Do It Yourself Handcycle

My trials, tribulation and progress in designing and building a handcycle, at home, out of carbon fiber.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

If I need two wheels in the back...

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After two test rides, I have found myself correcting some details on the handcycle.  The steering stops constrict the turning to too larg...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Inline skate wheels work -- but two wheels do not...

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When at a stop, the two inline skate wheels work well in that I can easily rest on one or the other of them.  Also, I can easily ride on eit...
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Friday, March 2, 2012

Cables going into rotating handgrips

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The shifter and brake cables break easily on a handcycle if those same cables have ends planted into brakes levers or shifters that reside o...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Getting ready for the second road test...

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After I rode the handcycle on a trainer for a few hours in order to "get the kinks out" relative to cabling, braking, changing gea...
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Friday, February 17, 2012

Cable problem solved...On the trainer with the handcycle...

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The handcycle on the trainer -- and an hour and a half workout went well after some adjustments.  I still have to get a longer (118mm) botto...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Final Handgrips (well almost)

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Relative to the handgrips: the carbon fiber is in place, the axles and bearing fitted, the brakes levers fitted, and the twist shifter added...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Building the handgrips / pedals

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For me, the pedals of a bicycle become the handgrips of a handcycle.  For my handcycle, I am building these from scratch since there is no c...
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