Velorution!

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Velorution!

• Leg-Tricity Power
• for
• Sustainable
• Triangle Transportation

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A Vrooom of My Own

• Just imagine it
• A pedal-powered,
• Solar/Electric-assisted,
• Weather-worthy,
• Cargo-capable,
• Night-safe,
• Vandal-resistant,
• VELOMOBILE!

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Not just for Sporty Types

• Lets face it
• Some of us are not as slim as Handsome here
• Some of us folks are
• Old, wide, winded, and slow
• Not every pedal pusher needs or wants a sports
  model
• What about weather?
• What about a cargo load?

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Design for the rest of us

• Build for comfort
• Vehicle should be easy to enter
• By a pregnant woman
• Wearing a long, flowery silk skirt
• With 2 children aboard
• And two days worth of groceries!
• Build for Safety
• Vehicle should be stable and safe
• In heavy rain or fog
• In cold weather or hot
• At night
• In traffic

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Eco-Taxis of Rome

• www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/romes_new_ecota.p
  hp

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Wheels
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Quad and Trike Basics

• Two types of Recumbent Trikes
• Delta
• Tadpole
• Many Quad Typesbench and bent
• Rectangle
• Diamond
• Big Pair Little Pair
• Wide Stance
• Narrow Stance

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Bent Trikes Delta Tadpole

• http//www.lightfootcycles.com/

http//www3.sk.sympatico.ca/pbit/pedalbacintyme.h
tml
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Advantages Disadvantages

• Why so many different types?
• Stability
• Cornering/Tipping
• Touring/Towning
• BroadQuads and Tadpoles more stable
• Deltas and ThinQuads speedier, sportier

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Bench Quad with Roof

• http//www.bhsi.org/fourwhel.htm

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Rhoades Car GoOne OneSeater

• www.rhoadescarshowroom.com/jumpshow.htm

adjustable seat placement on beam
battery box
chain drive train
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Rhoades Car Duo
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Carcycle

• http//microship.com/bobstuart/carcycle.htm

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Carcycle

• X-4 was built with minimum investment
• Test general configuration and proportions.
• Make it as car-like and convenient as possible
• Goals of overall packaging were
• Room for an adult, child and 2 grocery bags
• Narrow enough to go through a standard door
• Tall enough for confidence in heavy traffic
• Keep the shape streamlined

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Carcycle

• Car-Cycle X-4
• Built as an experimental prototype in 1986-87.
• In '88 it won two second places and one third
  place in the IHPVA Practical Vehicle
  Championships in Visalia, California.
• In '96 it won that event outright in Las Vegas.
• ESPN show on the IHPVA Championships in '88
• Devoted five minutes to the Car-Cycle the BMW of
  human powered vehicles.
• Also featured in a two-page spread in Bicycling
  Magazine in April '93.
• None of the coverage led to a partnership with an
  established manufacturer or major investor.

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Still in Business

• Opportunities were offered
• To work on pedal boats
• Pedal boats now approaching profitability
• For the second time
• After loss of a facility
• The designer is willing to help
• With any serious attempts to produce more
  efficient vehicles.
• 208A Walker's Hook Rd.
• Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 1P5
• Voice/Fax[phone]

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Lightfoot microcarhttp//www.lightfootcycles.com/
microcar.htm

• SPECIFICATIONS
• Frame Chromoly steel
• Finish Powdercoat polyester, UV-resistant,
  baked-on
• Number of Gears 3X8 X 8
• Gearing 9 to 150 gear-inches
• Shifters SRAM X.7
• Derailleurs SRAM 7.0
• Crankset Truvative Blaze 22-32-44T
• Bottom Bracket Truvative Gigapipe
• Brake Levers Avid 7
• Brakes Avid 7 Disk
• Wheel rims Alex DM-24 Wheel hubs Shimano Deore
• Tires Kenda Kontact 1.75"
• Weight 112 Seat Height 23 Total Length 89"
• Total Width 42.4
• OPTIONS
• Electric assist

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Lightfoot Solar Assist

• http//www.lightfootcycles.com/solar.htm
• Systems can be custom built
• As canopies on Lightfoots delta profile trikes.
  
