An idea voiced only by me: Get an iconic, authentic bike brand like Vanmoof or Brompton on-board (maybe you guys could help us with this) to create a really good co-brand story by using the power of the maker community to create a bike for a race and/or award.
We need to find a way of getting suitable credit for my fellow hubs who would take part.
Thoughts?
Charlotte
Well we do have a Instructable’s contest going on which you guys could participate in! I would imagine an event where the local community gets together and makes a bicycle or something! Yeah, it all depends on the Hubs !
At Titan, https://www.3dhubs.com/denver/hubs/titan-robotics
I have two 30" x 30" x 45" (760 x 760 x 1150mm) Precision FDM printers. I design and manufacture them myself. A giant wheel/frame should be no problem to produce. The tire could be made of ninjaflex TPE. The frame can be printed with carbon fiber ABS for added rigidity and reduced weight. I am also an engineer/bicycle fanatic and would be willing to offer design services for this project. Contact me at cguillory@gmail.com to collaborate!
I’m digging the momentum and I would like to add that a Bike Culture & Alt Transportation themed 3DHubs Boston community meetup is being considered for this summer. Something like this would be a great display.
@Quintenva would you have an idea what the max number of parts this design could be broken down into so we can work on how many hubs we can have involved?
P.S this is super kind of you for sharing
@AtomJaay I would be interested in discussing ideas with you on this, my colleagues and I are avid cyclists and are working on some bike related 3D printed accessories. I guess re: bike project we just need to work out who prints what now.
I guess time difference would make it hard but I would also like to do a decentralised meetup at some point where we are hanging out with another community using the power of the internet ( might be a little far fetched )
Anyway if you are interested in some sort of collaboration let me know.
Charlotte
London Mayor’s office
AKA Cinter
Sounds great, I sent you an email through your site. Thanks!
To make a quick and rough estimate:
- Front wheel
- Steering fork
- Steer
- 1st part of the frame (red section)
- 2nd part of the frame (bamboo section)
- Saddle
- Carrier
- Seat for the child (don’t know if this is necessary. It was part of the assignment we got from school)
Lose-less parts:
- Chain
- All the ‘parts’ to get the bicycle moving
The 2nd part of the frame and the carrier can be combined as the ‘back-frame’ of the bicycle.
I’ve contacted the Solidworks designer, Twan Smeets. I’ll ask him if it is possible for him to finish the Solidworks design this week so it can be uploaded and other people can refine / adjust and fine tune it.
Is this the information you’re expecting? Or do you need more detailed information?
@Quintenva you are making some people very very happy :). We can go into detail once we understand who we have and what capability of machine they have I guess.
P.S I have to ask the question as I do have a bit of an engineering background, do you actually think it could hold anyone without breaking at least for the first couple of minutes?
We could take a page from the 3D printed guitar makers and add a channel inside the parts that a carbon fiber rod can be inserted and secured with resin. It makes the guitar necks made of many segments far stronger.
Cool cool I’ll PM and we can start talking my e-mail is charlotte@cinterdesign.com so expect a message.
