Coursework Help

My preferred suggestions:
1 - Front rack / flatbed. This is an awesome idea.
2 - Mudguard. SKS dirtboard or similar is a neat design IMO.
3 - GPS / electrocution bicycle theft alarm (see instructables.com for a US version)
4 - Electro-luminescent bike parts. (Tynan has made a seatpost, search the forum.)

Once you narrow down the choices / designs it would be a good reason **create a poll **.. (hint)

Chain tugs for forward facing drop-outs sounds like the best idea so far...plus if you craic it they WILL sell!!

Chain tugs for forward facing drop-outs sounds like the best idea so far...plus if you craic it they WILL sell!!

Been done before, they are available and it's an easy solution.

What about a reverse shim?

Been done before, they are available and it's an easy solution.

really? Where? I've done a few searches and buggered if I can find the solution?

make a dilldo bike.

at the moment im working as a tutor on a foundation design course and as im sure your teachers have already said MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT SIMPLE i would take some thing that already exists and change the ascetics e.g. handle bars (think of the recent hype over chris hoys bars) or toe clips (easy to manafacture a prototype as it would be simple bendig of sheet steel)
any ways you catch my drift.

Reinvent the wheel.

Dooo itttt

I dont think very much of the skill level of my teachers but about the only thing they have said thats been useful is try to keep it simple. The front runners at the moment are the rack for "for carrying stuff" and the mudguard both of which should be reasonably simple, my teacher prefers the rack as all I need to work out is the mounting system so we shall see!!

where are you teaching the design course rupert?? is it uni level?

re-inventing the wheel.......slightly unpractical I think but thanks for the idea

it a small international art school called csvpa in cambridge. the rack could be a good idea. go for a simple manfacturing proceses, its always a good way to fill a page or two in your flat work.

Make love, not war.

Cool I'm looking at doing a product design or CAD course at uni ... if I can get the grades, thanks for the advice, I will keep it in mind.

Are you managing either hippy???

1.) A female designed saddle that's actually comfortable. I have lots of thoughts on this.
2.) Mudguard that is sleek and tiny but does the job, won't wreck the paint job and doesn't need tools to attach. ---and comes in either red,blue or yellow...
3.) A comfy female saddle. please.
4.) A bell/horn thing that you can record anything on or download ringtone type noises to.
5.) a rotary saw that attaches to the handlebars to destroy all that touches me.

Cool I'm looking at doing a product design or CAD course at uni ... if I can get the grades, thanks for the advice, I will keep it in mind.
Are you managing either hippy???

Make vodka-based cocktails, not gherkin sandwiches, then.

Well not being a female kinda makes the comfy female saddle a little harder to make....well...comfy!! but I'll take the vote for a mudguard and note the color preferences for you.

5.) a rotary saw that attaches to the handlebars to destroy all that touches me.

Does mike know about this?

Are you into electronics at all or does this thing have to be 'design' for the sake of design?
I rode past a couple of people who's lights were almost off due to fuck all battery power. Some kind of cheap but effective charge indicator for lights would be useful and might win you a safety award.

Its really design and manufacture for design and manufactures sake, im not great with elecs plus the schools resources are shoddy! but great idea anyway.