oh parts, all the parts

Well here i am working on the trike about a month ago.

I am setting up the rear derailleur to try to get it ready test ride. Unfortunately we found it to be a bit unstable so we could not take on a ride that night for we had to stabilize it.
We did and you well see in the next post i make today.











The Front seat.












The rear seat.

also we have just put the chain on to find out where to put the idlers.











Rear cassette












The Jack Shaft for transferring the drive the two peddlers on the port side to the starboard side where all the gears are.

It's all starting to come together.. moo hoo ha haa

Pretty much finished the tacking togetherness. Aligning the back wheel has been a wee bit of a chore, but we muddled through.

Do you like the cantilevered support rod for the pedal housing? We know we do.

It's gaining width! now we could attach the two front wheels if we wanted to.. we just don't want to right this moment... (yeah we don't actually have the front wheels yet, they're still being shipped)

Ahh, Isaac, when will you turn from your foolish ways of sniffing fiberglass resin for a cheap high? Err, expensive high.. those bottles were $60.

Fiberglass test mark 001.00 completed!

...You might want to sit down.

So, here we are, inching ever-so-slightly closer toward an object vaguely resembling a bike. We're almost ready to do the fiberglass!

Hot glue gun is our friend. Tacking this thing together with bubble gum just would not do.

Thanks go to local apartment-dweller Rob for showing up with a bunch of zip ties for us, conveniently about fifteen minutes before we needed them. A little too convenient, if you ask me.

So.. some things have changed? REALLY?

Meanwhile, a few weeks later..

So we've been steadily working on the trike, it now has a name and a frame and is made of a fancy new material, perhaps you've heard of it? Bamboo, they calls it. Many plans have come and gone, as indicated by the massive e-stack of models we'll be uploading shortly.

So come hither, and read about the past, present and future exploits of the Bamboozler! We've measured, notched and tacked the main frame together with hot glue and have purchased the supplies for fiberglass reinforcement. We've also discovered that our apartment has enough of a temperature difference from the workshop to make the bamboo crack after it's been tacked.

On the menu for the next couple days; we have a delicious special entree of harvested metal bike parts, (you didn't think it was going to ALL be bamboo, did you?) an excellent stew of fiberglass resin and catalyst served on tightly wrapped fiberglass cloth, and a beautifully structured bike seat enchilada.

One of the many thoughts at the forefronts of our thinkin' parts is the consideration of using a combination assisting electric motor/regenerative braking system. We realize this is a massive feature creep, but it just makes so much sense. Especially if we were to purchase a solar panel or two to supplement the regen, but therein lies another problem. The cost may be somewhat prohibitive. However, we are looking into many options, seemingly best among them being brutally ripping the hub out of a broken-down electric scooter and hitting it with a hammer lots and lots. The alternative would of course be to use a drum brake with the gloriously amazing rear drive wheel, which we've additionally gotten a ridiculous deal on. Mighty Riders, we love you!