Tilting trike frame

Bike frame has white parts and

new frame has red parts. I printed the brown part fresh.

Raw drilled hole for rear trike axle and holesaw.

Trike without seat

First trip, to a local takeaway for

Takeaway Thai food

 

Hi

As I posted last time, I planned to make a convertible section for the bike I had made earlier to convert it to a trike. So I have done this now, and the pics show details. It has only taken a few days, and today I rode the trike for the first time. It goes well but is possibly not as fast as the bike I made earlier. 

Steps to make the trike were: 

Remove seat and rear aluminium frame from bike. The steel rear wheelframe from the bike was broken but everything else is ok.

Gather parts. I had just about everything but printed one spacer. Complete plans for the trike are here on thingiverse, including the spacer.  

Cut aluminium frame, this was just 2 cuts, one at 45 degrees, the other square.

Fit printed parts at front. These hold the 2 front frame sections apart.

Holesaw holes for rear axle

Fit rear axle parts. This includes crush bars to stop the centre of the frame from distorting. 

Add wheels, attach seat . Go!

At the moment I'm not sure about the seat mounts, so I may work on that or swap the seat out. Soon I will repair the steel bike frame, and that is already in progress.

Regards

Steve Nurse