Steve
Do the 75mm cranks limit the lean ?
Can you buy decent wheels and tyres in 16" , all the ones I have come
across are definitely at the ' junk ' end of the spectrum [ although I
only get ' free ' stuff :-) ]
I have the old ' Cycle Zoo ' book , how much ' new ' content would you
guess has been added ?
Paul
On 19/10/2021 09:36, cesnur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Jurgen and all.
My experiences with iLean is very positive, but I made some early decisions which have made them work for me, they are
Use 75mm unicycle cranks: this minimises wheel scrub during cornering.
Use custom made shafts to mount wheels, that is bbshaft at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4201871/files
Use 349 size 16" wheels, these take up a bit less space, and the iLean mech provides good suspension despite the small wheel size.
Up till a few weeks ago when I made the rear suspension bike, 90% or so of my riding was on iLean and that has included a flat 1200k Audax ride. In general I explain it by saying it's just a way to make the frame simple and that overall the cycle remains simpler than if you had a split rear fork. I think every other leaning trike mechanism is more complex.
Overall I wouldn't have used them as much as I have if they didn't give good results.
Best wishes
Steve Nurse
Thanks Steve.
What are your experiences with the iLean tilting mechanism?
Regards from Jürgen.
Am 19.10.2021 um 05:00 schrieb cesnur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> Hi
>
> In the past few weeks I've built a rear suspension trike and
have just
> finished a summary of the build. The suspension depends on having a
> hollow rectangular frame. My build is on a fixed bottom bracket
front
> wheel drive bike, but I think the idea would work just as well
on an MBB
> like the python. Here is the link,
>
http://modularbikes.blogspot.com/2021/10/rear-suspension-bike-summary.html
>
<http://modularbikes.blogspot.com/2021/10/rear-suspension-bike-summary.html>
> Regards
>
> Steve Nurse
>
> modularbikes.com.au
>
>
>
>
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