Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
12/14/08 10:33 a.m.

http://www.trailcart.eu/

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/14/08 11:12 a.m.

It's gonna need some seriously low gearing to be usable...even then it's totally useless.

I want one too!

rebelgtp
rebelgtp HalfDork
12/14/08 11:15 a.m.

hook a couple dogs to the front....

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/14/08 11:26 a.m.
rebelgtp wrote: hook a couple dogs to the front....

Heyyyy

That would be some good carbon-neutral transportation around town...not clean, but carbon-neutral

rebelgtp
rebelgtp HalfDork
12/14/08 11:29 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote:
rebelgtp wrote: hook a couple dogs to the front....
Heyyyy That would be some good carbon-neutral transportation around town...not clean, but carbon-neutral

Ah yes but any "exhaust" would be biodegradable... get those kids that walk around in parades out there with their scoopers collecting for the city, city starts big compost piles to convert the leavings into methane fuels.

neon4891
neon4891 Dork
12/14/08 6:38 p.m.

put Mr. Armstrong in one, it would rock climb better than a purpose built jeep

gamby
gamby SuperDork
12/14/08 8:41 p.m.

That thing is pretty rad. However, if it weights WAY more than a mountainbike and is less maneuverable than a mountainbike, I dunno if I'd have much use for it.

joey48442
joey48442 Dork
12/14/08 9:11 p.m.

Ooooh! You could put a motorcycle engine on it! We could call it an Awesome Trail Vehicle! Or, ATV for short!

Wait. Never mind.

Joey

Tommy Suddard
Tommy Suddard GRM+ Member
12/15/08 6:01 a.m.

Starter motor and battery?

SoloSonett
SoloSonett Reader
12/15/08 11:17 a.m.
joey48442 wrote: Ooooh! You could put a motorcycle engine on it! We could call it an Awesome Trail Vehicle! Or, ATV for short! Wait. Never mind. Joey

My exact thoughts... maybe a SBC

Black Stig
Black Stig Reader
12/15/08 11:41 a.m.

An electric motor on that thing would be fun! Soo much torque . . .

Heck, even a small, single piston or twin piston motor would be unbelievable!

Then . . . .of course, one of us here at GRM would go crazy, find a wrecked Hyabusa and make that thing hit 60 in 2.2 seconds.

-Dave

Snowdoggie
Snowdoggie Reader
12/15/08 11:51 a.m.
rebelgtp wrote: hook a couple dogs to the front....

I could provide that.

fiat22turbo
fiat22turbo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/15/08 11:57 a.m.

Man, I had plans to build something like that years ago, based on the bike-car plans I bought from the back of Popular Mechanics.

Ian F
Ian F Reader
12/16/08 10:34 a.m.
gamby wrote: That thing is pretty rad. However, if it weights WAY more than a mountainbike and is less maneuverable than a mountainbike, I dunno if I'd have much use for it.

Agreed. The tires alone (maybe even just one of them) probably weigh more than my hardtail. One of those ideas that sounds great in theory...

rebelgtp
rebelgtp HalfDork
12/16/08 11:27 a.m.
Snowdoggie wrote:
rebelgtp wrote: hook a couple dogs to the front....
I could provide that.

how did I know that I could count on you for that?

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