Hello all,
I've been riding/modifying/building electrical bicycles for the last 18 months now, and I'm ready for a new challenge.
But I'll need some advice. I meddled a little in tinkercad and made a rough sketch of what I was thinking about.
Inspired by utility bikes like the Unimoke
and this bamboo design by Calfee
I'm thinking to do something similar with Guadua bamboo. This particular species is tougher than steel so it should work just fine in this context.
The joints would be held together by hemp resin, but this might be hard to come by in eastern Europe where I live so if anyone knows a similarly strong resin that can bind bamboo pipes together using a different material, please mention it!
As for tire size, I'm thinking 20"x4", but maybe I'll use a similarly sized but stronger moped wheel and tire size.
I have good experience using 48V 500W engines, so I think I'll stick with that in this case also. Other electronic aspects like the battery details and controller specs I'll get back to later.
as for design details, I'm thinking about having suspension between the hind wheel, with a hinge right after the bottom bracket so it has some space to move. Since the big bamboo pipe with the saddle on it would be hollow, it would be perfect to hide the controller and some other electronics in, maybe even the battery on the backside. But if this won't fit it should go fine on the outside as well.
What are your thoughts on this early concept? Please feel free to give constructive criticism, tips, and other things I might be overlooking. Thanks!
I've been riding/modifying/building electrical bicycles for the last 18 months now, and I'm ready for a new challenge.
But I'll need some advice. I meddled a little in tinkercad and made a rough sketch of what I was thinking about.
Inspired by utility bikes like the Unimoke
The joints would be held together by hemp resin, but this might be hard to come by in eastern Europe where I live so if anyone knows a similarly strong resin that can bind bamboo pipes together using a different material, please mention it!
As for tire size, I'm thinking 20"x4", but maybe I'll use a similarly sized but stronger moped wheel and tire size.
I have good experience using 48V 500W engines, so I think I'll stick with that in this case also. Other electronic aspects like the battery details and controller specs I'll get back to later.
as for design details, I'm thinking about having suspension between the hind wheel, with a hinge right after the bottom bracket so it has some space to move. Since the big bamboo pipe with the saddle on it would be hollow, it would be perfect to hide the controller and some other electronics in, maybe even the battery on the backside. But if this won't fit it should go fine on the outside as well.
What are your thoughts on this early concept? Please feel free to give constructive criticism, tips, and other things I might be overlooking. Thanks!