Howdy, this is my second attempt at building a tandem that will fit on the KCATA Metro bus, or a standard carrier without hanging off the ends. We had a Schwinn Twinn 5-speed before our daughter was born, just too heavy, and way too long. Wife wasn't interested in riding. Sold it for what we had into it, should have swapped out the multi-speed drum brake to build a klunker. Anyway, here is a picture of the first attempt, sort of a Cycle-Truck with a small front passenger instead of a basket.
Got the idea from the Atomic-Zombie Bicycle-Bonanza book that someone gave me at work. He was using the back half of a bike as the front wheel to build a drift trike.
http://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Zombies-Bicycle-Builders-Bonanza/dp/0071422676
Good fun book, he cuts his bikes down to smaller components than I prefer. It is full of interesting ideas.
I did not study Cycle-Truck theory very well, the basket is suspended from the frame. When I strapped a 40lb bag of dog food to the light blue part to stand in for my passenger, the result was ride-able, but not reassuring. Back to the drawing board.
Got the idea from the Atomic-Zombie Bicycle-Bonanza book that someone gave me at work. He was using the back half of a bike as the front wheel to build a drift trike.
http://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Zombies-Bicycle-Builders-Bonanza/dp/0071422676
Good fun book, he cuts his bikes down to smaller components than I prefer. It is full of interesting ideas.
I did not study Cycle-Truck theory very well, the basket is suspended from the frame. When I strapped a 40lb bag of dog food to the light blue part to stand in for my passenger, the result was ride-able, but not reassuring. Back to the drawing board.