Trike top

i like it ed works great and now i want one this is cool

 

Thanks!

You had some really neat ideas earlier that I've been saving. One, a brow type side curtain on each side will have a bungee in a straight line from front to back cross-members that will allow them to gather the top material as needed. This should lower the sides to just above eye level. This may negate the need to tilt since the sides will be really low.

Bottom line: With a couple of 1/4" Fiberglass rods/connectors and a sheet of fabric a hood can be fabricated that proves useful. A friend of mine has just returned from a cruse (ship) on which she is the seamstress a costume designer. She also works for or has worked for all the local area attractions, Dollywood included. She's good, fast and passionate about sewing. I have two projects for her, a new top is one. The other is bike related as well (later!).

Nice out, headed there! Enjoy.

 

Kewl Hood!

I think one of those would work out nicely on my Triton.. of course the modifications would be different.. hmmmmmm... here in Oregon the Rain is a big thing..

 

Of course I don't go that fast either.. cruise at about 8 to 12 miles per hour...

 

Thankyou for the Cade's Cove Tour Too! been awhile since i seen it..

 

Very Nice Ed..

 

See if she is passionate about it enough to attempt to sew up a full body fairing for me?

 

Sock!

I'll ask.

 

I have all the materials in storage,that i have gathered to make a Velomobile body, but after the past 3 days i do not think that will work for me. It made me remember some very extreme winds, snow, rain,sleet and dust on my last epic ride. There is no way you could ride a Velomobile in this kind of weather. Well maybe a fully loaded trike and trailer. It was quite a chore even without the body. Thursday or Friday, when this storm came up; as i was heading home, the wind would occasionally blow me into the traffic, lane as i would pass one of the big hotels that were blocking the wind. I think with the body sock if it got to bad i could stuff it in a pannier and keep trudging on.

 

I bought the Veltop for my ICE T from France. It was well engineered and had good coverage from the rain. Like other people said unless the sun is directly overhead it will not shade you. I found it too claustrophobic. It had a money back guarantee, but it got stock in customs and was returned to me. After all was said and done I lost over $200 in shipping and sold it on eBay for half of what I paid.

 

Inching forward

Thought this hastily produced video might be of interest to some.

 

Well done Ed!! Can't wait to see the finished top and visor!

 

Sewing patterns to the 'seamstress of the band'!

I spent about 3-hours on some sewing patterns made from scrap 1/4" plywood that had been used as base protection for a larger plywood bundle. So.........., free stuff!

Looking at the underside of the larger hood pattern, the visor is positioned about where it will be when Velcroed in position. The larger 2"x4" Velcro will allow position selection fore-aft.

The discs are for marking loop material outside the pattern, the edge of which represents the actual outside edge. A fabric marking pen fits in the center hole. The disc acts like a wheel when moved around the pattern.

Unlike a paper pattern, this remains True-to-form and also allows the fabric beneath to be flat and wrinkle-free. The cutouts inside the patterns represent where Velcro strips are to be placed. The pattern can be traced onto the fabric for positioning and sewing later. The 1"x8" slot toward the rear is for a piece of Velcro to be sewn on top of the hood which will allow easy placement of cycling event registration 'bibs' (a thin strip of sticky-back Velcro will be stuck to the leading edge of the underside of the bib). Since most bibs are weatherproof Tyvek, no pouch would be necessary. But if a paper document should need to be displayed, a weatherproof map pouch could be attached.

There will be a 12"x8" map pouch provision underside the hood and toward the front after the initial hood is mounted and checked for fit.

Pretty simple stuff here. Each piece also has a hole for hanging when done. The patterns went out today but like most of my ‘fun’ projects, they’ll come back when they’re done (whenever that is!).

 

Can't wait to see the finished project. Maybe you should leave it wood!!! Then you could be driving a "woody"!!! (You are old enough to know what I mean!)