• In hot, sunny climates
• Canopies also act as sun shades.
• About 50-60 watts of peak capacity
• Can be installed on a 40" x 40" canopy

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Lightfoot Rainshadow Shell

• Materials
• Polycarbonate
• Tempered glass
• Plastic panels
• Weight 20-35 pounds
• Solar PV panels
• 60 to 100 watts
• On the roof
• Lighting kit
• Dual headlights
• Turn signals

• www.lightfootcycles.com/rainshadow.htm

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Lightfoot shell-compatible options

• The shell permits the use of most trike options
• Tandemizer hitch
• Trailer hitches
• Multi-gear Electric Assist
• Engine assist
• Child-seat rack
• Narrow bench seat
• Internal-gear hubs (SRAM, Rohloff, Nexus)
• Two-wheel drive
• Aerospoke wheels
• Wheel disks.
• The shell does not permit use of the hand crank.

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Lightfoot Prices

• Quad 2-Seat MicroCar 5750
• Lightfoot Cycles
• 179 Leavens Road
• Darby, Montana 59829

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NEVNeighborhood Electric Vehicle
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Postal Service Delivery Vehicle
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Maine Solar Car

• http//www.sunnev.com/
• http//greatgreengadgets.com/gadgets/2007/01/22/su
  nn-solar-powered-car-kit/

email haines_at_inr.net Art Haines 300 Father
Rasle Road Norridgewock, ME 04957 207-696-5596
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SUN-NEV of Maine

• SUN-NEV is selling plans and assemblies
• For custom design
• You can build a solar powered car
• Can get up to 35 - 40 mph
• In a 3 wheeled version.
• Car is powered from the sun
• Or can be plugged in to recharge
• It is street legal
• Windshield wiper
• Disc brakes
• Seat belts
• Turn signals
• Lights

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SUN-NEV Test Drives

• We have taken many trips into town
• 8 miles round trip
• Proven to be a practical NEV
• Second-generation car
• Quieter transmission
• Lighter weight
• Less wind drag
• Less rolling resistance.
• In summer 2008 will offer kits for purchase

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SUN-NEV Design concept

• Built with surplus and new parts
• Aluminum extrusions, Styrofoam, Wood, ABS
  plastic.
• It is very lightweight
• Can be 100 percent charged by the sun
• Suitable for the Maine climate.
• Specifications
• Seats two people.
• Twenty-five Miles per hour top speed
• Range of 12 miles
• Water proof
• Two speed transmission
• Lights, horn, brakes
• Weight 350 pounds
• Electrical Specifications
• Solar panel on hood (current) Photowatt, 55
  watts
• Solar panels on roof (future) 150 watts
• Solar charge controller Morningstar, model
  PS-15M 15 amps, 12 or 24 volt.
• Three 12 VDC deep cycle marine batteries 115 AH
  wired in series for 36 volts.
• Motor Advanced DC 14-07-4001 two to five
  horsepower, 24 VDC

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Early Quads

• 1860s, shaft-drive
• Andrews Quadracycle
• Built in Dublin, Ireland
• 7ft length
• Frame made from one inch iron
• Rider propelled by pushing foot levers
• Moved in a long horizontal ellipse.
• www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/quadcycle
  /quadcycle.htm

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Modern Direct drive

• www.mupocar.com/
• Drive DIRECT
• Front Wheel
• 28"X1 1/2"
• Rear Wheel
• 16"X1 3/8"
• Brake 1 CALIPER
• Dimensions
• 76"X34"H 40"
• WT 43 LBS

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Mountain Bike Shaft

• And planetary (sealed) gear box

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Shaft Shifters
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Why Shaft Drive Bikes Are Better
www.dynamicbicycles.com/info/top10.php
www.dynamicbicycles.com/chainless/gearing.php

• 1. Smarter Gearing
• Chainless bikes provide incredible gear range
  without greasy sprockets, chains and derailleurs.
  
