Timber Leaning Trike

Timber leaning trike. READ ME FIRST!

This bike design is included in a book I've written, Cycle Zoo, Bikes for the 21st century. As a small gesture of support, please buy the book! Links to book through http://modularbikes.com.au/ . Thanks!

This trike is one I built after my industrial design masters at Monash University. Although I had built similar wooden trikes in my masters, I felt they weren’t quite finished. In particular the tailbox needed fixing. A competition and exhibition came up and I decided to finish off the design to show it in Dangerous Designs and Fringe Furniture. A few pics and a link to a video are here. https://modularbikes.blogspot.com/2017/06/dangerous-designs-entry.html

As shown the trike is quick to get on and off and start. However its impossible to turn hard and pedal at the same time. It is a recumbent simple leaning trike which combines good aerodynamics with the ability to carry loads. In my masters degree (here is a link to my master’s writeup