Haven’t posted much in the last month because I was busy writing my
final report and preparing my presentation. Needless to say I am a
little burnt out after completing all of it and am taking ...
Finally received the Sturmey Archer 8 speed rear wheel today after
lacing it up and having it tensioned and trued up. This should fix the
problems with the chain coming off due to the rear derail...
Completed the first test runs under electric power today, the first
test was about 2.6 miles and unearthed a coupled of mild problems:
Test 1: 1. Chain from motor fell off after about a mile, t...
The first test runs I did on the trike resulted in a bent lower right
a-arm, I straightened the a-arm out as best as I could after each
incident but it was apparent the a-arm was not strong enoug...
Spent yesterday doing final assembly of the trike it is now just about
ready to test under electric power. I bent up new handlebars out of
.875 diameter 6061 tube using a conduit bender, these pu...
Fabrication is nearly complete, actually was able to ride the trike
for the first time the other day using pedal power, still need to work
out some chain routing issues, but for the most part it ...
Spent most of the past few days assembling the components to build up
the trike. Most of it has gone smoothly, I did have a problem getting
the motor into the already assembled swingarm so I had ...
Spent about 20 hours this week assembling the frame, the process
consists mostly of loctiting a joint, letting it set overnight and
then moving on to the next joint. The assembly has to be put to...
