Bumping this for a progress report

Now for the next installment in the bike fabrication mayhem:

Cargo electric bike dude and I fell in love with this frame for a lot of reasons, one of which is that it gives us an excuse to build a bike with 20" wheel- this affords a couple of wins, one is a smaller/cheaper motor, but enough torque to get up the hills around here:


http://www.somafab.com/archives/prod...argo-frame-set

BUT, our fabrication skills aren't up to snuff yet, so whilst googling we came across this as a stopgap "truck bike" conversion solution-


http://jacobsgreen.bigcartel.com/product/the-zaftig

Now THAT is something we can fabricate, so we bought one of these:

and slapped it one a mountain bike I have in the hoard.

Which brings us to here:





We'll be fabbing the shelf on soon.

It's really weird to ride a bike with almost no trail. You CAN'T ride it no handed, even if you lean, it just tracks straight. This is ideal for a load, the lack of trail means that the weight of the load won't interfere with the handling of the bike. I hope.

In other news, I've started a job at a physics lab on campus where I now have access to a full machine shop and my own bridgeport and lathe. Suddenly mitering tubes to make a DIY frame isn't so impossible.