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Kimmo
12-28-09, 01:53 AM
http://bikezilla.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/8/4/2484214/8592346.jpg (http://bikezilla.weebly.com/)
This is Bikezilla; seven seats, six wheels, plus a trailer with two more seats.

This is how it looked when it was rescued from the shelf...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_Just_rescued.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/Just_rescued.jpg)

Hub gears and suspension seemed a good idea...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-07-29_1741.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-07-29_1741.jpg)http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-09_1841.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-09_1841.jpg) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-09_1840.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-09_1840.jpg) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-11_1824.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-11_1824.jpg) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-19_1838.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-19_1838.jpg) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-20_1851.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-20_1851.jpg) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-26_1559.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-26_1559.jpg) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/th_2009-11-26_1600.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Kimmo666/Bikezilla/2009-11-26_1600.jpg)

Check out the site (http://bikezilla.weebly.com/) for more.

StephenH
12-28-09, 05:35 PM
That's really cool.

Suggestion on the LED spoke-display system: Check how well it operates at SLOW speeds. I assume that Bikezilla is normally operated at slower speeds, especially in parades, and the spoke display may be too jerky at those speeds.
Artkansas
12-29-09, 09:34 AM
That's really cool.

Suggestion on the LED spoke-display system: Check how well it operates at SLOW speeds. I assume that Bikezilla is normally operated at slower speeds, especially in parades, and the spoke display may be too jerky at those speeds.

Well, parades are usually a stop and go affair so the led spokes may be a wash. What we do to keep moving in a parade is that everyone rides in circles. I'm not sure that could be done with bikezilla though.

It's an insanely cool bike though. :D

Kimmo
12-29-09, 11:31 PM
The minimum speed for the POV LEDs is determined by the number of light spokes you have... IIRC, four is good for down to 10-15km/h
Kimmo
03-08-10, 11:34 PM
Bikezilla at Melbourne's Moomba parade yesterday:

http://img37.imagefra.me/img/img37/2/3/8/t_e66ovwkm_d3059d7.jpg (http://imagefra.me/view.php?img=/2/3/8/f_e66ovwkm_d3059d7.jpg&srv=img37)
http://img40.imagefra.me/img/img40/2/3/8/t_e66ovxdm_8a99716.jpg (http://imagefra.me/view.php?img=/2/3/8/f_e66ovxdm_8a99716.jpg&srv=img40)
http://img40.imagefra.me/img/img40/2/3/8/t_e66ovxem_058102b.jpg (http://imagefra.me/view.php?img=/2/3/8/f_e66ovxem_058102b.jpg&srv=img40)
http://img40.imagefra.me/img/img40/2/3/9/t_e66ovxhm_1222641.jpg (http://imagefra.me/view.php?img=/2/3/9/f_e66ovxhm_1222641.jpg&srv=img40)

I posted a thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?627076-Some-much-older-stuff) on those vintage bikes you can see in the first pic, too.