What about angling the rear wheels like the wheelchair marathon guys?
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and maybe widen the axle length to allow for corners. Looks a bit tippy. Perhaps if you have a few beers the tippyness will even out.
http://asymptotia.com/wp-images/2006/09/cool_wheels.jpg
You totally need one of these baskets, not the old lady you perv.
You totally need one of these baskets, not the old lady you perv.
I think that red cooler behind the mock up pictures is his "market basket".....hope it is waterproof to hold ice and my beer.
Was thinking more like this...
You so need to lower it and rake the front end Big Wheel Style.
Cool looking project Dan!
Cool looking project Dan!
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Update. Parts are in. Took two weeks for the rear hub to come in. Ditched the two speed rear unit and went with a single speed one set up for three sprockets. One off the cranks, one off the motor, and the secondary drive to the rear wheels.
Rattle can red and white with pinstripes. Looks better in the pics than in person.
I will now proceed to scratch the hell out of it during reassembly, as it is only rattle can.
Rattle can red and white with pinstripes. Looks better in the pics than in person.
I will now proceed to scratch the hell out of it during reassembly, as it is only rattle can.
Is that little motor from a Spooky Tooth kit?
Spooky Tooth Cycles - Motorized Bicycles: Gas Powered and Electric Bikes - SkyHawk Bicycle Engine Kits
I drove one on a Beach Cruiser and nearly shat myself at 45 mph (and it had more to go). And it was loud as s***.
I dreamed of buying one of these (Phat Cycles - Beach Cruisers, Comfort Bikes, and Stretch Bicycles), and installing that kit or more expensively, one of these: Electric Bikes - Electric-Bikes.com
Spooky Tooth Cycles - Motorized Bicycles: Gas Powered and Electric Bikes - SkyHawk Bicycle Engine Kits
I drove one on a Beach Cruiser and nearly shat myself at 45 mph (and it had more to go). And it was loud as s***.
I dreamed of buying one of these (Phat Cycles - Beach Cruisers, Comfort Bikes, and Stretch Bicycles), and installing that kit or more expensively, one of these: Electric Bikes - Electric-Bikes.com
OK Listen to me. If you ignore every other thing I have ever or will ever post, listen to this and heed my warning:
Do not use regular old bike tires and tubes. If they prematurely fail (and they easily can), you will die if you're going 45 mph (or wish you did). You have to use the kind of tire designed to handle the heat that this little motor-driven bike will generate on those meats, or at least no-flat tubes. These would be the fool-proof way to go.
Airless Bicycle Tires
I saw somebody get an insta-flat on a bike with one of these kits (on a mountain bike), and he was going maybe 25 mph, and it was a horrible sight. Let's just say that if he ever finds love, she will be a saint, blind or as ugly as they come.
Do not use regular old bike tires and tubes. If they prematurely fail (and they easily can), you will die if you're going 45 mph (or wish you did). You have to use the kind of tire designed to handle the heat that this little motor-driven bike will generate on those meats, or at least no-flat tubes. These would be the fool-proof way to go.
Airless Bicycle Tires
I saw somebody get an insta-flat on a bike with one of these kits (on a mountain bike), and he was going maybe 25 mph, and it was a horrible sight. Let's just say that if he ever finds love, she will be a saint, blind or as ugly as they come.
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given the inherent instability of the trike, I hope to god no one goes 40 MPH on it.
That said, Run flats seem like a good idea.
Johnny, it is a shop at work. They put signs out when the tree chemical guys come.
That said, Run flats seem like a good idea.
Johnny, it is a shop at work. They put signs out when the tree chemical guys come.
I am totaly rollin' that biatch.
I hit 45mph comming out of the blue hills on this.
It was rolling on 26" bicycle street tires. No problem.
Do whatever you like. I don't spend much time pleasing The Nanny.
It was rolling on 26" bicycle street tires. No problem.
Do whatever you like. I don't spend much time pleasing The Nanny.
I call B.S. At 45mph, you would be sucking asphalt after one tiny bump.
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I tried to follow a friend down Killington on MTB bikes at over 45MPH. Pretty bumpy.
Hypoid, that thing is awesome. I don't think I could get on it, never mind ride it.
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He was around 45mph, I was no where near that. Not for lack of effort.
Hypoid, that thing is awesome. I don't think I could get on it, never mind ride it.
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He was around 45mph, I was no where near that. Not for lack of effort.