Cycletruck project

"Gabes"

Interested to see what you make of my old raleigh, the pink cycletruck was awesome. :)

phase one of mk2.

extended the steerer of a bmx fork.
http://oi49.tinypic.com/wtukop.jpg

http://oi48.tinypic.com/w6tv5t.jpg

if anyone has a decent-ish bmx front wheel kicking around, i would like to buy it from you

also, just curious, no brake mounts (other than the hole for calliper), wtf is that boss for?

for putting the front cable in, down through then centre of the steerer tube, then curved back up through the boss and into the bottom of a side pull caliper, to facilitate barspinnzzz. Sorta like this, but when the cable curves back upwards it goes through the boss instead of using that bit of tape in the image

hope that makes sense

makes sense, i could do with one on my polo bike..

maybe i should attempt to make this cargo bike barspinable

Julia's cargo bike has progressed a little, i have cut the headtube out and drawn out the new bike, but not more than that.. i have had other projects on.

In the mean time i have been hauling loads of shit on my cycletruck, LOVE IT.
Penelope killing it:

Wow! That looks fantastic! Any idea how much weight it can handle?.

indeed.. how awesome, my admirations!

Wow! That looks fantastic! Any idea how much weight it can handle?.

a fair bit, that was 3m of 35mm mild steel tube, with a box weighing about 12kg on the front with a little welding gas cannister and it felt comfortable.

If you go heavier on the front, the rack can flex a bit, for example i carried 3 sand fileld traffic cones and the flex was so bad it affected the handling, didnt break it, but didnt feel good, that will be solved by supporting the rack with struts going to the top lugs that i havent got round to yet.

The handling is so light with nothing on it, (trail of 40mm!) that i actually think it handles better with a load..

I've had a chance to read the whole thread now. Great job! Look forward to seeing some more!

kick ass man! next project here i come!