• 2. Less Maintenance
• The Shimano Nexus hubs are designed for low
  maintenance. Reduced frequency of tune-ups and
  repairs compared to chain-derailleur bikes.
• 3. Safer
• All moving parts are fully enclosed. Wont tear
  clothes or cause injuries as sharp-toothed
  sprockets, moving chains and derailleurs often
  do.
• 4. More Durable
• Fully enclosed shaft drive system protects gears
  and shaft drive protected from weather and crash
  damage.
• 5. Cleaner
• No grease to end up on your hands and clothes.
  More elegant to ride with any type of clothing.
• 6. Always in the Right Gear and 7. Faster Gear
  Transition
• Shifting is independent of pedaling. You do not
  need to be pedaling to change gears.
• Can switch gears at any time even at a complete
  stop making it easy to always start in the best
  gear for the terrain.
• Grip shift gear indicator that displays what gear
  you are in at all times no more looking down at
  your gears to see where the chain is.

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Dynamic Mountain Bike

• Full suspension
• Shaft drive
• Planetary gears

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Todays Quads

• www.letsride1.com/surreydoublebench.html

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QuadraSport www.quadracycleinc.com/showroom/show
room.html

• 48 inches wide
• Rack and pinion steering
• Sealed Bearings
• Telescoping Steering Wheel
• Front-end suspension
• Dual band brakes
• Prices starting at 1,795.00

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Delfino (limo)

• Features
• Two rows of seating
• Four people pedal
• 6 adults and 2 children
• Stress support frame
• Sealed front wheel bearings and cranks
• Stainless steel fenders, bumpers, uprights
• Enclosed s/s chainguard
• 42" w, 102" lng, 69" high
• ModelSUR-LIMO
• 4899.00
• Plus freight and tax

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Pedicab

• Specifications
• Ht top down 45
• Ht top up 75"
• Length 99
• Width 38
• Weight 150 lbs.
• Specifications subject to change without notice.
• Pricing
• F.O.B. Factory Alameda, California U.S.A. 3049
• Terms 50 down
• Balance before delivery (freight collect)
• Side and rear curtains add 250
• 2-passenger trailer add 1049
• 4-passenger trailer add 1495
• Minimum lead time 6 weeks

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Tecnoart Surreys

• Easier than riding a bike
• 4-wheeled pedal powered cycle
• Like the classic Model T auto
• No need to remember how to "ride a bike
• Bench seats
• Rack and pinion steering (by FIAT)
• Motorcycle grade drum brakes.
• Can accommodate
• 2,4, or 6 people pedaling
• 1,2, or 3 people as passengers
• 2 small children in the seatbelt equipped front
  basket.
• Frame is heavy gauge tubular steel
• Treated and powder coated for durability.
• All other frame components are stainless steel
• With an aluminum diamond plated running board
• For comfort and safety of the middle passengers.

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Serious Cargo But not Bent

• Why not have a comfortable recumbent front end?

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Recumbent Cargo Courier in Boston

• Wenzday Jane

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DeRedding KDVPedal-powered school bus

• KDV carries up to 8 children
• Linkage steered for stability
• Built solidly for years of trouble-free use.
• Used instead of a bus by many schools and day
  care centers in Holland.
• Lexan roof and removable side curtains
• Keep kids warm and dry in all weather.
• One protection bar for each bench (as in
  amusement park rides)
• More convenient than individual safety belts.
• Load capacity- 8 kids up to 5 years old or 6 kids
  up to 7 years old
• Key specs-
• 20/24" wheels
• Rack and pinion steering
• Disk F (w/ park lock), pedal R brakes
• 7-speed hub gears
• Adjustable, multiposition handlebar
• Dynamo lighting

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Electric Assist

• Brushless motor quiet power
• http//cleverchimp.com/products/stokemonkey/

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Heinzmann Hub

• All Heinzmann motors
• Built to the same basic plan
• Come in two versions
• For front wheel fitting
• For rear wheel fitting
• The motor is spoked directly into the rim
• Can be fitted to any size from 16ï½ to 28ï½.
• Two voltage versions (24V or 36V)
• Five main power bands (200/250W, 500/750W, 800W,
  900W).
• Why is the Heinzmann motor so good?
• The Magnets
• The Coils
• The Bearings
• The Gears
• The Castings
• Although its bigger than a standard hub, theres
  no superfluous metal in the Heinzmann hub -
  everything is machined down to save weight
  without sacrificing strength. Ive never seen a
  broken one (apart from one the couriers drove a
  truck over!).
• The Thermistor
• This is the bit almost all other systems miss
  out! The Heinzmann motor has a built-in
  thermistor which keeps an eye on the motor
  temperature - see the Power System page for more
  info on the Heinzmanns safety systems.

