Archive for the 'bicycles' Category
Clipless Glove: Researching Pedals
Published 3 years, 1 month ago. Tagged: bicycles Clipless Glove prostetics 1 CommentThe first step in developing the "Clipless Glove" is determining which clipless system I'm going to use. Everything else will then be built around that. Here's what I've found and considered so far. Any suggestions or donated parts would be most welcome.
Clipless Glove and The Open Prosthetics Project
Published 3 years, 1 month ago. Tagged: bicycles Clipless Glove hacks hardware prostetics ClosedThe Open Prosthetics Project has re-motivated me to work on a solution that allows my sister to ride a bicycle. I explain here.
Where have I been, you ask? Busy, very busy. Hopefully things will begin to slow down. I finally found the time last week to order the parts for my bike (new rings). They came in today and I got them installed only to discover that I had leaked brake fluid. D'oh! Seeing as I had the time (a real commodity these days) I went for a short ride around the pond out back anyway. It's been real wet this year and the mud was a real challenge, but it felt good to ride, even if it was only for a few short minutes with no downhill sections.
Figures, someone else has beaten me to another one of my farfetched ideas. Let me explain. I have been repairing my own bikes for years. I have never really needed to take my bike to the shop. However, I always wanted to do more. Wouldn't it be cool to build my own bike? Absolutely!! As I considered the possibilities I never really saw myself producing the run of the mill mountain bikes of today. Instead, I always saw myself custom designing chopper bikes. The 'Jesse James of bicycles', if you will. I've had in mind something along the lines of a cross between the old Schwinn Sting-Rays (minus the banana seat) and cruiser bikes. I can just picture myself tooling around town; sitting back, arms and legs outstretched... [fade to fuzzy dreamlike state]
