Check out our most popular plans
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Warrior Recumbent Tadpole Racing Trike is an amazing tadpole trike that can be built using only basic components. Includes under seat steering, disc brakes, adjustable cranks.
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Spirit Short Wheelbase Racing Bike is an easy- to-build sporty short wheelbase recumbent bike with over seat steering and an adjustable bottom bracket.
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OverKill Phat Ass Extreme Chopper takes extreme to a new level with its huge rear wheel and way-out proportions. Convert practically any car wheel for use on a chopper bike!
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DeltaWolf Recumbent Racing Trike takes delta performance to a new level in the corners and on the flats. This fully adjustable trike includes responsive linked steering.
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The latest news from Atomic Zombie
May 16 - Atomic Zombie newsletter
Greetings bike builders. The latest AZ newsletter is now online. In this issue:
Feature article by Radical Brad: "Poor man's lathe"
Bike builders gallery - see what's in the new gallery
Bike builders chat - from the AZ community
Spring into bike building - DIY bike plans special extended
We're selling bike parts to help you with your DIY projects:
* Manufactured parts for your bike projects
* Head tubes & bottom brackets 4 sale
This and other newsletters are on the main AtomicZombie web site under AZ News.
May 2 - Atomic Zombie newsletter
Greetings bike builders. The latest AZ newsletter is now online. In this issue:
Feature article by Brad Graham (Radical Brad):
Building a rebar greenhouse Part 2
Terminator chopper stolen!
New builders gallery: upload your photos
Estonia Warrior tadpole trike
Motorized bikes
Kids' trike in Scotland
Oregon quadcycle
Spring bike building special extended
Manufactured parts for your bike projects
Bike builders chat
Feedback
From our Facebook Fan Page
This and other AZ newsletters can be found here.
May 1 - New Gallery: Upload your photos
The new Atomic Zombie gallery is now online. Members can post and link to pictures, share comments, rate others' pictures and more. You must register as a member of the AZ forum to post in the gallery. Guests can still view the gallery and use some functions, but to fully enjoy the gallery, please become a member. It's free.
The gallery that we have had for years will be migrated to the new gallery this summer. It will stay online here at the main AZ site until all pictures are in the new gallery.
We look forward to seeing your own bikes in our new gallery, and thanks for joining our worldwide community.
April 24
We are working on the new Atomic Zombie gallery. Once we have set it up, members will be able to upload their own photos. It has a lot of features, including a slideshow, but we're configuring some things to make the gallery more user-friendly. If all goes well, we might have it launched this upcoming weekend. Stay tuned to the forum and here for announcements.
The latest Atomic Zombie newsletter will be online tomorrow. Have a fantastic day.
April 18 Atomic Zombie Newsletter
Greetings bike builders. The latest AZ newsletter is now online. In this issue:
Featured article by Radical Brad: Painting Your Project
Choppers from around the world
UK tall bike
Warrior trikes
SpinCycle in England
Spirit SWB recumbent
Cargo bike in Sweden
Bike builders chat
Spring into bike building
Manufactured parts for your projects
And, more new stuff in the builders gallery.
This and other AZ newsletters can be found here.
April 17
OK, so the
forum upgrade took longer than a few hours. But, the good news is that we are back online and there were no major problems with the massive upgrade. There are new features that we have to learn about, though.
If you're a returning member, you will notice some differences, but don't be discouraged! Change is good. We have some tweaking and things that we want to change, so bear with us.
As for the mobile device compatibility, we're still working on it. Much to learn about that. Enjoy.
April 10
Atomic Zombie Newsletter
Greetings bike builders. The latest AZ newsletter is now online. In this issue:
- Welcome to our new Atomic Zombie web site!
- Feature article by Brad Graham (Radical Brad): Salvaging Wheel Parts
- Choppers in Greece, Estonia, Australia & Croatia
- USA SpinCycle
- Australia radical trike
- Bike builders chat
- California recumbent & trailer
- Spring into bike building
- Atomic Zombie manufactured parts for your bike projects
This and other AZ newsletters can be found
here.
Projects from around the world
Our bike building community spans the entire globe and includes builders from all walks of life and age group.
We are an ever expanding group of human powered vehicle enthusiasts that share one common desire - to build it ourselves!
Here is just a small sample of the several thousand creative rides in our
Gallery built by others from around the world.
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Oscar from Sweden
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John from USA
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David Cole from England
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Francis Labbe from Canada
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Bjorn Furuheim From Norway
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Kenneth From USA
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Tim Spicer From USA
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Jean Yves From Canada
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Our latest tutorials
If you are new to the world of human powered vehicle design, then have a look at our bike building tutorials and mini webisodes. We will be updating these on a regular basis with new tips, tricks, and general DIY bike building information so that you can learn the skills needed to dive into this great hobby.
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Wheel Part Salvaging
Learn to completely disassemble a rear multi-speed bicycle wheel in order to salvage the hub, axle, spokes and the rear freewheel.
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Bottom Bracket Bearings
This tutorial will demonstrate the workings of a typical 3 piece bottom bracket, showing the removal and installation of the components that make up the bearing system.
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Diamond Frame Chopping
This tutorial will guide you through the process of cutting up a typical diamond shaped bicycle frame into its individual tubes and components for use in your own designs.
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Basic Fishmouth Cutting
This basic tutorial will cover cutting a simple 90 degree fishmouth into round and square tubing using an angle grinder and a hand file.
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Anyone can build a custom bike!
Building custom bicycles is a great hobby that can be learned by anyone with a desire to create. The skills needed to dismantle, alter and repair bicycle components can be easily learned, and the parts and tools you will need are quite inexpensive. Discarded or worn out bicycles offer many good parts and can often be found at local scrap yards, city dumps, or yard sales for a few dollars.
Even if you plan to build a custom creation using all new parts, this hobby will seem inexpensive compared to many, as you can normally purchase a brand new bicycle at a store for less than a hundred dollars.
The great thing about hacking and welding bicycles is that you will be working with all steel components, which are much stronger, more common, and much less expensive than high grade aluminum or carbon fiber bicycle parts.
You can build your own recumbent bike, tadpole trike, chopper, velomobile, electric scooter, delta trike, quadcycle or tandem trike from our easy-to-follow plans. All of our plans can be modified to suit your own needs. Combine the ideas presented in several plans into a unique home built recumbent bike, or create your own racing trike based on one of our DIY plans. The possibilities are endless!
Even if you have never taken a bicycle apart or handled an angle grinder, you can learn all of the skills needed to create your own recumbent bike or chopper in a few weekends using inexpensive tools and standard bicycle components. Our plans include many styles of human powered and electric vehicles, and most projects can be built for a fraction of the cost of a new comparable vehicle.
Build a low and fast recumbent tadpole trike, or a sturdy load carrying trike from our plans. You can race local traffic by building a lowracer from our recumbent lowracer plans, or look cool cruising on your own radical phat tire chopper bicycles based on Atomic Zombie chopper plans!
None of our bike or trike plans require expensive or hard-to-find parts. You can easily make changes to suit your needs or work with the materials you have on hand. Any standard store welder and a few handheld tools are needed to create your own choppers, custom trikes and recumbent bicycles from our plans, so dive right in and let the sparks fly!
We also have an international bike builders community if you need help, and a builders gallery where you can show off your own handmade bike. The Atomic Zombie bike building family is around the world, so please join us.