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Heinzmann Hub Details

• The Magnets
• Magnets in a motor are 1/2 of the
  torque-producing system
• Produce the magnetic field which the coils act
  against.
• The strongest field, best quality rare-earth
  magnets, for the highest possible magnetic flux
  density.
• The Coils
• Coils are the other half of the system - and the
  trickiest bit!
• The trick is to fit as many coils in as possible.
  Heinzmanns coil designs are very sophisticated
  (and very secret!)
• A lot more power than all the textbooks say is
  possible - up to 3 horsepower in some motors!
• The Bearings
• The bearing which a motor and gearbox run on are
  vital - they are going to get a lot of abuse and
  no maintenance!
• Heinzmann only use genuine SKF sealed bearings,
  not cheaper far-eastern imitations
• The Gears
• The gears are the only real wearing parts in a
  motor and gearbox, so they have to be good.
  Heinzmanns are made out of hardened steel, with
  a helical tooth pattern to reduce wear. I have
  NEVER seen a worn out set of steel Heinzmann
  gears!
• In the lower-power motors, Heinzmann make the
  intermediate cog out of tough nylon to reduce
  noise - even these last three years or more of
  daily use. As a comparison, I once took a set of
  steel gears out of a Schachner motor which had
  been used for just 3 months - they were already
  worn almost completely away.

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Bionx (by-on-ex)

• http//greenspeed.us/bionx_motor_bike_kit.htm

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Early Sedan
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Early Electrics

• 1899
• Camille Jenatzy in the electric car La Jamais
  Contente
• 1915
• Detroit
• Electric Brougham

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Elegant Electrics

• Detroit Electric Opera Coupe

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Great reasons to build a GoodQuad

• Slow, spotty transit coverage day and night
• Car-based city planning makes walking dangerous
• Two-wheelers uncomfortable, bad posture
• Everyones not an athlete
• Taxis are costly and untimely
• Electric cars heavy, need more power
• Solar-Assisted Quad can be
• Light weight, Low-speed
• Longer range, Self-charging
• Local Industrial boost
• Nearly non-polluting
• Good exercise without strain
• Safer, more stable than bikes
• Protection from roaming dogs
• Weather-protection
• Girl power means never having to be greasy

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Bamboo Frame

• Smoked bamboo tandem frame
• Already in Production
• http//www.calfeedesign.com/

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Wicker Shells

• Sturdy, light-weight
• Any shape for chassis
• Any size opening for windows, doors, trunk,
  windshield
• Can be waterproofed/shellac-sealed for winter
• Can be left open for ventilation in summer
• Can be Canvas-covered, part or full
• Can be reed or resin-coated wire

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Shellac and Zein

• Shellac is used by cyclists
• Protective, decorative coating for handlebar tape
• Hard-drying adhesive for tubular cycle tires.
• Shellac was used on early airplanes
• Coated the canvas shells of airplanes
• Used on the first trans-atlantic flights.
• Zein is a corn protein
• Zein has some of the properties of shellac
• A by-product of corn-based ethanol production
• Has biodegradable plasticity

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Carbon Fiber High-end models

• For highway or long range touring
• Carbon fiber used in race cars
• Lightweight
• Extremely strong and crash-resistant
• More expensive, of course
• Could be a second stage growth
• After wicker shell market is saturated
• Could be developed as high-end model
• Right from the get-go

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Silly uses of Carbon Fiber

• Clipboard
• Tissue box
• Pet bowl
• Mouse pad
• Mouse trap
• Toilet seat
• Knuckle weapon
• Letter opener

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A better use for Carbon Fiber

• Calfee also has carbon fiber bikes on the market
  right now.

