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A mate of mine who is studying engineering/mechanics has been set a task by his tutor. He has to
find something that is in use every day and change it to make it better, than he has to get the
opinion of a group of people that use that product daily. He decided on trying to make lightweight
and durable new drive chain out of high impact ABS plastic. This included the cogs and chain and
everything else used to drive the bike forward. He made and tested this new system and found that by
removing the metal the bike lost almost a pound in weight. After two weeks of heavy riding he says
the system is still in good condition. I haven't personally seen the design or the bike. Now he has
two weeks to get toghter the opinions (which I am doing here) and complete the task.
So here is his questions.
1) What can you see being the long term problem?
2) What can you see being the short term problem?
3) Would you use it, knowing the weight loss?
4) Would you use it , not knowing the weight loss?
5) Your general comments here >>>>>>>>>>>
I said you were an educated bunch who knew what they were talking about.
Thanks for helping him in advance.
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find something that is in use every day and change it to make it better, than he has to get the
opinion of a group of people that use that product daily. He decided on trying to make lightweight
and durable new drive chain out of high impact ABS plastic. This included the cogs and chain and
everything else used to drive the bike forward. He made and tested this new system and found that by
removing the metal the bike lost almost a pound in weight. After two weeks of heavy riding he says
the system is still in good condition. I haven't personally seen the design or the bike. Now he has
two weeks to get toghter the opinions (which I am doing here) and complete the task.
So here is his questions.
1) What can you see being the long term problem?
2) What can you see being the short term problem?
3) Would you use it, knowing the weight loss?
4) Would you use it , not knowing the weight loss?
5) Your general comments here >>>>>>>>>>>
I said you were an educated bunch who knew what they were talking about.
Thanks for helping him in advance.
Gadget