A bicycle camper pulled by a motorized custom tow bike.
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2022
- The chopped down Nomad camper is now pulled by a 6 speed Briggs and Stratton motor with a pedal assist FWD custom bike.
Plans for the original Nomad camper are available at:
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Make sure to hit the link on my suggested video at the end. It's an old video I switched up some to give tribute to my old friend Wayno, who passed away last week. He made me laugh and taught me how to be OK with myself own goofy self. - Zábava
Paul you truly are a brilliant inventor. Your bike designs and coroplast projects are pure genius.
One thing you should try: If you make chloroplast strips, say 2-3 inches wide; you can then slide wire(about the same size as coat hanger) down into one or more of the square openings. If you slightly make sinusoidal bends in the wire, it holds in place by friction. The wire stiffens the strips a lot!!! I made up a tailbox using these strips in an open basket weave. Where the two strips crossed, I used a pencil soldering iron melting holes through each strip. I then used a zip tie holding both strips together. When my basket shape was done, I covered the outside with heat shrinkable plastic. Using a heat gun, I shrunk the plastic down onto the basket. The structure sounded like a drum!!! To hold the heat shrink plastic, top and bottom, I wrapped it around a 1 inch strip of chloroplast and zip tied the strip down, and then applied the heat. You can also make structural shapes( like "Ls" and "Ts" and "Is") using chloroplast strips in right angle directions coupled with wire reinforcing. Food for thought... - Bob
I smile and my heart beats faster when I see people like you. I loved your project ❤👍
Well done again. Turned out great. 👌
You remind me to always be a kid and always be curious and inventive
The way things are going in this world I think a lot more people should be watching your channel thanks very much Paul
Brother I wouldn't be ashamed either
I think I going to build one for my little 4 cylinder car just in case
Agreed.
Noo they should be watching my channel 😂
You never fail to keep me inspired to follow my crazy dream projects. Currently working on a camper to pull behind my 170cc scooter. Also working on a bayou backwater camper boat. Just looking to travel light and cheap. Don’t want $5/gallon gas to hold me back.
americans need to realize $5/gallon is very cheap
It’s seen as expensive compared to years in the past. I can recall gas being a bit more than thirty cents a gallon, when I was in junior high. (1972-3)
It *IS* cheap compared to many places in Europe, however.
I agree that gas in the US is cheap. When you compare gas prices to gold prices the petroleum industry has absolutely worked miracles in their development. Oil and natural gas is by far the cheapest energy on the planet. Solar and wind have their place and so does nuclear. Each should be developed to its highest potential free from controlling politics. The free market will regulate each of these industries without the need for political interference.
I finished my first cargo bike build last week. I love it!!! It came out wonderful. Creators like you and others were my inspiration, I am forever grateful sir. Thank you as always for sharing this and all your content
Paul,I just love your channel! Blessings 🙏
I bet your wife sometimes thinks she's got a grown kid that just had to much fun. 😂
Always see the world through the eyes of a child, seeing opportunities instead of problems, be at awe at everything the day gives you
Looks great. I am working on building an electric velomobile and doing a redo of my camper this summer. Hope to see more bike camper in the future!
Thanks Paul. Love your channel!
This is CZcams Paul, we want to see a rocket powered Coroplast camper next, or NO THUMBS UP 🙂
Send me some rockets and I'll see what I can do.
@@paulwelkinsdiy hahahha! YES!!!! :)
I'll remember the 'Heet' cooker.It's very light,and easy to make.I've been thinking about the camper for a couple years now,and plan on building one similar.Thanks again for the ideas and designs.Happy Trails.
Ingenious! Thanks for the video Paul!
That's awesome, man! I admire your talent! Your ability to make these awesome builds, is mind blowing! I Keep up the awesome work!!!
Been watching your channel for years now. Ever since the canoe build . I lost my best friend too. Strange how this popped up. Love your work man
You are Kool. Wish I had time to tinker around with those kinds of projects. Keep doing what's you're doing. I'm inspired.
