If your appetite for a velomobile has been whetted, but you lack funds, why not have a go at constructing this 'Cyclemobile' spotted on the Recumbent Blog. To get the vital second page, which explains how to make the steering and imitation radiator, look at the original article on Google Books and scroll down. You can also enjoy the 'telephoto lens for box camera', constructed from a pair of binoculars...
A home-made Porteur On the subject of DIY: a 'Porteur' rack is a wide platform rack mounted on the front wheel of a bike, of the sort delivery boys used to use - ideal for mounting a big basket on, or simply strapping on an odd load. Spotted on Bikecommuters.com is this DIY version, made from metal shelf support strips, U-bolts and P-Clips, and simply bolted together.
Rowing along We covered the Tarasov Rowcycle a few issues ago. Now there's a new video of the machine in action:
A penny farthing for the future J Holiday spotted some futuristic bike designs by Slovakian designer Peter Varga, including a recumbent mini penny farthing which folds, a quick folding compact city bike and a load or passenger carrying tricycle. The penny farthing looks as if it would be fun to ride, although tricky to mount gracefully.
Dive, Dive, Dive! Stephane Rousson wrote to let us know that his human powered subamarine Scubster has made its first dive. You can see footage of the event here on YouTube:
The porteur rack was interesting until I saw how many bolts etc. were holding it together. Even with all the nylok nuts and threadlock in the world I'd not trust it with a heavy load until I'd taken a welding torch to it.
Nice idea though.
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