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Twike

• Twike has two models
• All-electric
• Electric-assist
• Costly but cool
• Could be made even more road safe with carbon
  fiber chassis

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Green-Go GoodQuads

• Best of all worlds solar, bike, safety, comfort
• Electric Assists on wheel hubs
• Solar/Regenerative/Flywheel recharging
• Low-speed, good range
• In suburban neighborhood
• In-town
• Wicker frame
• Near perfect ventilation/strength trade-off
• Canvas/zein weather-cover
• NC has all the skills and most of the materials
• Furniture-makers, weavers, seagrass/cane/bamboo,
  pine-tar pitch

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Other Products and Services

• Certification
• Factory-trained mechanics
• Factory-trained wicker bodywork and upholstery
  repair
• Push-quads for injured veterans
• Weight-shift mobiles
• Water-quads
• Gyrobus
• Passenger-powered mini-van (scout troops, soccer)
• Stationary exercise machines
• Custom-built wicker chassis
• Customized canvas coverings
• In-town Rentals to tourists, daytrippers
• Perishable Goods delivery for CSAs, florists

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Crank-Arm Steering Shaft

• www.hiwheel.com/
• Overall width 29.5
• Seat width 16
• Adjustable footrest
• Crankarms adjust
• up/down
• in/out
• 21-speeds
• 1995

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Rowbike 1

• http//www.rowbike.com/

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Rowbike Quad

• CHAMPIOT Armpower X
• DRIVEN and STEERED by the handlebar.
• Hand, emergency and parking brakes.
• Maximum Length 64"
• Maximum Height 39"
• Maximum Width 32"
• Weight 2 adult bikes
• http//www.champiot.com/arpower.html

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Water Rowbike
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Weight-shift drive
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HPV Crane

• Johnny Payphones Pedal-powered crane
• built for Redmoon's 2006 spectacle Twilight
  Orchard.
• Weight on the end X the ratio of the boom to the
  counterweight's length weight of the
  counterweight.
• Original design 800 lb. counterweight
• To support 50 lbs at the end of a 16 foot boom.
• www.johnnypayphone.net/2008/06/pedal-powered-crane
  .html
• This vehicle was extremely overbuilt
• ATV wheels, a differential, and a gear ratio that
  would allow a single person to move that kind of
  weight.

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Bamboo and Steel trailers
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Bike Bumper Cars

• Johnny Payphone at it again
• Created electricity free carnival rides
• Backend casters cause spin out when hit
• Confined arena to prevent high speeds

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Bumper Bike Closeup
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Theft - A Major Deterrent to Cycling

• Bicycle theft is one of the most daunting
  difficulties confronting New York City
  bicyclists. Countless cyclists have retired
  from bicycling after losing their first or
  third or sixth bicycle to street theft.
• Bicycles are lightweight, simple to operate and
  inherently mobile hence, easy to steal. With an
  abundance of eager buyers (many of whom are
  themselves victims of bicycle theft), and with
  little intervention by the police, a market for
  stolen bikes and bike parts thrives in New York
  City.
• Long-term cycling in New York City seems to
  promise eventual loss of one's bike. In the 1992
  City Cyclist survey, the 839 respondents reported
  a total of 860 bicycles stolen in New York City,
  an average of 1.03 thefts per cyclist.
• During the 1980s, an average of 8,300 bicycles
  were reported stolen to the New York City Police
  Department each year. 1 By all accounts, the
  actual rate of bike thefts in New York is far
  higher.
• In the City Cyclist survey, theft victims
  reported their stolen bikes to the police only
  one-quarter of the time. This may overstate the
  extent of theft reporting, since survey
  respondents are probably more likely to go to the
  police than the average cyclist.
• One bike store owner who is also a long-time
  cycling activist has inferred from conversations
  with thousands of customers that only 1 in 10
  bike thefts in New York City is reported.
• Even assuming the true reporting rate is 1 in 5,
  and assigning a 250 value per bike, the implied
  40,000-45,000 bike thefts per year are costing
  their owners around 10 million annually.

