Stuart Walker
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| posted on 16/6/20 at 08:42 AM |
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On eBay: My weird electric trike project
If you need a laugh on a Tuesday morning, my attempt to create the future of personal mobility is for sale...
http://ebay.us/1pASdD?cmpnId=5338273189
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060787 by Stuart Walker, on Flickr[/img]
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Northy
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| posted on 16/6/20 at 09:51 AM |
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That looks really cool!
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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ettore bugatti
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| posted on 16/6/20 at 11:15 AM |
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Pretty cool, what are the specs?
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Stuart Walker
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| posted on 16/6/20 at 11:36 AM |
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Thanks guys. Combination of an old ski machine, golf buggy motor and bike bits. Someone said I should call it a Sinclair Ski 5
Motor is 750W. 1000W controller (I tried with a 700W rated one and it caught fire!) and 2 lead acid batteries. It needs a bit of finishing - chain
currently jumps off as the derailleur isn't set up, and the turning circle is a bit rubbish, but it might be fun for someone to do something
with!
I need to focus on my car 
[Edited on 16/6/20 by Stuart Walker]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/6/20 at 12:13 PM |
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How do you get your feet all the way up there? The best wheels to use at the front are BMX 20" with 14mm axles, these are the strongest options
for a trike. Personally I would suggest keeping it and finishing it after all that work and then getting some fun out of it.
[Edited on 16/6/20 by Mr Whippy]
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Stuart Walker
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| posted on 16/6/20 at 02:52 PM |
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Yeah it's possible, maybe not the most comfortable but it does work! Yes, 20" BMX wheels would be perfect, that and a magic pie motor on
the back would take out tonnes of work! If I did it again that's what I'd use.
So I know exactly how I'll build my next electric scooter, but I just can't take this one all that way... and I really want to get the
Locost done this year. I'm traveling light - sold 271kg of "useful bits of steel" to the scrap man yesterday 
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jacko
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| posted on 18/6/20 at 05:14 PM |
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I saw a bike similar to that last weekend it was on a country road with long grass and big hedges I don't know how I missed running over it
they are to low and slow to get out of a tight spot
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