Velomobile Day 14
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2010
- Today we welded the steering boom tubes on. We now have a rolling frame!
I sat in the seat for the first time ever today and rolled myself foreward using the front wheels like a wheelchair.
It's getting there!
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Man Oh Man Chase
That machine is looking absolutly brilliant.
Very, VERY COOL.
Great Work.
David
Triketrek11 . keep up the good work, great to see people using their skills.
good job
Have you thought about putting spring shocks on it? I am building a similar bike as you are, but I am making a few modifications to the design. 1) I am not connecting the front wheels directly to the frame. Instead, I am attaching the wheels to a separate beam and then attaching the beam to pivot joint, attached to the bike's main frame. The beam attached to the wheel overlaps the frame's beam and then attaches to a spring based shock absorber. This gives independent suspension.
Full face shield bud!!
you can put the body 0edaldirect with body by putting pipe in the middle phrame with out welding
Triketrek11.. where are you doing this at? Someones shop? I'm wanting to build a Velomobile also, but mine will have a 66cc 2 stroke behind the seat. I don't rilly have any hills to worry about, I live in KS. I am going to see just how fast I can get it to go though. I will have a non-stop 5 mile long straight road with small gradual hills on its daily commute.
I was wondering why have all of the people that have built their own recumbent bicycle put the front wheels so close to the seat? I am going to build one of my own but I am going to put the front wheels farther up and I was thinking of putting them in front of the front wheels or at least make the frame a little longer and put the front wheels farther up instead of so close and then make a longer pair of handle bars. I want mine lower to the ground and more comfortable for me to ride. I want to put independent suspention on mine also. I really want to make it look like a lowrider just like any of my other bicycles I have made. I always want to make mine look different than all the rest. But I like the look of it other than the front wheels and the hight of the back wheel it looks good.
Not to freakin bad 4 professional amateurs. L500
@triketrek11 Hi Chase
The camber. It's a good question. My 1948 CJ-2A Willys Jeep, It has a positive camber. My velomobile Quest has a negative camber. I can't say one way or the other if it would be a problem due to my limited experience, less than 6 months with my velomobile. Does you blue prints call for a positive camber?
I am a bicycle mechanic but I would have to say this is a question for the more experienced Velonauts over on the velomobile page on bentrideronline.
David
Its not toe in its camber
Sounds like whoever it is in the background only uses the machine when you're talking, listen sharply, it seemed every-time you spoke they used the machine to try and drown you out; I think i'd prefer to higher off the ground, we have bad roads and loads of those traffic humps on roads, I don't want to hitting them with the base of my spine at 50 mph coming down a hill.
Sorry, the background noise makes this not worth viewing. But good luck to you.
Sorry about that. Wish I was the only one using the shop, did what I could with the little time I had while building