On the road with a bike

30 juin 2011

Different types of trikes

Interesting french website: Ekopedia. Describes the trike and compares the different types: http://fr.ekopedia.org/Tricycle_couch%C3%A9 There's an interesting comparison of Tadpole/Delta and Python...

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30 juin 2011

Design of a trike..

http://www.amidesign.ch/ch_vph-trike.htm

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29 juin 2011

Independant coasting

?? what is this... well imagine you're pedalling a lot and get tired.. you want to have a rest so you stop pedalling... should the other one stop pedalling as well for you to relax?? Now what if we are going downhill and both want to relax? Again the...

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22 juin 2011

Alternative to standard chain

As I was trying to understand this camber angle stuff i tried to figure out how the transmission could look like... Basically the wheel axle will not be aligned with the crankset... so putting a chain in between might be a bit difficult... Maybe it will...

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19 juin 2011

Camber angle??

So we want to have 2 wheels at the back? (or at least that's my idea) but we see many designs with the rear wheels not vertical... This is called camber angle... it took me quite some time to find out the technical term... here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber_angle...

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19 juin 2011

They're all here

Wide variation of trikes... http://www.utahtrikes.com/Trikes.html

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19 juin 2011

Use of a speedhub with 2 rear wheels

Seems to be feasible... is it not overcomplicted?? http://www.utahtrikes.com/TRIKE-UTCQUAD.html

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19 juin 2011

Speedhub

What is this Rohloff stuff about? speedhub?? A very nice presentation from the Rohloff website: http://www.rohloff.de/en/technology/technical_cd/index.html Baically here are pros and cons I can see: Cons: -More expensive than a standard hub system with...

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18 juin 2011

Rainy day in Munich...

It's raining so it's the right time to look what can be found on the internet... Some concept trikes! http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-concept-trikes-that-run-green-on-electric-engines/ some webpages http://challengebikes.com/index.php?language=fr&selection=trike-trike-fr...

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16 juin 2011

Trike in Campeon

How surprising to see 2 trikes in front of my work building!!! Here are the pics:

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15 juin 2011

tandem trikes

Quelques idées: -carénages -géométries http://home.mindspring.com/~kb7mxu/trikes4.htm

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14 juin 2011

1st ideas

I thought about the gears.. and also looked at how complicated the chain connection gets between both cranksets... wow... it's gonna be tough... then I thought about this: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyeu_%C3%A0_vitesses_int%C3%A9gr%C3%A9es Here are...

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14 juin 2011

Getting excited

Well really this is way too expensive... and I think I know someone who will be interested and will tell me: let's build it. You can call it providence but then 1h later the doorbell rang.. and guess who? Olivier and Marlene just back from 10 days of...

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14 juin 2011

Idea in pictures

So back to Munich I switch on the PC and try to connect to the internet... What I have in mind is some sort of a tandem where you somehow lay on the bike.. I will soon learn that this is called a recumbent bike... what a strange name for a bike... After...

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14 juin 2011

Where the idea started

Vincent, Pauline's brother is taking care of an association for some rare disease that one of his friend's child is suffering from; this is is called Neurofibromatosis. You can find details about this association on their FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-Erwan/195608423817896...

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