Hello Everybody!!
I'm a second-year industrial design student..working on a project which is "creating a new "functionally&aesthetically" bicycle design..
And I NEED HELP!!
What I have in mind is a design out of combining the typical bicycle and these two:
So I need a folding mechanism that could work this out..
My Idea is to do so:
And here comes the engineering part that i don't know much about ...is this technically a possible thing ?
can this be done ?
or just bullshit?
I'll extremely appreciate your help!
More like a scooter, I think it is possible to do, but keep in mind that to maintain stability when driving will be more difficult, the load on the legs will be distributed in different ways.
Thank you Sergey!
Yea ..so what do you suggest to do?
this is my project for this semester ..which is all about transforming a bicycle into a scooter .. what do you think i should proceed from here?
DESIGNING a new bike has to be good area, but I think the goal currently is too unstructured and needs refining.
How many wheels and what size? What weight? Intended use: leisure or commuter?
Ease-of-use and ultimate compactness do not go together!
There are any number of folding bicycles out there and many ways to fold …
… that you could research ~ shorturl.at/vEIO7
What is the goal?
Could it or would it take electric assist (a big growth area).
Put pencil to paper prior to producing CAD!
Are you a cyclist? Since it replaced the Penny-farthing, the Safety Bicycle hasn't changed much, for good and bad, but the world may now be more open to innovative cycle design than for a long time.
Thank you Clive!
1st ,yes it's all for leisure,
2nd yes it'll need electric assist.
and to wrap it all up ...i just wanted to know more about bicycles,considerations i need to take to make this concept "if doable" ,other professional points of view about whether this idea is a bullshit "not worth it" or can get me anywhere !
again i'm super confused ..how should i proceed from here? give it up and rethink..or what?
I would encourage you to think more bicycle and less scooter.
The advantages of these new-fangled powered-scooters are compactness and cheapness (have I left anything out?).
Beyond that, if we are talking about use outside backyards, in urban streets, then the disadvantages are legion. In a word, dangerous:
Tiny wheels plus a short wheelbase makes for a nervous, twitchy ride, sensitivity to road surfaces even under ideal conditions; poor ability to swerve, under less than perfect, expected conditions, likely to throw the rider. The more powerful the front brake then the more likely the tiny front wheel is to jack-knife and/or to flip the rider.
Standing position on a narrow platform, with narrow handle-bars is perfect for reduced control and falling off. Balance far inferior to a bicycle. I would not ride one in a built-up area, due to a sense of self-preservation!
Just seen on Twitter (!): https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/1260304511631003650?s=20
Do not give up, but do get out the pencils and paper first!
so you don't encourage the idea of a one wheel scooter right?
or against the whole idea of transforming it into a scooter
?
or just don't agree with transforming it into this kind of scooter?
And yes i agree about the sense of self preservation part..so do you think i can think of a more safer ,balanced scooter to be transformed to ..or just leave it as a bicycle ?
my point was to make something that i can ride in different positions/ways"sometimes just regular pedaling,sometimes standing,and some other times even running" all in one..
what d y think?
Dobrý den. Není to prototyp pro výrobu, ale školní projekt, prosím, neodnášejte jeho horlivost, motivaci. Všechno může být vyrobeno! Nevím, jak řídí směr. Pro montáž bych raději doporučil kolem svislé osy tak, aby kola byla v jedné rovině.
Další možnost natočit pod úhlem osu skládání.
Michelle, what elements of the standard "Safety" bicycle do you want to carry over into your hybrid design, if any?
Whose main feature is two wheels usually whose minimum size is 16 inches, but typically larger. But 16" is still significantly larger than scooter wheels. I can't see how one can square that circle.
Would it have a seat?
It sounds like the project is barely at the conceptual stage, but you should re-think and persevere.
You could start by listing the must-have features.
Try designing the frame itself, with the ability to fold it for a scooter.
Thank you! you've helped me a lot :)
yes! thank you!
I don't understand Czech but Thank you!
ALSO, for a long, general read on GrabCAD from a fellow Kiwi with much more knowledge than me:
https://grabcad.com/questions/by-profession-i-am-an-engineer-and-am-intrested-in-designing-machines-using-cad-i-would-like-to-start-with-very-simple-projects-please-guide-as-how-should-i-start
I'm actually running out of THANK YOUs
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