Hello, dear pythonriders, The "python trike" is rebuild to the original two-wheeler form. Riding the trike was fun (sliding when cornering at speed near to 30 kph), but speed over 30 kph was hard to reach and hold. Now riding the python as it was ment to be. Building time was about 10 weeks (estimate 60 hours). I used a 7-speed hub gear i found in my "to-be-re-used-box". Maybe not as fast as a chain-gear, but with the ability to change gear at the traffic-light. Riding the bike took me about 15 min ( not by talent but because the trikeversion was very instable by using a second pivot). The two-wheeler appears to be less instable, and except for cornering i feel reasonable comfortable now. Will spent next weeks getting more experience and feeling comfortable enough for riding in heavy traffic. Piviot Angle: 68 Seat height: 30 Ground Clearance: 11 cm Wheelbase: 124 cm Weight: 16 kg BB-FWA: 43 cm BB-EOS: 32 cm Tubing: center: 30x30x1,5 mm, front: 40 x 20 x 1,5 mm Wheel size: 20", 26" (MTB wheel) Inseam lenth: 68 cm In the meantime will spent some time in modifications, like: using 20" rearfork, changing wheelbase to 100 cm, using suspension, thinking about a easy way to switch between single-rearend and trike-rearend. Greetings, and good riding to you all. henk van eerden.
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