Selling Tilting Trike kit

Hello,

I have designed a Tilting Trike kit to be installed on FWD recumbent bikes (Raptobike, Cruzbike, etc)

My web site:
www.gonano.eu is full of detailed information.
There is also a link to my YouTube and Instagram channels where I publish pictures/videos on this solution.

I already started to sell some 'tilting kits" to people in the Netherlands and here in France.

I am currently busy developing the V2 of the tilting mechanism: I have added rear suspension with one elastomer.
It is implemented with a unique dumping device for both rear wheels, so it is:
- easier to set up,
- lighter
- and requires no maintenance.

Here is the last video on my tests:

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Currently the 'soft locking- static' mechanism works great to stop, restart and also to park the bike: please note that you cannot use it when you move at low speeds.

This is because it is implemented by locking both rear disks.

Currently I sell the mechanism:

1 - with both rear disks installed (Avid BB7) at 600€

2 - without rear disks ( customer prefer to install them by themselves...) at 450€.

Delivery time: roughly 1 month from the order

(Shipping costs to be added)

Regards

Daniele

 

I really like the use of the Cruzbike as the base of the trike.
This is a high quality bike. How much modifying of the bike would be required to add your equipment/accessories?

 

Hi,
You should go to
http://gonano.eu/solar-bike-2018
and following pages (click on the bottom of the page)
Thanks

 

I followed the link above and the process/pictures are quite interesting. My main interest is in the 'tilting trike' portion of the project.
For some reason the 'Solar Tilting Trike V1' picture will not load. I gave up after about 30 minutes.

There is a paragraph mentioning the locking of the rear brakes to park the trike and have it stand up straight.
If the rear brakes are applied while the riding thru a curve, will the trike suddenly 'stand up' and cause problems?

 

The picture 'Solar Tilting Trike V1' displays correctly on my desktop but it is not shown from my cell phone
I need to understand why there is an issue for the cell phone platform.

Rear brakes are applied from a single lever with two cables in order to maintain perfect synchronization.
When you pull the rear brake, the bike has a slight tendency to keep the actual leaning angle.
So if you are through a fast curve at 30° leaning angle, when you brake it will tend to stay at 30°.
If you are on straight line and you brake, the bike will tend to stay vertical.
If you want to enter into a curve with the rear brake on (not ideal!) then you would have to start leaning with more 'energy'.
There is absolutely no danger in this behaviour, you only need to get used.
And in no circonstancies the bike will 'stand up' when pulling rear brake.

 

Thanks for the clarification about the braking reactions.