tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583857252477309222012-01-26T12:30:35.371-08:00This blog is for heavy duty utility commuting, slow down!!! The future of cycling is not joy riding.Prof.Prodromalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409224193093318746noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758385725247730922.post-62564800040934784512012-01-12T12:53:00.000-08:002012-01-12T13:30:01.982-08:00

"cycle trucks will abound in utopia" H.G.Wells http://feetz.nl/http://www.onyacycles.com/

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cold feet and hands cycling below freezing can be a problem http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/80187-lightweight-electric-heating-pads

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A double sided rear stand is essential for a fully loaded cargo bike.http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/409872474/bicycle_double_stand.htmlForumhttp://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/773753-Short-utility-bike-search?p=13333676#post13333676 This is the one that I designed and will build out of two old bikes, leaving the two cranks for two riding positions. This will be very easy to mount and

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walking machine for people with bad backs and painful wrists http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/a-different-hybrid-bicycle.phpI became obese about ten years ago when a friend told I could eat all the olive oil I wanted. Ever sense I have been trying to burn off the extra fat by pedaling up steep hills, (walking is a much better exercise for aerobics) but I never could lose more than 20 lbs

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Arcology is about the life support systems that humans will need if they want to survive the future, and the relationship of architecture. The basics are to minimize the every thing stop the suburban sprawl that is supported by high-energy transportation and mass consumption. Don’t think that electric cars are going to save the world, they won’t. Archeology is epitomized by gigantic buildings

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This is the only one with a full set of gears, but it is made of aluminum. I may need to build one from scratch. http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/town/recreation/pure/pure_sport_lowstep http://www.bikergo.com/ http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?p=777908#post777908 http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/731137-Bikergo-with-trailer?p=12568270#post12568270

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http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/09/17/cute-video-of-cargo-bikes-in-copenhagen/Cars move too fast, they cause all kinds of problems buzzing around at 30 to 80 mph. I never used my car much, so I finally gave it to the junk yard over a dozen years ago.One year ago at age 60, I realized that I was not going to be able to live without a motor much longer. So I started researching how to build an

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Thank you for contacting the Seattle Police Department (SPD) regarding your concern and interest in complying with traffic laws associated with electric-assisted bicycles.Enforcement of RCW’s 46.04.169 (Electric-assisted bicycle) and 46.04.071 (Bicycle) by law enforcement officers is dependent on officers’ judgments and observations. Officers do write citations for moving violations, including

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This automatic blog paging sucks! It keeps adding spaces where I don't want them, I need to move all this crap to a host that works!!! But I don't have the time!!! And I hate doing this blog!Warning! This is for a velomobile that will replace a very small car, it will weigh around 500lbs fully loaded (children, tools, cargo). It will need to climb the very steep hills of the pacific northwest.

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http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19368The challenge is to build a powered assisted pedal vehicle that can actually replace a car.If you need to motorize a bicycle without hauling an extra 100lbs regularly, you are probably dangerously out of shape and need exercise.But if you need to haul cargo, children,etc of 150lbs, you need a heavy duty trike, with some kind of motor.

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http://www.ptkineticrace.org/Web%20Material/2010_awards.htm

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The true cost of war goes much farther than this, why do you drive your car?Who killed the electric car? http://www.pluginamerica.org/wktec.shtmThe Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article5771740.ece initCostOfTotal(); updateCostOfTotal(100); #costOfWarTotal { text-align: center; width: 270px;

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Free energy? This can't be real, right? Well it doesn't matter if it is or not, it can only give false hope that the status-quo can be maintained. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion_machineI say that people must give up the false hope of continuing to use mass amounts of energy. Under ground is the world of the future: http://

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Hydrogen is no more efficient than modern gasoline engines. Maybe a bit better than small gas engines? 25% is not much compared to electric motor systems at 70%.http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/hydrogen-fuel-cell-bikes/ http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/945/Hydrogen can explode if there is oxygen present in the container. http://

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I had major problems with my psoas muscle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoas_muscle) this spring, vitamins and electrolytes did not help.When I read the ‘bicycle medicine’ book (by Arnie Baker,M.D.) I started diluting grape juice with 60% water (fruit juice has enough electrolytes) that helped a lot. Apparently a non active person needs a half once of water per pound of body weight per day. For