Paul, this version of the camper is great, man! Greetings from Argentina, a big hug, many successes!
Pant legs folded on the wall for pockets is genius my friend
Thanks!
I like your use of lightweight materials. Excellent job all around.
Glad to see another cool project from you!
Some lovely wee modifications Paul. Wow the bike is genius , you are an amazing engineer, designer and inventor.
One hundred and five gears !!!!!!!!! What a choice. I thought 37 was decadent. Your travel setup is amazing. Incredible what a bit of ingenuity can make use of.
Love your creativity and sense of adventure. Would love a video of some camping in the rain in that.
Some day soon.
@@paulwelkinsdiy looking forward
thank you for doing it so I dont have to! been dying to try it....gosh still might just have to
thanks again for the upload!!
A few years ago you inspired me to build a small teardrop camper I could pull behind my bicycle or motorcycle. Ended up selling it. Had fun with it though. I love your videos and original ideas.
I checked out your channel Gabe. Love the RC cockpit with working controls. VERY clever! You should get more hits.
Thanks for checking it out Paul!
It's always a good day when you post up a new video.
Ty for these video when you leave us you will have left us these videos that will teach people for years to come
This is the best bike camper ive seen so far.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Elkins is the grand old man of bike campers. He has inspired thousands over the years.
Very inspiring. I like it. Thanks. 🙂👍❤💪🌟
I have waited for this Scrambled eggs from the very beginning ;-) As usual - excellent job, Paul! ❤
Thanks Apostol! If you don't learn anything from my camper builds you will learn how to make Scrambled eggs!
So beyond cool.. I love your machine! Camper so well organized, would be cool for a homeless person. I enjoyed your video a lot. Thank you!!
Awesom, bro. You got a passions.
I absolutely love you invention
Great original stuff . Thanx
Your awesome..Thank you for videos.
Your skills are awesome dude , your gear looks great , , , ,🎸🎸👍
I like the understated look….definitely good for blending in when camping.
I really like the Trangia alcohol burner. That "yellow bottle HEET" is methanol, so try not to touch it with your skin. Otherwise, yellow heet works great.
Love you Paul!
Pretty cool!
Gives me some ideas for the ebike I am building.
Only problem with ebikes is the battery cost.
In Canada it is going to cost about 500 bucks for a decent one.
Have tried ordering ones through EBay and Alliexpress and sellers have tried to rip me off 3 times
. I gave up on those scam platforms or whatever you want to call them.
I guess I will need to order from a Canadian company but is going to cost me dearly.
I like the idea of a seat with a backrest, Is great! My back has had it without going into detail about. So have my knees.
I want to get back into biking but my body has seen better days.
My bike is almost built. I have the hub motor ,controller, throttle etc. But just need a high capacity 52 volt battery that can do 1000 watts.
Thanks for sharing and giving me some ideas for my project.
Very cool. Thanks for the ride.
Love it Paul
One on my favourites on utube..always thinking outside the norm..
Ultra compact, portable and convenient looking, and so as the mini combustion, no gas increase cannot beat that mechanical.
The "stand" for your tekoba stove is ingenious with the 4 screws and 2x4. I've worked on ALL sorts of small stands out of lightweight gear for the nicer ones I've built and always overcomplicate. ha!
Try cotton balls... Not even a whole one... Spread out and any cooking oil for fuel.... The tea candle bases are perfect size but eventually burn... Soda can bottoms work better... Glass dab containers are best .. don't let the oil burn or get moisture in it... As you cook and lift to regulate temperature it's easy to use ab eyedropper bottle to keep it going... For heating for hours a diaphram made of a stretched plastic pen tube and or vice grips and a mini bottle can keep you warm for hours at a stretch... Just use a feed ramp of aluminum can to keep your res. Out of direct flame and heat ...temps reach 700+degrees .. be wary of excess oil dripping and containment devices being hot enough to smoke and ignite....
