LEGO Bicycle Recumbent
Written December 29, 2002
When I was 10 years old I got the most amazing and educational toy, a Technical LEGO Set #8860. During December 2002 I stumbled upon my original LEGOs and found I had made a LEGO Bicycle Recumbent that was still intact. I'm guessing I made this in the late eighties as a fun model of a recumbent I had been planning on building. One of the key design features was incorporating a RADD MC^2 front wheel suspension system. RADD stands for James Parker's Rationally Advanced Design Development company. In 1987 he debuted the amazing RADD MC^2 Yamaha FZ75 powered protoype motorcycle. I just did a google search and found that LEGO stands for: LES GODT is Danish for "play well." Look at the first 2 letters of each word.
Pictures taken 2002.12.29
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| Pedal power shaft drive to chain wheel drive. |
RADD front end (shock absent for simplicity of LEGO build). |
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Adjustable recumbent bucket seat. |
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The 8860 Technical Lego Set |
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Other Technical electrical motor Lego accessory sets. |
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| A Fire Fighter boat Lego set. One of my first Lego sets I got around age 6. |
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