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A mockup of what it will look like. I took the seat / tailbox from one trike, the steerer from another, and plonked it on my timber frame trike. |
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A few parts which have been gathered together to build the trike. 7 speed, 26" front wheel, 11 - 40 sunrace rear cog set, 26" unsuspended MTB forks, custom laser-cut dropouts. |
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Bending the forks to suit the front wheel. This process is repeated a few times until the gap between the dropouts is wide enough. |
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Jig for keeping back brake bosses in place while brazing. |
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Standard fork dropouts removed, new one in place |
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Timber steerer side-plates which were made from 1 large piece and need to be sawn apart. |
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Reaming headstem parts so they fit snug around the handlebars. |
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At this stage the timber for the steerer is all predrilled but needs to be glued together. Handlebars were acquired at the Abbotsford Cycle market as per my last post. |
Hi
(June 25, 2017 You can skip ahead to a video of the completed trike. Here is the link )
Over the past 2 years I have made 6 versions of leaning trikes which includes Vi Voung's "ilean" wheelset design at the back. This has all been part of an industrial design master's degree, and I've been on a scholarship which has been my wages (woohoo!). A few months ago the scholarship ended, I'm pootling around now looking for my next gig.
One opportunity that came up is the Dangerous Designs timber design competition, and a few months ago I decided to enter it. I have built a few wooden HPVS before and even plywood leaning trikes, but the plywood leaning trike (like the ones shown 8 photos down here or in this video) wasn't made to the you beaut, latest spec and I didn't feel like entering it in the competition. I mocked up what my best leaning trike could look like, and this is shown in the top photo.
But still not good enough! To enter the competition properly, I really wanted to build a trike to my latest and best design, so I set about working on the design. Because previous designs were part of my work and masters degree, I didn't document building them very much in the blog. But I will try to document this one a bit better, here we go with part 1.
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