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Every so often we get requests for engineering projects to work on. One common theme that I've seen is Kickstarter / Indiegogo campaigns for novelty bicycles to solve that last mile problem in urban transportation:
The first time I saw the Kiffy I thought that was quite a cool design. Designed in France it answered the urban dwellers problem of getting places quickly without the hassle of a car and bringing home the groceries. However I think it is now defunct:
Some of these others are interesting too:
I especially liked the Kiffy because of the three wheel balanced design and the frontend luggage feature but it was just too pricey. I also liked the banking capability. I have a Dahon folder that's nice for 10 to 20 mile jaunts.
Some other interesting transportation modes are the Trikke:
https://www.trikke.com/
It looks so easy, but I can tell you I had a lot of trouble in slight hills. I understood that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife would go riding on these. I had wished I got the motor assist. In truth it does give you an upper body workout.
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150514-the-10-most-beautiful-bicycles-of-2015
The one that caught my eye here was the half-bike, but I started to remind myself that I'm too old to do without a seat.
There are still many other designs that I've seen and a book I got that's somewhat dated that I can't find on Amazon. However, I did find these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452101671/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623361311/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1465443932/?tag=pfamazon01-20
If anyone has some interesting bike designs or ideas we can share them here.
The first time I saw the Kiffy I thought that was quite a cool design. Designed in France it answered the urban dwellers problem of getting places quickly without the hassle of a car and bringing home the groceries. However I think it is now defunct:
Some of these others are interesting too:
I especially liked the Kiffy because of the three wheel balanced design and the frontend luggage feature but it was just too pricey. I also liked the banking capability. I have a Dahon folder that's nice for 10 to 20 mile jaunts.
Some other interesting transportation modes are the Trikke:
https://www.trikke.com/
It looks so easy, but I can tell you I had a lot of trouble in slight hills. I understood that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife would go riding on these. I had wished I got the motor assist. In truth it does give you an upper body workout.
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150514-the-10-most-beautiful-bicycles-of-2015
The one that caught my eye here was the half-bike, but I started to remind myself that I'm too old to do without a seat.
There are still many other designs that I've seen and a book I got that's somewhat dated that I can't find on Amazon. However, I did find these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452101671/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623361311/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1465443932/?tag=pfamazon01-20
If anyone has some interesting bike designs or ideas we can share them here.