~1990 Ryan Vanguard

• Direct descendent of the 1980 Avatar 2000
• Note “RR” Logo on front – Rolls Royce sued Ryan over this.

1978 Tour Easy

• The year Gardner Martin started Easy Racers
• One owner bike, handmade by Gardner
• With the original Zzipper fairing, the “EZ”

1980 Avatar “2000”

Serial #0024

• From the first production run beginning 1978
• This was the first recumbent in Paris-Brest-Paris

1980-1983 Hypercycle

• Made by Milt Turner
• The aptly named Hypercycle was more comfy than traditional bikes, but not relaxing to steer

1983 Leitgen Cycles

• This early one-of-a-kind SWB recumbent was designed by Steve Leitgen after chasing a Tour Easy on RAGBRAI X
• Steve later co-designed the Linear Recumbents

1983 Linear

• The First Linear Sold
• Not Kann & Leitgen Cycles Decals.
• Owned by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas kept at his Martha’s Vineyard summer house.

1983 Roelandt

• Early 1980’s Roelandt
• Built in Holland
• Similar to the 1905 English Recumbent
• Possibly the first mass produced recumbent bike.

1984 Backsafer Prototype

• Seat Designed at Logan College of Chiropractic Ergonomic Research Center
• Seat and Frame patented mid-1990’s
• 75 bicycles built in Florida
• US model led to a cheaper heavier import
• J & B Cycles licensed the design, ~2005

1986 Linear

• Made in Guttenberg Iowa by Kann MFG
• 1 1/4″ beam soon changed to 1 1/2″ for stiffness
• These were the first:
• Production aluminum recumbents
• First Folding Recumbents
• First foam bottom/mesh back recumbent seats
• First seats with an integral pocket

1988 Linear

• All original components
• 1 1/2″ wide Folding Frame
• Made in Iowa till 2001

1993 BikeE CT 7 Speed

• First BikeE Model Year, US Made
• This Bike was never sold and never ridden
• BikeE was made from 1993 to 2000

ATP Vision R-40

Ca. 1994

• The most popular USS bike of the late 1990s
• Our of business – assets sold on eBay in 2004
• Shown in the SWB configuration but convertible to LWB

Brass Bent

• Nicely Executed for a one of a kind bike
• Does not adjust for rider size or disassemble for shipping!

Crystal Engineering Trice

• Built in 1992 by Peter Ross in Cornwall, England
• An early example from Crystal Engineering Trice
• The Predecessor to ICE Trikes.

DeFelice Recumbent

• Mid 1980’s
• Made in New Palestine, Indiana
• By Brian DeFelice of the DeFelice Recumbent Bicycle Co. 1983-19??
• Original Suntour Components

EZ-1 by Easy Racers

• One of the originals – Made in the USA
• Forerunner of the heavier, cheaper, Taiwanese Sun EZ-1

Haluzak Traverse

• Full Suspension USS Recumbent
• One of 7 Made

Infinity II

By Ace Tool and Engineering

• Infinity recumbents made in Mooresville Indiana
• Some Infinity frames cracked from pedaling forces

Lightning P-38 with USS

• Made in the late 1980’s
• One of 3 or 4 made with Under Seat Steering

Pre 1986 Linear Prototype

• First Linear with Under Seat Steering
• Hand made by Dirk Kann & Steve Leitgen
• Steve’s personal bike, traded for a modern Linear Limo frameset.

Reynolds Weld Lab Nomad

• Built by George Reynolds
• 2004 & 2005 WRA 200 meter record holder
• 2005 WRA Kilometer record holder
• Reynolds Bikes won 1st & 2nd at 2001 HPRA
• George raced SWB bikes he designed and built.

Wiz Wheels – Terratrike 2.3

• Made in Michigan in 1999.
• The 146th trike TerraTrike made.
• Now the Largest selling brand of tadpole trikes in the world!