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My old MTB with new fendersSchwinn bikes were made strong but they had their own standard sizes for every thing, thet makes it hard to find part now.The Varsity, Continental, Suburban (upright bar Varsity) all have 27"x1-1/4" wheels, which you can still find parts for.The stems and seat posts are a goofy size, but Wald still makes a Schwinn size seatpost for these more popular Schwinns.Also, a

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Most of these are nothing more than art bikes with no real inovation. Some of them will not do what they claim because the mechanics were not thought out enough. I would love to collect them, but most exist only as digital images.If a motor could drive the inside of the rim it could slow down motor more than using a sheave alowing it to climb hills better with less power? But it is not much

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This is the right size motor with a two stage gear reduction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomobile This is a fast vehicle that uses a hub motor, you will need to ask them to build it to drive slow. It is a very strongly built trike. It cannot be pedaled with out a motor. 0 I did all this research for a velomobile that can actually replace a car; even if it doesn’t have a large range of travel

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http://python-lowracer.de/This photo shows that it is possible to build a front wheel drive bike with out the over powering “pedal steer” that the Cruze bikes have too much of. Simply design the machine to have the crank as close to the top of the front axil as possible.The Cruze bikes have more pedal steer than any other, all the force put into the pedals have to be pulled back at the handle

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MAXIMUM TOTAL COMBINED WEIGHT OF 450LBS (on steep hills) Fish delivery http://www.capecleare.com/18 gear inches is possible with a road crank rigged with a 24 sprocket chain ring and 34 tooth mega-range rear gears. (Black Spire chuck ring).. I can climb a 14% grade for a dozen feet or so with a total of approximately 350lbs at 3 about 3 mph on my RECUMBENT bicycle .. 16.8gi is possible on a

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Hard work but better than staying at home for a week!Giant tires, about 3" with 100mm forksA dangerous snow and ice tire I made.This is my sleeveless vapor barrier (rain jacket) very good for cold.The best rain poncho http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/ar1.htmOh wool how I love thee, let me count the ways. When dark skis drizzle an ice-cold rain and I’m pumping enough vapor out of my skin to make

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http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?304411-Pack-building&p=3620043#post3620043I need two of these lights and there is a problem with the batterys. http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_41&products_id=161http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4 http://www.nordicgroup.us/s78/flashlights.html 0The SST-50 with an OP reflector 20 degree

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HANDLING.This bike is designed for easy handling, not for racing. The usual long wheel base bike has too much swing steer and will not turn in such a tight circle.[]All this and a motor in a folding frame???What does it take? Easy handling: Relaxed hand position (short reach)7” to 9” of tiller steer No wheel flop (half inch trial) One third of the weight on the front wheel.Easy balance: Long

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Contrary to popular belief the psi of a tire has nothing to do with what it will take to pop the tire off the rim; It has everything to do with how strong the casing thread is. The rubber tread helps but it does wear off a bit. Schwalbe tires may be the best but I don't want to be the one to test a 70psi Big Apple on a delta trike with its lateral stress problems.

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http://www.workcycles.com/home-products/child-transport-bicycles/bakfiets-nl-cargobike-longhttp://www.powerskip.de/mainpage.htmlhttp://www.lucabike.com/http://goblinmotors.com/html/goblinaero_high_mpg_vehicle__c.htmlThia will need a motor (but will the suspension handle the batterys etc.?) and a seat with a back rest and a place to carry cargo! http://apax.ca/ http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

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0NEVER EVER allow two cars to pass you at the same time on a narrow road! When you pull your bicycle over to the side of the road as much as possible, you are inviting the half-wit driver behind you to kill you!There are a lot of stupid drivers that think they should slow down and pull over to the side when they see a car trying to pass a bicyclist in the same lane as the cyclist. That is an

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Actually all this is a waste of time and effort, because Jagwire started making cable with factory soldered tips. And because soldering the sides of the cable where it clamps is impossible, just file a groove in the clamp!Brake cables are another story.I can't stand it when mechanics cut my cable ends.I use slicked and stretched stainless steel tandem length cable on my recumbent cycles. The

