| More questions (Was Re: Pedal car (Dino, Berg,Kettler) questions)
"moving on" was a bad subject...
what does THIS button do? wrote:
> what does THIS button do? wrote:
> [...]
> > The main drawback of the bikeplow system is that the bike needs to be
> > in front of the plow, towing. Not pushing. In the snow. [...]
> > Tautological thoughts like this lead me to imagine a sort of
> > pedal-powered bulldozer or tractor thing, which lead me eventually to
> > discover these things called pedal cars
> >
> > <http://www.autoculture.co.uk/Dino%202007.pdf>
> > <http://www.kettler.net/articles/20050216194000001126/index.html>
> > <http://www.bergtoys.com/skelters.php?categorie=10>
>
> Thank you to everyone for their thoughtful replies. I've come to the
> conclusion that, as much fun as it might be to acquire an adult-sized
> pedal car, its just not ideal for the job.
>
> Mostly, pedal cars seem to be a bit wider than i'm wanting; i'm trying
> to stay at about an 18" wide track. Mostly, i want to stay gage
> compatible with the currently extant plowing tech in service. As i
> wrote originally: a pedal powered bulldozer (but not necessarily
> tracked!)
>
> This leads me into waters i fear to navigate: building something my
> self. Atomic Zombie freakbike stuff. Welding! terrors!
>
> I'm envisioning some sort of horror created from several gas-pipe
> Huffys. I want at to have at least 2 drive wheels, maybe 3 or 4. I'm
> thinking 20" tires or smaller. I would probably significantly ballast
> the contraption, likely with snow, improve drive wheel traction. In
> general, i'm not fond of a single front wheel solution. I would prefer
> a two-wheel front end which will give a better mount for the plow.
>
> I'd be interested in any pointers anyone might have to a torque
> _increasing_ derailleur lashup. I'm intending to build something that
> will have significantly more torque multiplication than your average
> MTB granny gear. If i understand the concept correctly, i'm thinking
> of being able to shift down to on the order of 4 gear inches or so.
>
> Such a thing seems pretty simple on paper, but ... i don't know
> anything, really.
>
> The Huffy vivisecton i can manage w/o too much trouble, but I'd be very
> grateful if anyone has pointers on the high-torque derailleur stuff.
>
> .max
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