Hi Erik,
OK if you insist on an agile handling family vehicle, how about shorter
wheelbase with side by side seating arrangement for kids? Here is one that
turns really well, http://youtu.be/TyrIZR9qZ-w
Steering can be improved with smaller front wheel like Dirk B suggested.
After that you can try leaning, all wheel steering, quadricycle, or
combination.. You will have fun with the complexity but it will take a while
to achieve reliability / quality and high chance of failure...
Maybe when the kids can ride on their own, you can downsize to a simple compact
bike. Watch out for knee pain.
Vi
On Apr 22, 2016, at 3:01 AM, Erik Wassermann <erik.wassermann@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Vi,
there will be more kids in the future, so it will last couple years. Besides
regarding speed this trike is the fastest of my builds including a speculoos
midracer (dual 622 and small front fairing).
On my daily commute of 32km I ride only two with the kids but the overall
speed is fast enough to compensate for the additional weight. For uphills and
getting started the ebike motor is a great addition, so weight is until now
no issue.
Erik
2016-04-21 15:41 GMT+02:00 Vi Vuong <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Hi Erik,
I have ridden some big family bikes/trikes too, and would recommend building
yourself a compact / lightweight bike for the joy of riding solo, 20" wheels
maybe? Trying to make a family / cargo vehicle agile is probably not worth
it compared to safety & reliability. Plus, kids will grow out of family
bikes/trikes quickly...
Cheers,
Vi
On Apr 20, 2016, at 11:35 PM, Erik Wassermann <erik.wassermann@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all!
I want to show You my Trike. It's a three seated for carrying my kids to
the kindergarten and daily commute to work. It's actually quite fast,
traveling speed about 32-35 kmh (~20mph). Pictures are in this German
thread:
http://www.velomobilforum.de/forum/index.php?threads/python-rikscha.40714/page-2
Currently there are two issues: Cornering stability is not so great due to
ling wheelbase, but I can arrange with that. Second is affect to the side
wind. Above 30kmh it gets creapy when its really windy.
Has anyone experience with steering damper to improve the stability?
Best regards,
Erik