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My B.O.B. trailer is about 8 years old , as you can see the PIN holder broke out there is no way to fix this. The trailer was always difficult to keep from twisting when fully loaded. I recomend a two wheel trailer. bikeforums.net forum thread http://www.strans.org/pedaltechnology.html http://www.re-cycle.org/sites/re-cycle.org/files/Trailer.pdf

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The Ultimate trike would lean into the turns like a bike. With low lateral stress it would use big wheels which would give a safer more vissable height. (www.tripendo.com) I just wish some in america would build these things.http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htmleaning trike to buildhttp://www.maxmatic.com/ttw_hpv.htmhttp://www.jetrike.com/http://cargocycling.org/abouthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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I used to believe the hype that the bicycle industry puts out about how good their stuff is. But I got ripped off too many times.“Bent-rider-on-line” banned me from their forum for telling the truth about theinfo-mercials the advertisers pay them to write. I have also been censored at Bicycle Design blog. And even at the nature2energy forum for daring to try to talk about the concept that people

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PRICE OF FUEL.I can't stand to hear people whine about the price of gasoline when they should be raving about the 'true' cost of motor vehicles. The average annual cost of owning a motor vehicle is close to $6400. Yet you are still paying only a small fraction of the real cost. The war for the last of the worlds dwindling oil supplies is costing over $600 million per motor vehicle in America

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New seat support arm tabs because the old ones broke off. + ++EZ3-USX users guide:All the redundant detail.The original ez3 is worthless junk; this one can be delt with. The reason that some cycles are cheap is simply a matter of components that don’t last. I couldn’t find any info about this trike before I paid for it, so I want people to know what they are getting into.This is the worst trike

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UNDERSTANDING DELTA TRIKE WHEELSAfter having my trike wheels custom built the spokes started working loose every few weeks because the shop copied the light duty wheel’s offset dish pattern that came with the trike. A much steeper angle on the disc brake side, like a bike's front disc brake wheel.There is a theory that says that the spokes on the disc brake side of a bike wheel needs to be

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http://funnyfarmart.com/scans/scanbike2.jpghttp://funnyfarmart.com/scans/ultimatetourbike.jpghttp://funnyfarmart.com/ultimate_touring_bike.htmEvery one will hate me for suggesting that recumbent bikes are superior for touring, so I won't. I do under stand the weight on the pedals problem when climbing hills, so I spent time building more leg muscle. And learning to slow down.My primary motivation

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Human Powered Vehicles: the future of personal transportation... by Nhoj YesdnilThe auto industry is giving us the same lies that they did in the fifties and sixties about the future of cars, but now they promise pollution free machines, hydrogen-electric computer controlled cars. They even tell us that they can put more cars on the freeway; bumper to bumper at racing speeds. Some want to fill

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http://tilting.org.za/bok/kdrive.htmlAs a lateral thinker and car free commuter, I am always looking for something to improve the interface between my aging legs and my drive wheels. People keep telling me that I should use cleats to pull up the pedals. But in reality most people can’t really pull hard enough to make much of a difference at high RPM’sOk they do work good for hill climbing with a

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AIR ZOUND HORN RIP OFFI’ve known people to just throw these in the trash when they clog up. I tried to fix mine but could not, I took it to the shop I bought it from and they could not fix it. And when I asked for my money back they just stared at me like I must be crazy. I tried to contact the idiots that make the G D thing but they ignored me totally.I found some one on one of the forums that

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This is what can happen if the tire liner is not wrapped around the edges.This is the easyest cutting steak knife that I have used on the tires. http://www.kitchendance.com/grapknifimsc.htmlA tire liner that will keep you going: Even when a tire gashes open: Some people are stupid enough to think that these will slow you down 20mph! Infact it has been proven that extra weight to spin in the

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My new wheel with WTB down hill racer hub that pulls apart for easy access to cartridge bearings and spoke replacement.Action bent Jetstream ASS [what to look for when buying a bike]Being a car free couch potato with bad wrists, bad back and a bad attitude. I needed a laid back commuter bike. I couldn't find any information other than professional (witch conspicuously left out information about

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