Greetings from Ballarat, Recumbenteers :)
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Postby Riggsbie » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:31 pm
Still need to figure if a 5.5" wide rim will be too mental, might start with a much narrower 3" wide rim.....
All scheming at this stage.....
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Postby DentedHead » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:59 pm
Phhffft. No such thing as "too mental". Once I figure a way to build the wheel mount, the first chopper I build will be for my neighbour, using one of his old Nissan 350Z rear wheels. 18" diameter, 9" or 10" wide...Riggsbie wrote:
Still need to figure if a 5.5" wide rim will be too mental, might start with a much narrower 3" wide rim.....
All scheming at this stage.....
Dent.
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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:51 am
Go to Atomic Zombie Dent, they have plans for a chopper like that.DentedHead wrote:Phhffft. No such thing as "too mental". Once I figure a way to build the wheel mount, the first chopper I build will be for my neighbour, using one of his old Nissan 350Z rear wheels. 18" diameter, 9" or 10" wide...Riggsbie wrote:
Still need to figure if a 5.5" wide rim will be too mental, might start with a much narrower 3" wide rim.....
All scheming at this stage.....
Dent.
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Re: Greetings from Ballarat, Recumbenteers :)
Postby DentedHead » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:36 am
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Postby Riggsbie » Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:22 pm
Check out pictures of VFR 750/800 or RC 30/45
They will give you inspiration !
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Postby DentedHead » Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:27 pm
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Postby Riggsbie » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:25 pm
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Postby DentedHead » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:59 am
The "Loafer" now has a new fairing and name... for your entertainment and amusement, I present....
...the "Armoured Bear"
And with the front open...
Still a few things to do before I'd call it done though. It needs some gusseting where the boom meets the crossbar, as well as possibly some stoppers to prevent the front fairing flipping right over. I also have a nice piece of clear poly-carbonate I'm going to make a windscreen from, and of course I ran out of nuts and bolts, so need to replace quite a bit of tape when my nuts and bolts arrive. I'd like to think once that's all done, I'll paint it, but my track record of getting stuff painted is pretty dismal.
Oh, and I've got to put a floor in from the crossbar back to the rear. That'll be right before the painting that probably won't happen.
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:53 pm
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Re: Greetings from Ballarat, Recumbenteers :)
Postby John Lewis » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:53 am
I reckon you got inspiration for the front of your velo from the carapace of a crayfish or a yabby.
Quite a neat way to get a respectable shape. I like it.
Here are some photos of a velo built in Tassi. It improved the performance of the trike a heap. I think you can find it in old posts Back a few years on BROL.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23600382@N06/page3/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Be interested to hear if you get a performance boost too.
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Postby DentedHead » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:46 am
This is kinda what I was going for...
As with all "first try" projects, future ones will look better. Maybe I'll even get close to the dream
It's kinda hard to tell if I get a performance boost, at least until I put the comp on. I find I can't gauge my speed very well with the fairing, but I was never real fast to begin with. I average about 27kph commuting when on road in the Kodiak, but most of my riding is slower, and the velo is heavier, and very differently geared. I certainly don't feel real fast in it (yet).
Dent.
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Postby Riggsbie » Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:00 pm
In the Mango, during a long ride, you get the feeling you are going quite slowly after a while but when you look at the cycle computer you are 'bimbling along' at a steady 30kph.......
It's all relative !
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Postby DentedHead » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:35 pm
Started the "tinker" phase now ( make and fit the windscreen, work out where bottle cages go, where mini tool kit goes, what can be turned into storage, could I make arm-rests out of cor-flute offcuts etc,). I added some rough and ready colour, in what I think of as "Mango Red" which is in reality the left over cans I had from other projects, so that should make me go a bit faster. I also need to look into dampening the chain noise. The cor-flute carries it amazingly well... I have some foam than might work, but I think it'll be more likely I need to find actual sound dampening foam.
This is exactly my desired outcome!Riggsbie wrote: ...during a long ride, you get the feeling you are going quite slowly after a while but when you look at the cycle computer you are 'bimbling along' at a steady 30kph...
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Postby DentedHead » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:24 pm
Dent.
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Postby barefoot » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:12 pm
... and he rode off into the distance, and was never heard from again!DentedHead wrote:About to take her for a ride across town, in 31degrees with a gale blowing. Can't think of a better test ride
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Postby Roinik » Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:09 pm
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags goes up,
Churning and burning, they yern for the cup.
They deftly manouver and muscle for rank,
Fuel burning fast on an empty tank,
Wreckless and wild they pour thru the turns,
Their prowless is podent and secretly stern.
As they speed thru the finish the flags go down.
The fans get up, and get out of town.
The arena is empty except for one man,
Still driving and striving as fast as he can
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup,
But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns,
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.
He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone, all alone in her time of need.
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Postby DentedHead » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:30 am
I was in fact in a HPV race on Sat up at the Casey-Cardinia crit track. It was meant to be a Secondary School team, but the strike action by teachers meant no students could come, so instead we entered in the open "Community" category, racing the Bacchus Marsh College trike. While we were back-markers in our category (some of those teams are FAST!) we had a great day anyway. I forgot to bring a camera, but I'll try to get some pics the others took and post them here, but the Casey-Cardinia HPV and Cycling club will have pics on their facebook page soon no doubt.
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Postby DentedHead » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:53 pm
I got drenched in the velo recently, and seeing as winter is on its way, I decided I needed a roof for it. No side windows yet, as with them fitted I cannot indicate when turning until I get so actual indicators fitted (apparently a blinking amber light is "too technical" for my local Jaycar guys... bloody useless...)
Anyway, pics!
What do those of you with hooded velo's do for indicators? I understand the Mango's have them already... what about other makes such as RV's with aftermarket hoods etc?
Cheers,
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Postby fthills » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:54 pm
For indicator: how about a 2 plastic hands (one for each side) on the end of a pivoted arm . Pull the lever from inside the cockpit and the hand comes up
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Postby Baalzamon » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:55 pm
Don't think it would be too hard to rig up either.
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Postby barefoot » Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:56 pm
Not sure how you adjust strobe rate, but a pair of them should be pretty visible...
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Postby }SkOrPn--7 » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:35 pm
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Postby DentedHead » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:40 am
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