Alan Maurer's Tilting Trike

Footage from HPV Week Brantford 2002

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• recumbent
• tilting
• tadpole
• trike
• velomobile
• ligfiets

[lfmd]

Hi, Do you have the plan of this trike in your web page? I want to build a trike and the tilting trike looks good for me. I think that your model is diferent to others tilting trikes, more "easy" to build.

[whpthomas]

No but I have the full patent as a pdf on the prior art page. It has technical drawings of the trike from various angles.

[hnrglobal]

could you provide a link to that?

Are the front wheels free to caster? like in your other videos?

if its patented, are you intending on selling it? are hobbiests cleared to make replicas? (i want to make something like this with 1 or 3 electric motors for peddle assist / replacement hehe)

[whpthomas]

It was invented by Alan Maurer, not me, I just think its cool, and uploaded a video of it. He owns the US patent which you can download from jetrike dot com fwd slash prior-art dot html You can read more about it and other tilting trikes there. It's not free to caster though. I agree it would be nice to have a kit you could buy :)

[aserta]

hey. compared to a classic style position for riding a bicycle is this one more efficient? And if so by how much?

[96Skier]

that looks really fun

[homskoult]

I have one that looks like that, I got it by leaving it in the driveway. How did you get yours?

[PavePaws]

Impressive. Excellent design remedy for the rollover effect of the tadpole trike design. I'd buy one of your in a heartbeat based on that cambering design.

Of course you'd have to add the chariot horse to the bike - the one from 0:01.

[deezynar]

That had to have been a challenge to build.

Ideally, you'd want to have the wheel & seat tilt angle related to the road camber & corner radius & the speed. A small gyro-compass/accelerometer unit linked to battery powered servo motors would give the correct tilt for all conditions. Not to mention, they'd add 10 pounds to the weight & wouldn't significantly improve cornering speed. you'd gain as much, or more cornering performance by increasing the track a few inches.

[dragon8me2]

This concept was in Mother Earth News magazine back in the early 80's. This guy didn't invent it , just built what was already invented long ago.

[tuchas4ever]

Built one myself years ago, discovered right away that its a pain to ride on most streets, which are inclined toward the curb for runoff. To travel straight ahead, you have to keep your body vertical relative to the vehicle. Never mind what true vertical might be.

[foshizzleweezy]

that would be hard if you were fat....

[WorldStove]

why not build one? both fun to design and ride

[circusboy90210]

with one of these I could make a vehice for common transit that would get 1000 mpg. ;-)