winkinatcha
10 kW
So... I purchased a huffy Green Machine Drift trike Slider, via Ebay, from a place about 10km from my workshop..
Pic of Slider:
Being the twat that I am, and seeing as e-bikes n small EVs is what I am all about (see my sig), I chose to attempt to transport the drift trike from seller's house back to my gaff/workshop on the back of my main ride... the engineer's special... a vintage Chromo racer conversion that is robust as Frock:
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It was prettty dark by the time I set off back home along one of the many uber awesome bike trails with the slider strapped sideways on the rack... Though dark, visibility was still good enough for me to get a bit of speed up...
With my head full of plans on how I was gonna convert the drift trike into an epic electrified death machine... I was cruising along at about 25 km/h when I reached a part of the trail that required a crossing of a major road... and about 100 metres from said crossing were a couple of solid bollards on the trail, I presume to stop cars from taking the bike trail as a short cut.
Kinda misjudged the new width of bike plus slider (strapped sideways across the back rack) and ummm IMPACTED one of the bollards with the rear wheels of the slider...
This causes the drift steering mechanism (two uppright rods, a bit like bulldozer controls) to go to hard lock, meaning one of the rods went straight into the rear wheel, and I came to a bit of a banging stop (still upright tho.. as I have Skillz)
stopped and got off to s what damage I'd done.. noticed a spoke had ripped right out of the hub (but was a bit too dark to see any real damage just amazed that the spoke was attched to the rim at one end and was complete, including rivet en.. It was not Broken!!! meaning... it had ripped out of hub...
Wheel was a bit untrue... but that was no surprise... readjusted slider on rack, loosened rear brake (rim) a bit to enable rear wheel to turn, and resumed ride, albeit a bit slower post bollard kiss.
about 200m later, although motor was still pulling... it began to make a clunkng sound once every rotation.. stopped near a football field with floodlights, so I could get a better look at damage...
Found this:
Decided to wheel/walk bike/slider combo back the remaining 7km
Don't try this shizzle at home kids... leave it to the professionals like me
Joe
Pic of Slider:
Being the twat that I am, and seeing as e-bikes n small EVs is what I am all about (see my sig), I chose to attempt to transport the drift trike from seller's house back to my gaff/workshop on the back of my main ride... the engineer's special... a vintage Chromo racer conversion that is robust as Frock:
View attachment 1
It was prettty dark by the time I set off back home along one of the many uber awesome bike trails with the slider strapped sideways on the rack... Though dark, visibility was still good enough for me to get a bit of speed up...
With my head full of plans on how I was gonna convert the drift trike into an epic electrified death machine... I was cruising along at about 25 km/h when I reached a part of the trail that required a crossing of a major road... and about 100 metres from said crossing were a couple of solid bollards on the trail, I presume to stop cars from taking the bike trail as a short cut.
Kinda misjudged the new width of bike plus slider (strapped sideways across the back rack) and ummm IMPACTED one of the bollards with the rear wheels of the slider...
This causes the drift steering mechanism (two uppright rods, a bit like bulldozer controls) to go to hard lock, meaning one of the rods went straight into the rear wheel, and I came to a bit of a banging stop (still upright tho.. as I have Skillz)
stopped and got off to s what damage I'd done.. noticed a spoke had ripped right out of the hub (but was a bit too dark to see any real damage just amazed that the spoke was attched to the rim at one end and was complete, including rivet en.. It was not Broken!!! meaning... it had ripped out of hub...
Wheel was a bit untrue... but that was no surprise... readjusted slider on rack, loosened rear brake (rim) a bit to enable rear wheel to turn, and resumed ride, albeit a bit slower post bollard kiss.
about 200m later, although motor was still pulling... it began to make a clunkng sound once every rotation.. stopped near a football field with floodlights, so I could get a better look at damage...
Found this:
Decided to wheel/walk bike/slider combo back the remaining 7km
Don't try this shizzle at home kids... leave it to the professionals like me
Joe
