrike Trail](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Trail-build-768x576.jpg)
![Three Catrike Build Day](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Three-more-cats-768x576.jpg)
![Three Hyper Yellow Build](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Three-Hyper-Yellow-Catrikes-768x576.jpg)
![Torque Tool](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Tensioning-disc-768x576.jpg)
![Three Catrike Build Day](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Four-Cat-build-768x576.jpg)
![Disc Straightening](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FS-Rotor-Adjust-768x577.jpg)
![Rohloff](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rohloff-3-q-view-768x580.jpg)
![Bionx Motor Kit](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jack-bionx-ryan-2-768x576.jpg)
![Jack builds Cat](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jack-with-700-768x520.jpg)
![Schwalbe Tires](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/P1110864-768x576.jpg)
![Catrike Parts](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cat-parts-2-768x576.jpg)
![Wheel Room](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/wheel-room-2-768x576.jpg)
![Steam Punk Pencil Sharpener](https://recumbentpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pencil-Sharpener.jpg)
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.