Some of you may have seen pics of my machine here last spring... I designed and welded up this
home-built SWB/USS bike from old ten-speed frames one chilly winter week three years ago. The
cogs-and-spokes steering linkage is my own (see nifty blowup) and is adjustable/dampable. The bike
has a bit more than 6,000 km and is a GAS to ride - I love blasting past the local roadies in my
boots and jeans... - ƒ
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LazyBird redux - SWB-USS homebuilt
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looks like fun. But are those cables running the steering? Probably plenty strong, but I bet lots of
folks would be too spooked to ride something where the steering depends on cables.sj
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I believe Lewis Campbell (limeylew) did a LWB with USS using aircraft cables instead of tie rods. I
cannot remember his site address beyond the limeylew part, but there is a pic of him sitting on the
bent in (what appear to be Black PJs) ----------spmeone here should have his website
address----------------- "Seth Jayson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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looks like fun. But are those cables running the steering? Probably plenty strong, but I bet lots
of folks would be too spooked to ride something where the steering depends on cables.sj
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Joshua Goldberg said:
I believe Lewis Campbell (limeylew) did a LWB with USS using aircraft cables instead of tie rods. I
cannot remember his site address beyond the limeylew part, but there is a pic of him sitting on the
bent in (what appear to be Black PJs) ----------spmeone here should have his website
address----------------- "Seth Jayson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
looks like fun. But are those cables running the steering? Probably plenty strong, but I bet lots
of folks would be too spooked to ride something where the steering depends on cables.sj
actually, the steering linkage is thru two spokes a side - the close-up shows the nipples in the
retaining collars (two small nuts a side welded to the chain-link). The cables are life-insurance.
In an earlier design I tried to use just cables, but there was too much elasticity in the system.
There actually isn't much stress on the steering-system in ANY design, but solidity contributes to
one's peace of mind... the linkage feels firm and I ride it off-road (!) from time to time - Ðª× Th
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