ddk
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edit 4-21-13 over a years' gone by...
For those of you just looking, a gazillion pictures on the next 20 pages, some of them about the trikes and their development. (growing pains)
Other pictures about random stuffs.
edit 2-6-12
The trike is done (almost, but reliable/functional), the solar stuff worked fine, but I can't ride the trike as long as I used to, so the panels are now powering the workshop I built along the way- to the follies -
-the previous story starts here:
I was forced to admit to myself that I actually do need 2 tricycles for those times i does schtuppid human tricks featuring "me"
-having had more experience riding manufacture-built trikes of various types I determined that, while the Belize Tri-Rider Comfort Tricycle is an over-priced child's toy, after I made all my so-called improvements it eventually turned out to be the best-fitting tricycle for me. (run-on sentences is my special purpose in life)
As long as the handlebar stem doesn't get loose... it works really good, is very stable and can handle more weight than the manufacturer recommends.
...and it has excellent crash-resistance (unlike me)
of course there's also that bit where... I already know what steps needs to be stomped on to magically turn the tri-rider POS into the My Trike.
so we begins the bequine
ordering all the different stuffs needed to build wut I'd built before took a few minutes (as opposed to weeks of fretting and hairless hair-pulling over earth-shattering decisions involving "should I or shouldn't I use white or purple pom-pom streamers)
one difference
I chose to go the NuVinci route for the mid-drive motor because:
1. a place for a mid-drive comes with the "standard package" Belize whatever-it's-extraneously-long-name-is-that-includes-descriptors-about-every-working-part-of-the-tricycle. The 171B simply drops-in the mid-drive drop-outs.
2. it cost about the same as my previous single-speed mid-drive solution when all the little bits and welding costs are added together.
3. in my old age I pretty much HATE F*kCiNG derailleurs that you can never seem to shift the Same Way Twice
4. see 3
5. there is never a room for a "five" in my widdle world.
so the trike...
- this time from bikemania.biz ~600
- the NV drive from Staton-Inc. ~300
- 'nother mighty mite kit from highertekbikes ~400
- a stern talking-to to the Guy Who Does My Welding (thanking him for doing such good work) ~????~
- forks and stems from chubbiescruisers.com ~90
- front brake and 142mm crank from bicycledesigner.com ~60
already have 'removable' battery packs so the cost of building the My Trike #2 has cost me 1337 dollars, give or take a couple bucks
edited for idiocies
For those of you just looking, a gazillion pictures on the next 20 pages, some of them about the trikes and their development. (growing pains)
Other pictures about random stuffs.
edit 2-6-12
The trike is done (almost, but reliable/functional), the solar stuff worked fine, but I can't ride the trike as long as I used to, so the panels are now powering the workshop I built along the way- to the follies -
-the previous story starts here:
I was forced to admit to myself that I actually do need 2 tricycles for those times i does schtuppid human tricks featuring "me"
-having had more experience riding manufacture-built trikes of various types I determined that, while the Belize Tri-Rider Comfort Tricycle is an over-priced child's toy, after I made all my so-called improvements it eventually turned out to be the best-fitting tricycle for me. (run-on sentences is my special purpose in life)
As long as the handlebar stem doesn't get loose... it works really good, is very stable and can handle more weight than the manufacturer recommends.
...and it has excellent crash-resistance (unlike me)
of course there's also that bit where... I already know what steps needs to be stomped on to magically turn the tri-rider POS into the My Trike.
so we begins the bequine
ordering all the different stuffs needed to build wut I'd built before took a few minutes (as opposed to weeks of fretting and hairless hair-pulling over earth-shattering decisions involving "should I or shouldn't I use white or purple pom-pom streamers)
one difference
I chose to go the NuVinci route for the mid-drive motor because:
1. a place for a mid-drive comes with the "standard package" Belize whatever-it's-extraneously-long-name-is-that-includes-descriptors-about-every-working-part-of-the-tricycle. The 171B simply drops-in the mid-drive drop-outs.
2. it cost about the same as my previous single-speed mid-drive solution when all the little bits and welding costs are added together.
3. in my old age I pretty much HATE F*kCiNG derailleurs that you can never seem to shift the Same Way Twice
4. see 3
5. there is never a room for a "five" in my widdle world.
so the trike...
- this time from bikemania.biz ~600
- the NV drive from Staton-Inc. ~300
- 'nother mighty mite kit from highertekbikes ~400
- a stern talking-to to the Guy Who Does My Welding (thanking him for doing such good work) ~????~
- forks and stems from chubbiescruisers.com ~90
- front brake and 142mm crank from bicycledesigner.com ~60
already have 'removable' battery packs so the cost of building the My Trike #2 has cost me 1337 dollars, give or take a couple bucks
edited for idiocies