And he has plenty of fresh air on the next morning’s ride. Now there’s a happy camper!
Via the inventor’s site: highmileagetrikes
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About Susan KraemerSusan Kraemer writes at CleanTechnica, Earthtechling, and GreenProphet and has been published at Ecoseed, NRDC OnEarth, MatterNetwork, Celsius, EnergyNow and Scientific American.
As a former serial entrepreneur in product design she brings an innovator's perspective on inventing a carbon-constrained civilization: If necessity is the mother of invention: solving climate change is the mother of all necessities! As a lover of history and sci fi, she enjoys chronicling the strange future we are creating in these interesting times.
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Just had to add this from the inventors site:
“In my spare time I play in my shop creating a host of toys and things that roll, mostly. They all start as and idea that gets transfered to paper.
I’ve been doing this idea hatching thing since I was a kid. I recieving my first serious sketch pad on Christmas morning when I was 8 years old.
Each day I’d think of something weird and sketch it out, and every year another book would appear under the tree.”
Let that be a lesson to you, parents!
Just had to add this from the inventors site:
“In my spare time I play in my shop creating a host of toys and things that roll, mostly. They all start as and idea that gets transfered to paper.
I’ve been doing this idea hatching thing since I was a kid. I recieving my first serious sketch pad on Christmas morning when I was 8 years old.
Each day I’d think of something weird and sketch it out, and every year another book would appear under the tree.”
Let that be a lesson to you, parents!
A pretty neat idea, and I admire his ingenuity. Though I’m not as handy/inventive as he is, I don’t see why some entrepreneurial company couldn’t make one for a very affordable price.
A pretty neat idea, and I admire his ingenuity. Though I’m not as handy/inventive as he is, I don’t see why some entrepreneurial company couldn’t make one for a very affordable price.
Awesome, but what I would to differently is use an electric recumbent bike and use unisolar pvl-124 or shorter and glue from the back of trailer to over the bike to provide shade. Keep the battery in trailer but wire it to the bike motor.
Awesome, but what I would to differently is use an electric recumbent bike and use unisolar pvl-124 or shorter and glue from the back of trailer to over the bike to provide shade. Keep the battery in trailer but wire it to the bike motor.
excellent!
great post, Susan! (still catching up from my vacation a couple weeks ago
excellent!
great post, Susan! (still catching up from my vacation a couple weeks ago
why not use 700 C wheels to get over the humps and bumps then use a burley cart frame and expand it with recycled aluminum bits. then an 18W solar panel to power everything. should be very light even still.. great idea!!!
why not use 700 C wheels to get over the humps and bumps then use a burley cart frame and expand it with recycled aluminum bits. then an 18W solar panel to power everything. should be very light even still.. great idea!!!
scoop away cat litter? I hope that is for the cat…
scoop away cat litter? I hope that is for the cat…
BUZZKILL: A backpacking tent and a sleeping bag is smaller and lighter.
BUZZKILL: A backpacking tent and a sleeping bag is smaller and lighter.
Does anyone know what kind of trailer base he used? I’ve found a small one online rated at 250 lbs. I would be curious to know what kind of trailer he started with..??
Does anyone know what kind of trailer base he used? I’ve found a small one online rated at 250 lbs. I would be curious to know what kind of trailer he started with..??
Neat little invention but let’s be honest with ourselves. There is no such thing as zero carbon. Raw materials don’t just rise from the earth fabricate themselves into useful machines.
Low carbon maybe, zero carbon…well no.
Neat little invention but let’s be honest with ourselves. There is no such thing as zero carbon. Raw materials don’t just rise from the earth fabricate themselves into useful machines.
Low carbon maybe, zero carbon…well no.
“PUPTENTer said on October 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
BUZZKILL: A backpacking tent and a sleeping bag is smaller and lighter.”
Tent, sleeping bag, JET-Boil. WIN.
“PUPTENTer said on October 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
BUZZKILL: A backpacking tent and a sleeping bag is smaller and lighter.”
Tent, sleeping bag, JET-Boil. WIN.
Why not make it a little longer so the head and feet don’t stick out…could use different tires too. Not a bad idea but I would want to put too much into it and couldn’t tow it then…
Why not make it a little longer so the head and feet don’t stick out…could use different tires too. Not a bad idea but I would want to put too much into it and couldn’t tow it then…