Enclosed Tricycle
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gerhardt
100 mW
Thanks for the video of your enclosed delta trike. Your trike looks like a very practical vehicle. I am currently designing an enclosure for my delta E-trike. I added lean wheels in the front to limit the lean angle to 10 degrees. I have a roll bar and side impact bars.
Don Gerhardt
Don Gerhardt
jmygann
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Not my trike in video ... Lightfootcycles
Utah trikes for the rear end
Ideas for a delta enclosure ....
http://www.goblinmotors.com/html/goblinaero_high_mpg_vehicle__c.html
My ideas/changes for a tadpole with roll cage ....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10162336@N06/4010007311/sizes/l/
For a leaning trike concept , I like this one ... especially the front end flairing design
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3You1UUoI&feature=related
Utah trikes for the rear end
Ideas for a delta enclosure ....
http://www.goblinmotors.com/html/goblinaero_high_mpg_vehicle__c.html
My ideas/changes for a tadpole with roll cage ....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10162336@N06/4010007311/sizes/l/
For a leaning trike concept , I like this one ... especially the front end flairing design
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3You1UUoI&feature=related
ngocthach1130
1 kW
That mercedes motorcycle-quasicar is pretty cool. Although the cyclop headlight front end isn't much of my taste. I like snowmobile style front with pointy nose and dual headlight. Something like the Can-Am Spyder. At the same time the rear seems awfully large than need to be. I'm guessing they're trying to add cargo space but that add such a huge blind spot.
Are there any bicycle maker out there with the same style chasis. I like the Delta configuration of most recumbent tadpole bike but not the recline seating style. I prefer upright seating.
Are there any bicycle maker out there with the same style chasis. I like the Delta configuration of most recumbent tadpole bike but not the recline seating style. I prefer upright seating.
paultrafalgar
10 kW
That's excellent! Tell us more about it, please. What's it made of? Where do I buy one? Plans? Reminds me of a cross between the BMW Gina and the BugE. Perfect!
docnjoj
1 GW
Hey jmygann! Thats my trike (different colors) under that fiberglass! I could have used a partial enclosure yesterday when we rode. 45F and rain. There are a few days in the"Sunny South" when a velo is a good idea!
otherDoc
otherDoc
docnjoj
1 GW
A roll cage on a trike is a really good idea. I have gone over once (luckily on grass at side of the trail) but it still would have helped. Should be only 4-5 lbs max with moly-steel. Steintrikes makes a velo attachment for the Mad Max (the Thunderstorm)but it costs way more than the trike itself. About 5000 USD. It does have a roll bar embedded.
otherDoc
http://www.steintrikes.com/trike/thunderstorm.html
otherDoc
http://www.steintrikes.com/trike/thunderstorm.html
deardancer3
10 kW
Doc, take your semi-retired Sid Gowdy trike up north for a custom mount of the fabric enclosure. only a grand.
I could use one too.
http://www.velokit.com/
I could use one too.
http://www.velokit.com/
docnjoj
1 GW
That's funny, Dick. I could use one of those things maybe 2 months of the year in winter, maybe. It's gunna be 80 degrees here by the end of the week! And as John in CR states, "They are (*^&^^R%^ ugly"! If I lived where you do I would do it in a heartbeat, but the Tricruiser is now relegated to the "backup" trike position. Interesting suggestion, but not for down here in "hotland"!
otherDoc
otherDoc
docnjoj
1 GW
The guy in the Coroplast homebuilt was gunna manufacture a pattern kit but unfortunately nothing came of it as far as I know. Really inventive use of materials and great design!
otherDoc
Oops. They both look like Coroplast. I meant the yellow one!
otherDoc
Oops. They both look like Coroplast. I meant the yellow one!
paultrafalgar
10 kW
I'm in love! THE BEST velomobile I've ever seen! 
gerhardt
100 mW
Thanks jmygann for the link to the Aminda Vollta electric trike. I sent an e-mail to the Aminda Foundation to find out more about the design kit for high school student design teams. I belong to the non profit Electric Automobile Association and our local chapter TEVA promotes electric vehicle projects with high schools and colleges.
I am interested to find out if they use heat to form the polycarbonate panels.
Don Gerhardt
I am interested to find out if they use heat to form the polycarbonate panels.
Don Gerhardt
Crash Machine
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Me too...gerhardt said:
jmygann
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I think we are going to have to build it ourselves .... 10.5in butt clearance is all I need ... stable in 25mph corners
How wide ? wheelbase ? Or just buy a tadpole off ebay and start modifying .
1000 watt assist into SRAM DD ....... 25 mph
Does anyone build frames other than Atomic ? .......for a city street hybrid tadpole trike ??
How wide ? wheelbase ? Or just buy a tadpole off ebay and start modifying .
1000 watt assist into SRAM DD ....... 25 mph
Does anyone build frames other than Atomic ? .......for a city street hybrid tadpole trike ??
Crash Machine
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I'm about the same.Wow you've dug up some amazing stuff. Thank youjmygann said:
. I'm lookin' at Steintrikes or that Trike-X I saw. Then use coroplast and zip ties to build a mock up. then build a cage around that,maybe. Then I saw that vid. of the extended trike on myspace...
