OzHPV Rally Day 3

 

Near Lake Albert: Michael, Lindsay, Randall, Jason, Adam

In an older part of Wagga, I wandered . In the background is a levee bank (useful in the recent flood event) topped by a cycle path.

A few more scenes.....

on the same....

stretch of road and.....

back at the caf.

Lindsay with fat etrike, our guide around Wagga.

Jason

A bike track close to the scout hall. Fun riding through the bush, and the shade is most welcome.

With Lindsay and William, waiting for the ride to start

Fixing Jason's trike

Hi

Here are the photos from this morning's ride. Wagga Wagga local Lindsay showed us around town including trails on the top of levee banks, and a caf in one of the older parts of town. Jason and Lindsay have electric trikes, and they consider them fairly essential for getting around. Nice ride.

Hanging out in the afternoon

A young recruit tries Adam's velomobile. His bike had no brakes and he had no helmet but he was good at wheelies!

OzHPV Rally Day2

 

A welcome lunch Stop at Junee. It had been quite hot and we had a few navigation hiccups.

Back at the scout hall, Duncan, Adam and Michael are doing what recumbent riders do best, that is....

Discuss recumbents

Junee with a few niice bikes, Pete Heal's Lizards and a Velokraft.

Junee

Junee lunch stop, this is the caf and gift shop in the fine old railway station.

Terry Burn, Junee

Junee

Junee

Near Junee

The unstoppable Jason F. with his Greenspeed electric trike

Near Junee

Leaving Wagga, Pete Heal behind me.

Leaving Wagga

Jason and Pete, Wagga rush hour

Near the scout hall

Jason's setup

Hi, photos from yesterdays extended ride from Wagga Wagga to Junee. It got quite warm and windy, and we were happy to get to the rest stops.  My bike went well and I am very happy with its aerodynamics compared to the commercial - and Pete  - Heal - custom - bikes in the group.

Junee itself is a very nice town, lots of historical buildings with not a huge population and friendly locals. 

Got to stop now, our ride leader Leonard has arrived for today's ride.

Regards

Steve Nurse

OzHPV rally Day 1

 

I drove from Melbourne leaving at about 6:30 and only stopped for a decent amount of time once I hit Gerogery, a tiny town just south of Wagga. Had a nice chat to this lady who filled up my car for me at the general store.

Just around the corner was this place which had

antique lawn maintenance equipment in the yard.

Went on from Gerogery to Wagga where I picked up the keys to a scout hall ozhpv had hired. It was occupied by elderly dancing couples but they assured me they would be gone by 4pm. Soon after I met William and Duncan outside the hall and told them the situation. After that I went out to the bike track. This shows our photo and interview session with Tahlia and Meredith from the Wagga Advertiser. We should be in the paper tommorrow.

Randall and his Trisled nitro low racer. He had made a copper (!) steerer extension. Pete Heal looks on from his lounge chair.

Flying nitro on the velodrome. There is approx 2cm ground clearance.

Nitro.

Scout Hall

Scout Hall

Scout Hall

Hi

Here are my pictures from day 1 at the OzHPV challenge and rally. Quite a good day, met up with a few friends and hung out at the Scout Hall we had hired, and at the nearby cycle track where the challenge is to be held. Regards  Steve

Rear Frame for Bike on thingiverse

 

Hi

A few days ago, I added a rear suspension fork design to thingiverse. This design makes a recumbent bike which is a variation on a leaning recumbent trike which is already documented on thingiverse.

The fork is an adapter which sits between an 82.5 x 28.6 x 2.3mm wall aluminium beam and a 20” bike wheel. It includes suspension and consists of a steel frame, 3d printed sliders and suspension blocks. The fork may be slightly harder to build than the trike, but it is lighter (4.5kg for bike version, 5.9kg for trike version) , and should be more aerodynamic and have less rolling resistance.

Note that this design is particular to one bike, but its design principles can be applied to different size beams. 

I think parts of the fork could be made using 3d printing in metal, and this would make an interesting project. For example the central join could be made in titanium as a lighter, more aerodynamic alternative to the chunky steel I have used.

References:

Tilting trike design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4201871

Hupi Article on Designs: https://hupi.org/HPeJ/0031/0031.html

200k Audax ride on the bike: http://modularbikes.blogspot.com/2022/08/winter-surf-2022-done-and-dusted.html

Some discussion on Wisil recumbents with pics of a few comparable machines. http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13024  

Regards

Stephen Nurse, Melbourne Australia,

A new vintage

 

Velamo Hub, a slightly closer look might reveal the year of manufacture

Distinctive notched seat lug

As traded

cranks - pedals are surprisingly good

After a small amount of work

Suntour skitter derailleur circa 1968

Hi

Firstly, an apology!  My last post about Macini bikes wound up in my Design Blog, where as it should have been posted here. No big deal, hope you will find it anyway! 

Back to this post - Riding back from some friends' place while visiting Aireys Inlet I came across a shedful of stuff - all free!  Included was this bike of unknown brand and origin. Anyway, it seems quite ok, and a little bit of a resto should fix it.  As well as the bike, another aquistition has been most of a Suntour Skitter derailleur. I am thinking of an unholy resto with 700c aluminium rimmed wheels, the Suntour derailleur and the rescued bike frame. Progress sofar has been good, with the often - stuck steerer stem being easy to remove from the forks. Pedals are impressive too - although very rusty outside, the bearings seem ok, and they should be salvageable. Wish me luck!

Regards

Steve

A different land

 

OzHPV challenge, Corryong. Christine holding court with Graham, Damian, George, Lloyd, Aki.

Grandma Chris

For a while we had a rickshaw

Christine rode a bike for a while, she was very brave doing this!

 

Hi

 Just now, I have posted on my design blog about my wife and partner of 34 years, Christine passing away. So only 4 pics here, please wander over to my design blog for more. Miss you Christine!