Where to find Parts & Wheelsets for Your Recumbent

Bicycle Parts

List of Parts and Wheel manufacturers

• Aero Spoke Wheels – Aerospoke is one of the most recognized and respected names in composite wheels

• Alex Rims – manufacturer of bicycle rims.

• Bontrager Wheel Works – They are not built for recumbent bikes, but I ride these on my mountain bike and haven’t needed a truing in 2 years.

• Chris King Precision Components – Headsets, Hubs, Bottom Brackets and Tools.

• Dave’s Wheels – aka Dave Thomas’s Speeddream.com – custom wheel maker with a reputation among cyclists for quality. Located in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

• Ecospeed – Portland Oregon based company manufacturers and electric assist motor kit for recumbent bicycles.

• HED Cycling – Seems like everyone winning races is running these wheel sets.

• Mavic – Another Rim manufacturer that doesn’t really make recumbent specific rims, but I’ve ridden their mountain bike rims with great success. Good product!

• Pantour Suspension Hubss – Want to take some of the “ouch” out of bumps without a huge weight penalty? This is it! Carlsbad, California.

• Power on Cycling – Dealer specializes in recumbent parts and customizing Rans, Challenge, M5 and easy tour recumbent bicycles. Want to build your own this might be a good start to selecting your components. Site is plain vanilla but fairly detailed. Plant City, Florida

• Schwalbe Tires – If these are not the best tires you can buy, they are pretty damn close! You should be avle to find Schwalbe tires at quality bicycle dealers worldwide. Schwalbe North America – Victoria, British Columbia Canada.

• Security Bicycle Accessories – Distributes bicycle parts to dealers. Also has an excellent “links” page of parts manufacturers.

• Specialized Bicycles – Yes I know they don’t make recumbent bicycles, but they make some highly durable thorn resistant tires. I was getting flats about every 3rd ride from the thorns here, then I switched to Specialized Armadillos and I’ve had 1 flat in a year and a half!

• Spinergy Wheels- Another high end wheel set manufacturer.

• TerraCycle – USA (Oregon) manufacturer of Recumbent Parts and Accessories. Acquired FastBack Products in late 2007.

• Topolino Technology – High end wheel set manufacturer specializing in 700C Wheelsets, including Carbon Tubular with Kevlar spokes. These wheels feel great to ride and are featured on specially spec’d Carbent’s.

• Velocity – Wheels, Rims, and accessories including a line of recumbent wheels in 349, 406, 559, and 700 sizes.

• Wellgo Pedals – You’ll find Wellgo Pedals spec’d standard on a lot of recumbent bikes.

• Windwarp Fairings – Makes Lexan® plastic fairings compatible with a large range of recumbent bikes and trikes.

• Wheels for Bikes – More manufacturers listed at this personal website