Hi Folks,
Well a friend came good and some wheels arrived this morning for me to make a trailer for my bike with....
I had many ideas about how I was going to fix these to the trailer but when they arrived all that had to be changed as they were quite different to what I had thought they would be.
So first thing I had to do was a shopping trip to B&Q for some steel pipe, threaded bar, washers and anti friction nuts so that I could make an axle for the wheels.
The finished axle...
Some close ups...
Then how was I going to fix the axle and wheels to the sub-frame...
I hade to make some "U" Bolts and plates which looked like this from above...
And this from below...
Then how to fix the trailer to the bike...Hmmm, needed some kind of universal joint...A couple of bits of square section tube and a bit of galvanized pipe should do, and some nuts and bolts to hold it together...
Combine it all with an old stabiliser bracket of Ikkle s' bike and you end up with...
Next on the agenda is to put a section of pipe across the open end and perhaps a couple across the middle, then find something to make a box with.
Might not be very "Bushcrafty" but a great way to get that extra bit of kit to the site without using a vehicle.
LS
Well a friend came good and some wheels arrived this morning for me to make a trailer for my bike with....
I had many ideas about how I was going to fix these to the trailer but when they arrived all that had to be changed as they were quite different to what I had thought they would be.
So first thing I had to do was a shopping trip to B&Q for some steel pipe, threaded bar, washers and anti friction nuts so that I could make an axle for the wheels.
The finished axle...
Some close ups...
Then how was I going to fix the axle and wheels to the sub-frame...
I hade to make some "U" Bolts and plates which looked like this from above...
And this from below...
Then how to fix the trailer to the bike...Hmmm, needed some kind of universal joint...A couple of bits of square section tube and a bit of galvanized pipe should do, and some nuts and bolts to hold it together...
Combine it all with an old stabiliser bracket of Ikkle s' bike and you end up with...
Next on the agenda is to put a section of pipe across the open end and perhaps a couple across the middle, then find something to make a box with.
Might not be very "Bushcrafty" but a great way to get that extra bit of kit to the site without using a vehicle.
LS