You need a glamorous assistant to help with your video demonstrations, and no I'm not applying for the job.
Looks to me like the pedals are now considerably further fwd than in the earlier pictures and so the boom can be a bit lower ? before pedal strike ?Update 7th Nov 2020:
I did a tiny bit more mock-up and messing around with the trike today.
It seems that with the seat in the ideal place on the main keel I will indeed have the same relationship/distance between the seat and the pedals as exists on the Tadpole.
Next job is to try and sort out how to add some steering capability. USS and a rod attached to the forks seems about right.
I think Debbie Mcgee is still free , however she prefers smaller wizardsYou need a glamorous assistant to help with your video demonstrations, and no I'm not applying for the job.
My lovely lady could help tough. On the other hand distance and Corona are big obstacles.You need a glamorous assistant to help with your video demonstrations, and no I'm not applying for the job.
I can see a couple of things wrong ?I can report that it feels "high-up" & "dangerous"
All these things (and more) are true, I was conscious that an "action shot" without momentum was likely to be dodgy so max braking was applied.I can see a couple of things wrong ?
You did not have your PPE on ?
and to stop yourself falling over you have ' white knuckle ' !
whats the base of the seat ? about 22" from ground ?
Paul
Did the wheels fall off before or after you got it in the shed ?Update Nov 29:
I tested whether it could be wheeled down the side of the house and into the back garden, and placed in a storage shed.
Yes it can!
2 things happened. Wheels were removed (QR axles), and suspension spring QR was pulled and the rear section swiveled under the keel to make it shorter so it would fit in there.Did the wheels fall off before or after you got it in the shed ?
I may retrieve it from the shed later this/next year to have a play.Still plenty of playing ?
it needed to be narrow enough to wheel down the side, but you take it apart to put in the shed anyway.. i gotta say this seems a little odd.Update Nov 29:
I tested whether it could be wheeled down the side of the house and into the back garden, and placed in a storage shed.
Yes it is. The enemy has invaded my shed and taken up the space for my trike in its shed with "garden stuff". The incongruity it presents is more than a little galling, but one must pick one's battles.it needed to be narrow enough to wheel down the side, but you take it apart to put in the shed anyway.. i gotta say this seems a little odd.
You can't say this , then turn the lights off and walk away !I have already found a problem in the chain run that I need to resolve.
Ahhh... well, the return idler keeper snags the chain and derails it off the idler causing a total lock up, if you pedal backwards at all.You can't say this , then turn the lights off and walk away !
Do you recall me saying chain management is necessary in both directions ?Ahhh... well, the return idler keeper snags the chain and derails it off the idler causing a total lock up, if you pedal backwards at all.