*don't let the oil boil*
My current protype consists of a tin coffee can... Fitted with 3 smashed to fit soup cans .. filled with red bull can sized can bases for "burners" ... This could make a contained unit for a potstand/ skillet but I've yet to add holes around the rim for air.... This setup keeps any missed drops and boil_over in a cooler region of the device... The very bottom barely ever gets too hot to hold..or over 150° and cools within seconds as the rest of the device functions nary like an aluminum electronics heat sink...
This is crazy ever since I saw your first bicycle camper video years ago I’ve been wanting to put an engine on a bike with it I was Thinking a full-size tricycle with a harbor freight 212 engine but as you stated with the laws it seems I need something smaller
Nice invention. I had the idea to put four wheels on a double hammock and turn it into a two seater recumbent bike. Feel free to play with this idea.
i love my camper, same one i bought the plans off of you
You should make a video and post it. Funny birdseye view video. Too funny.
Damn you're awesome~ this is amazing
Have you seen the SCHILDI tiny solar boat house bicycle camper?! It is the combination of my two favorite builds of yours! I bet you could make one! 😉
Impressive rig !!!!!
Very cool Paul, thanks! - "Batteries? We don't need no stinkin' batteries!"
Love it elkins
I never heard of that *"HEET"* stuff before. Neat idea...👍
Make sure you use the yellow HEET. The red HEET burns sooty.
Looking to build a bike camper. I love your vids!
Could you do a short vid maybe on safety concerns. Like what you think about width and length pros and cons. My concern being a big guy, I would need a 30" bed.
Also any road traveling experiences on public roads, wrecks, close calls exedra and wind turbulence from trucks and so forth.
Thanks
This is an interesting guy. I haven't seen his videos for awhile now.
You're basically trying to invent the italian "Ciao" which was a tiny scooter with pedals
Solar Punk meets Mad Max ! Great Stuff Paul !
I'm working on a camper. Wind tore it up during construction so I shelved it for over a year now but I'll repair the tear with zip ties and duct tape soon and get back to it since I was lucky enough to find a Thule stroller curbside for free to build my chassis with.
I've been playing around with alcohol stoves too. Avoid the red HEET, people, it burns sooty. Yellow HEET burns clean.
Very interesting. You sure have a vivid imagination.
I bicycled 6 times across America. With trailer , one trip with 2 trailers. No motor. With my big dog. Your bike and trailer are cool. Peace ✌️
I have epilepsy and have a lot of seizures I wish that I could do this God bless you and your family.
Very cool. Held together with zip ties. Love it. That's probably me in about ten years.
Good video bro nice build keep up the good work
I really like the bike and camper ste up Paul it proves one thing never grow up never act your age and always have fun doing what you love lol.
Have a great day
Choppersrule1
Indeed! I am a child at heart, which is better than an old fart.
This is tru my friend this is true lol
I'm a fan of the Swedish Trangia spirit burners myself. I run mine off of the same Heet fuel and get no soot whatsoever. They're very affordable, around 20-25 bucks or so. Modern ones will come with a "simmer ring", basically a special cap with a hinged plate on it, that allows you to dial down the heat if necessary. It's also got a screwcap with a thick rubber o-ring on the inside that allows you to store unused fuel inside the burner.
Just checked on out. Very cool. Looks like there's a bunch on the market with similar results.
OMG, How nifty!
Another excellent build, Paul. How well do you find paint sticks to the coroplast? Any problem with rub-off? And, have you ever found a good adhesive for coroplast?
You can scuff it with 600 grit equivalent 'scotch-brite' pads first,and clean it with glass cleaner.(really)Then I use 2x 'Rustoleum Primer and Paint'.If you test an area and that hasn't held, Rustoleum Adhesion Promoter is even recommended for car plastics.I haven't had to use it yet.
