Recumbent electrically power-assisted bicycle

A recumbent bicycle comprised of a frame assembly comprised of a head pipe, a main tube connected to said head pipe and extending rearwardly therefrom, and a down tube affixed relative to said head pipe and having a first portion extending generally vertically downwardly therefrom and a second portion beginning at the lower portion of said first portion and extending in a horizontal direction rearwardly and spaced beneath said main tube, a front wheel dirigibly supported for rotation about a front wheel axis by said head pipe of said frame assembly and immediately forwardly of said down tube first portion, a rear wheel rotatably journaled for rotation about a rear wheel axis at the rear of said frame assembly, a manually-operated pedal crank mechanism journaled by the frame assembly at a point contiguous to the juncture of said down tube first and second portions and to the rear of said front wheel axis, a seat for a rider disposed at the rear of said frame assembly so that the buttocks of a seated rider lies over said rear wheel axis and to the rear of the front edge of said rear wheel, said seat being oriented relative to said pedal crank mechanism so that the rider is seated in a recumbent fashion, and an electric motor, a battery power source for supplying electrical power to said electric motor and transmission for driving said rear wheel by said electric motor each of which is disposed at forward portions of said frame assembly forwardly of said rear wheel and behind said front wheel and in the area bounded by said main tube and said down tube for applying a substantial portion of their weight on said front wheel for balancing the weight placed on the rear wheel by the rearward seating position of the rider.