Bicycle Winnebago — Exhibit B
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 12. 2.06
Maybe you spied Brian’s amazing bicycle ‘motorhome’ yesterday. That was the solo version. Stand by for the two person model. Brad Graham has based his dual occupancy, electric-assist, pedal-powered trike on the Kyoto Cruiser (plans for which can be purchased at Atomic Zombie). He is figuring on a total of 300 lbs (136 kg) total for a vehicle that will include a double bed, table, gas stove, LCD screen and even a kitchen sink. Photovoltaics on the roof will charge the battery. Each rider has their independent 36 speed transmission. The end result will be aerodynamic (unlike the CAD image shown here) with a front fairing for the pilot and passenger. Brad is anticipating a top speed of about 25 kph (16 mph). ::Kyoto Camper Human Powered RV.
The work-in-progress prototype Kyoto Camper.
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Yes!!! The following are observations of a bike nut, me, and are not meant to be critical. No suspension but then again there is enough flex in the frame to make it uneccessary. I looked up the load rating for a Schwalbe 20" Knobby tire and it is 75kg or 165lbs. There are some very strong 20" BMX wheels available. There are disc brakes on the rear wheels on the bike shown on the Atomic Zombie site but no brake on the front. I would try to power the cranks rather than the wheels. There's so much room ahead of cranks to mount a motor. A sliding motor mount, mounted to the frame rail shouldn't be too hard to fabricate for a guy who has already gotten this far.
I love it, it's a great idea. Keep us posted.
Yay for sustainable mobile housing! Now just make sure that your locality doesn't have some arcane law prohibiting this kind of thing. I know in many urban areas it is illegal to sleep in your vehicle, or on public property. Maybe the local bike organizations combined with local homeless advocacy groups can work on repealing these kinds of laws.
Imagine a whole community of modern gypsies!
At 300 lbs it will be a beast to climb hills in, but still so light to get blown about by semis. Tandems already are a bear to climb real hills in.
A simple platform holding bins of camping gear makes more sense to me, as you can get some really large tents that fold up small.
Very cool, but you can't ride/park it on the street can you? I have a toyota motorhome and was thinking of making my geo metro xfi in to a motorhome, then a bike in to a motorhome which let me here, keep up the good work!