Bike – creating a frame to see what it feels like
Today me and John bought some bamboo canes from Homebase, together with some cable ties and twine and made a frame around his upright bike.
We had a basic idea of what it would look like, but it is quite hard to think about where cross members shouldn’t be, as they tend to get in the way.
After getting most of the way though the construction of it in my bedroom, we realised that it had to fit through the door and so shaved a few inches of a couple of bits ‘just to make sure’.
When we finished it was dark outside, but we took it out anyway. It was strange to ride, and it felt like driving a bus. Corners had to be taken wider as this frame stuck out both in front and behind. Due to the quality of engineering that went into making it, your feet often got caught on a structral part which was a bit awkward. Getting on an off was a pain, and nearly resulted in me in a hedge. Other than that, it rode fine and did not impair the riders visability in any way.
