Trike Plans

[landsurfer]

Are there plans available from the UK,for a lightweight, home built recumbent trike ?
Single, full-size (700c) wheel at the rear.

[[XAP]Bob]

Atomic zombie?

[landsurfer]

Is there a UK source for the plans. i like the look of it.

[[XAP]Bob]

It's all online afaik

Why the UK requirement?

[UpWrong]

Or you can buy the Alleweder A4 velomobile as a kit from alligt.nl

https://youtu.be/ZzA4rmS6kuQ

[landsurfer]

It's all online afaik

Why the UK requirement?

Because i'm fed up with plans and downloads I have purchased, from the USA particularly, not turning up or full of virus's.
Maybe i'm just unlucky.

[landsurfer]

Well that worked.... plans downloaded .... steel for chassis ordered, collect tomorrow.
Brakes .... disc and rim on rear only ?????
Do front, steering wheels, need to be braked ??
Any thoughts ....

[[XAP]Bob]

excellent - do keep us up to date with the build. Be interesting to see how good the plans are

[Indeboat]

You will need brakes on the front , as they do all the stopping,if you try and stop with the rear only you will lock the back wheel very easy and just carry on at quite a brisk speed,only used mostly as a drag brake down long decents and as a parking brake.
Good luck with the build.

[landsurfer]

You will need brakes on the front , as they do all the stopping,if you try and stop with the rear only you will lock the back wheel very easy and just carry on at quite a brisk speed,only used mostly as a drag brake down long decents and as a parking brake.
Good luck with the build.

I did suspect that may be the reality .... I dont like discs so may investigate hub brakes but the easiest to install will win ...lol .... which may be discs

[Indeboat]

Here's one i made earlier.
https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=15204&start=285#p900650

And in action on a ride with Will in Cambridgeshire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSceUMoR4PA

[[XAP]Bob]

You will need brakes on the front , as they do all the stopping,if you try and stop with the rear only you will lock the back wheel very easy and just carry on at quite a brisk speed,only used mostly as a drag brake down long decents and as a parking brake.
Good luck with the build.

I did suspect that may be the reality .... I dont like discs so may investigate hub brakes but the easiest to install will win ...lol .... which may be discs

Hubs not much harder to install...
You have to have a place for the reaction arm to hold rather than disc calliper mounts.

You'll also need one of the brakes to be left handed (can't recall if that's a configuration change or a different planet.

[landsurfer]

Knee jerk .... its doable with hubs if the reaction arm mounts face different directions ... one fore, one aft ... or wheel build accommodates the arms ... Single leading shoe better than twin leading shoe ???

[[XAP]Bob]

Cable runs for foreword facing arm might be interesting...

ICE have them both facing to the rear, so there is certainly the ability to set it up thatbway

[OldBloke]

Also have a look at what Greenspeed do for hub brakes: http://www.greenspeed.com.au/gsparts.html

OB