LOTS OF UPDATES IN DESCRIPTION!
Link to Mock-up of MKII version: • Mock up of MKII DIY al...
This is my first RU-vid video and did not want to try doing any editing on my Chromebook so what you see is my "one take, that will do,unscripted approach" :)
Since recording this I've had to replace the Ball Catch spring with rubber and a plastic disk to make it stronger. Other than that its pretty much the same. I can easily pass over grass and woodland. I have powered up a 4" curb with ease and safety. I have been up a concrete ramp so steep that the tyres spun.
Future improvements I may be looking at.1) having the main cross part swivel so it lays flatter in the car.2) Or have it hinge so it can go in a smaller car. But for now I just want to enjoy it this summer.
EDIT: I am also now thinking I could have gone with a bigger back wheel so I could cut the stem down and make it look less "bike like!. Better still use suspension forks. ;)
ANOTHER EDIT: Started to get stuff together for a MKII version. Going to have it fold completely flat for the car and looking at getting a chair with easily removable back to also lay flat.
YET ANOTHER EDIT: If anyone is building a similar one and has seen the really expensive ones out there I have realised what they are using for the chair,It is a GO-KART SEAT an expensive one mind but that is what "I" think it is ;)
UPDATE: this chair is now halfway through its new modifications when I realised it would be better if it broke down even further as I am currently having to drive the car with one rear seat down (Ford Focus). I started to look at other box sections that come apart easily. I found what I was looking for on my wife's exercise bike ;)
Not wanting to cut it up I started looking at others for sale locally. I then came across a recumbent one. This is what I am currently looking for now at the right price as it has a really sturdy seat just built for the job. So watch this space. Will do another build video and will stick a crash helmet on and do some action stuff with the next one. Will try and keep the welding to a minimum so more can build their own. But if your thinking of doing this look at exercise equipment as I am.
6 май 2017