Source http//www.transalt.org/blueprint/chapter1
1/index.html
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PARIS Velib Program

• 20,000 bicycles
• 1,250 stations
• Cost 400 euros each to replace
• 7,800 "disappeared"
• 11,600 vandalised
• 1,500 daily repairs
• Staff recover 20 abandoned bikes a day
• Each bike travels 10,000 km a year
• 42 million users since launch

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Thefts, misuse scuttle Paris bikes

• Over half the self- service rental bicycles in
  Paris have been stolen just 18 months after its
  successful launch.
• Since the scheme's launch, nearly all the
  original bicycles have been replaced at a cost of
  400 euros (519, 351) each.
• They have been used 42 million times since their
  introduction but vandalism and theft are taking
  their toll.
• The company which runs the scheme, JCDecaux, says
  it can no longer afford to operate the city-wide
  network.
• Championed by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, the
  bikes were part of an attempt to "green" the
  capital.
• Parisians took to them enthusiastically.
• But the bikes have suffered more than
  anticipated, company officials have said.
• Damages include Dumped in the River Seine
  Torched and broken into pieces Hung from lamp
  posts
• Some bikes have turned up in eastern Europe and
  Africa, according to press reports.
• The Velib bikes - the name is a contraction of
  velo (cycle) and liberte (freedom) - have also
  fallen victim to a craze known as "velib
  extreme".
• Various videos have appeared on YouTube showing
  riders taking the bikes down the steps in
  Montmartre, into metro stations and being tested
  on BMX courses.
• Remi Pheulpin, JCDecaux's director general, says
  the current contract is unsustainable. "It's
  simple. All the receipts go to the city. All the
  expenses are ours," he said.
• The costs, he said, were "so high that a private
  business cannot handle it alone, espcially as
  it's a problem of public order. If we want the
  velib set-up to keep going, we'll have to change
  the business model," he told Le Parisien
  newspaper.
• The original contract gave the advertising
  company a 10-year licence to exploit 1,600
  city-wide billboards in return for running the
  scheme, plus a share in the revenue, estimated at
  20m euros for the first year of operation.
• City hall has recently agreed to pay towards the
  costs of replacing the stolen or trashed bicycles
  but is refusing to bail out the company.

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My Ideal Green-Go GoodQuad

• Drive Train
• No chains
• Shaft and gearbox power train
• Flat, rubber treadle/push-panel
• Not pedals
• Can be operated in high heels
• Reverse gear
• Electric assist
• Heinzman Hubs on wheels
• Car battery box
• Self AND solar AND regenerative battery
  recharging (redundant systems)
• Kickstart flywheel booster acceleration
• Four/five wheels
• Stablility for cargo/ or spare
• Drum brakes on rear wheels
• Disc brakes on front drive wheels
• Independent wheel suspension

• Cargo platform
• Insulated, lockable trunk
• Convertible for wide/long loads
• Chassis and Interior
• All-weather canopy, bamboo rods
• Woven wicker summer-shade
• Full body chassis
• Waxed, zeined, and/or shellacked canvas
• Winterizer chassis cover
• Tube steel frames
• Wicker/canvas floorboards
• Bamboo/ Woven cane/Mesh seats
• Stability, Visibility and Safety
• Headlights, tail-lights,
• Fenders
• Rear-view mirrors
• Windshield Wipers

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Give it the old College Try

• Five teams rival universities
• NC State
• Warren-Wilson
• Appalachian State
• UNC-Asheville
• ?????
• Competition judged on 5 points
• Unloaded Weight
• Loaded Wt Volume Cargo-capacity
• Uphill Traction
• Downhill Safety
• Comfort

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Post-Development Marketing

• The Hill-Billy!
• Tough as a Mule
• Quiet as a Lamb
• Sleek as a Seal
• Loadable as a Llama
• Cute as a Bug
• The Mountain Goat
• Worth its weight in goals.
• Better than a RAM!

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Green Jobs with Green-Goers

• Way back in the day, the milkman, baker, and
  butcher made regular deliveries door-to-door, and
  even the greengrocer would do a run twice a week,
  in a flatbed truck laden with fruit and
  vegetables.
• Older people protested against the claimed
  'convenience' of the new self-service
  supermarkets that opened after WWII.
• If Grandma wanted a spool of cotton, she could
  just ring the draper and he would deliver it on
  his evening run. And she could leave her list
  with the grocer and he would drop off her
  groceries on his evening run.
• By the early seventies, there were no drapers as
  such, and no grocers that did deliveries
• And supermarkets got rid of all the tradesmen
  that delivered to your door in no time at all.
• So whose time was being saved?
• With a fleet of Green-Go GoodQuads, home delivery
  could be a thing of the future, not the past.