Adore this …. So cool
I really love this concept and I love this video again I think it's amazing all the things you make out of coroplast.
I need to see how to get some free coroplast in my area from my local government through our city officials and see if I can get creative
It may not be long and many of us may need one of them.
If you go downhill starting out, then you can go without starting the engine and use gravity to go like you did in the beginning of the video, but then just before you see that you are near the bottom of the hill turn the ignition on and just engage the belt to the motor, and it should start. No need to stop and pull start it in that case.
I love your inventions, thank you.
love this so much. My idea is a bicycle RV camper with a truck bed. It would utilize a regular trike 26 inch wheel bicycle, zip tie enclosed with PVC pipe for skeleton and mattress sheet of plastic as skin. I also imagine the sheet of mattress plastic would act like an inner and an outer skin to then add spray foam for insulation.
Wow loving it
So when are you planning on the cross-country trip?
That's what I wanted to know, I liked the bike with the sweeping handlebars.
Me too, but I wanted a pedal assisted bike. All the guts were there, and riding the old rig around was pretty illegal. Not sure if I'll do a trip with this. I'm playing with another camper idea.
This is something I wanted to seee on CZcams for long time but Peter Pan kept saying it didn't exist.
Peter Pan can go take a backwards jog in the park blindfolded, cause Paul Elkins made it exist! BOOM this is a sick build - too dope, man. I like this
I think a decent tent would suit me better that lugging that around but well done. looks fun.
You have the best idea's
That is a great solution for travel for when the electric grid goes down !!! Love it. !!
Bloody genius.
A mind like that is true freedom.
เจ๋งมากครับป๋า.... Cool 😍
I love your way to do things. Greetings from germany you are my inspiration .sorry about my english ii hope you understand what i mean.
Love your builds! Question: Do you think it would it be beneficial at all to put silicone in the open holes at the end of coroplast for insulation, so air cannot get in?
I've often thought about taking one of my 2 stroke motorized bicycles on a road trip and one of those campers would be kinda fun to tow. My engine's aren't stock so I think it would pull one easily
Love your channel. Have you seen the Trangia cooking system?
I have just yesterday. I like the non primer, quick start of the stove
Another good one.... You should check out the Coleman mini bike... I recently got a bt200x
Elikins by golly your a genius
Nice one Paul, how good are your break's with all that weight and are you planning a summer road trip, thanks for the video 👍
You could also bring along a small Jackery and solar panel.
Youre such an inspiration Paul. What do you do for a living?
Thank you! keep adding to your channel. You have some good ideas!
I love this!!! I bought a ebike conversion kit last year, works great, 700 km in the summer months! but that about 20 km each ride then i gotta charge it. I now want a little 2 hp motor so i can drive constantly!!!! and i need a little camper of course! What is your top speed? I have much to learn. Thanks
have you tried a little Rocket Stove? I've even seen some collapsible ones and wood is a free resource.
Also, what about putting your stove on a swivel/hinge to allow outdoor cooking on dry days? Negates excess heat and fumes on hot days
Hiram Cook!!! 👏👏👏👏👏 I like your setup. Have you ever tried a friction styled setup for mounting an engine?
Not sure what you mean, but have tried friction drive. They don't work well in the rain. Like your old VW bug. Sold my 62 a while back . I miss that clunker.
Спасибо за подробный обзор с приветом из Ивделя
With all our high tech now a days, a 49cc ultra efficient motor powering an electric 21 speed bicycle would be ideal... You can pedal it, or drive it on the electric power, plug into any outlet for recharge, or start up the mini gas engine to recharge and drive it at the same time. Sell those ready built, and also sell the camper prebuilt, and you can get more people into biking and bike - camping too... The camper needs a lock on the inside and outside too, and be a nice hard shell plastic form with it's own solar panel and USB 3.0 power supply and battery, to use lights, radios, laptops, phones, and internet devices.
You are so freakin cool!!
Sweet.