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The bike trailer with foldable prop.
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Folding the prop down helps me get it around the side of the house.
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The cargo: this is the tetrahedral wheel rim sculpture I discussed in my design blog. In the last few days I made it "a bit less boring" by replacing one of the top rims with a spoked wheel with a cd fan in the centre.
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Backyard trial with the sculpture. This is the sculpture in flat-pack form.
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Woohoo we're rolling! This is the first time I had it hitched up.
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Arrival at Wecycle, I was the first there today.
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Set up, a few early arrivals, customers and volunteer Lucas are trickling in.
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Just about full swing a few hours later.
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I was helping Carlos to check gears on a bike inside (yes, I did some work there) Here he's using his phone to see the L and H marks on the rear derailleur.
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Back home
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This plug goes into the main frame beam of the Vuong trike. The bolt at the fop secures it in the frame.
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Another view of the hitch adapter. I think the steel part was once a bit of a chainstay.
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Trailer hitch on trike. This particular trailer fits in with the asymmetry of the back wheels.
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Hi
For a few days I've been finishing off a sculpture in our backyard, and it had its public debut and first road trip today. A bit after the sculpture was done, I dragged a barely started hard rubbish trailer project around from the side of the house and got to work. Firstly I made a full plywood deck, then a few pins to go in the sculptures spoke holes. Lastly I made a folding prop for the rim sculpture.
It wasn't till this morning when I was actually using it that I tried the trailer and it worked very well. But even by my standards this rig is conspicuous. Anyway the sculpture went down well at Wecycle at Batman Park, where I volunteer on Saturdays fixing bikes for refugees. Here is a video of it reflecting light from the sun in our backyard.
I'm planning another trailer, this time for my electric Voung leaning trike, and it will be used to tow a surfboard.
Regards
Steve Nurse
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