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Lawn and Field

• Bike, trike models already made
• Why not a rider mower quad?

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Mass Marketing

• Chinese wicker expertise
• Sales to China/Asia
• Replace petro-driven vehicles in town
• Human power comfort
• Self-charging leg-tricity battery banks

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Profit Margin Protection

• Brand-name sales and service center franchises
• Brand-name training programs
• Separate classes for chassis, drive train
• Licensed inspectors
• Post-delivery shop stewards
• Ship parts to center or customer home.
• Customer pays an additional fee to have a local
  licensed inspector check the machine after it is
  assembled at the point of delivery
• Saves floor space.
• Main Plant only ships prepaid, on demand
• Certified repair teams
• Market certification training
• Continual income stream as models improve

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Some Lectric Links

• Quad www.rhoadescar.com/jumpshow.htm
• Quad www.mupocar.com/
• Velo http//microship.com/bobstuart/carcycle.html
• Velo www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/
• Trailer www.dawsbetterbuilt.com/um/us581.html
• Trailer www.bikerev.com/pg2.cfm
• Electric http//greenspeed.us/bionx_motor_bike_kit
  .htm
• Electric www.acclivity.ca/electric_bike.html
• Electric http//cleverchimp.com/products/stokemonk
  ey/
• Bents www.lightfootcycles.com/
• Tires www.airfreetires.com/
• Trike www.workcycles.com/workbike/bicycles/dereddi
  ng-tricycles/de-redding-kdv-tricycle.html

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Bike Parts and Building

• http//www.airfreetires.com/Default.htm
• http//www.ibike.org/tech.htmQuadracycles
• http//www.dutch-perfect.nl/frm-gb.asp
• http//www.bikesatwork.com/carfree/cost-of-car-own
  ership.html
• http//www.nas.edu/trb/
• http//www.zapworld.com/new-cars.htm
• http//home.mindspring.com/kb7mxu/trikes5.htm
• http//www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml
• http//www.cab-bike.com/
• http//www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/qu
  adcycle/quadcycle.htm
• http//bikecart.pedalpeople.com/
• http//www.johnnypayphone.net/labels/globalactivis
  m.html
• http//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story
  Id97024808

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Green Capital and Development

• http//www.mtn.org/iasa
• http//www.newdream.org/
• http//www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/CSE/
• http//www.ceres.org/
• http//www.drivetosurvive.info/
• http//www.ecolonomics.org/
• http//www.mbdc.com/
• http//www.natcap.org/
• http//www.sustainablenc.org/
• http//www.rmi.org/
• http//www.secondnature.org/
• http//sustainability.unc.edu/
• http//www.naturalstep.org/com/nyStart/
• http//www.wri.org/stories/2008/04/franchise-model
  -takes-infectious-disease-africa
• http//bikeportland.org/2008/09/11/report-bike-rel
  ated-economy-worth-90-million-employs-1150-people-
  in-portland/

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It Could Happen Here

• Durham to Raleigh 25 miles
• Corcoran St to Capital Blvd
• Chapel Hill to Durham 11 miles
• Corcoran St to Franklin St.
• Bike Supply and Repair shops
• Like trading posts, every 5 to 8 miles
• Safe Parking lockup cages
• Another part-time business opportunity

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Making it real

• To have a working prototype 18 months from now
• Who could build it?
• What are the best components?
• Where can it be built?
• When could we start?
• How much would it cost?

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Ifs, Ands, Ors and Butts

• What about NC traffic laws
• Safety and visibility
• Insulated cargo, cold-keeper for groceries
• Locking up
• Big-butt drivers
• Long-term health effects
• Magnetic fields near batteries--?
• Pollution in manufacturing process?

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Brain Storm

• What can go right?
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• Whats left out?
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• Who do you know?
• Who
• Whats your advice?
• What