I spotted this on the way to work the other day: a bad-ass home made electric vehicle constructed out of various bicycle and scrap parts. What I really love is the Rube Goldbergesque powertrain that speaks highly of ‘using what you have available’ instead of buying new parts.
In case you can’t see it in the pictures, what makes this thing move is two car batteries running through a power inverter to produce 120v wall current which then runs an electric drill which turns the geared assembly to move the wheel.
For some reason I picture the father and son from Cormac McCarthys’ The Road and how much more delightful their travels would have been with something like this. Just would have needed a way to charge those batteries.
Did you notice that it also comes with it’s own beer cooler? What else could you possibly need?
I count three batteries
Is that a wiper motor being used as a gearbox on the front drive-train?
this thing is a rolling advert for duct tape! I want one!!
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very very ugly bike too heavy and bad designe
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Hey would of gotten a lot more power efficiency if he used a DC drill instead of running an AC one off an inverter. Large waste of power!
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I’m guessing the goal was less focused on efficiency and more centered around ‘what do I have on hand that can do this?’
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If your not really a health nut but actually feel the requirement for the way to get in shape devoid of the heavy lifting, try pedaling an electric bike to work. Drop by the search engines to find the selection for you.
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Brillient Dan! I never even knew that you provided a shared SSL! I’ve come accross a few custom Paypal Payment pages before, and it’s always poped up with the warning. All it takes is 5 minutes to upload the image to a secure server! (I guess it’s probably a little harder then just that though!) Thanks .Mark
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