Mountaintrike 360 degrees

This mountaintrike is the result of the graduation project of industrial designer Thies Timmermans. He graduated at the faculty of industrial design engineering of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The mountaintrike is a mountainbike specially made for people who live in a wheelchair. More information can be found at http://www.thiestimmermans.com

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Science & Technology

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• Mountaintrike
• Thies
• Timmermans
• wheelchair
• extreme
• sports
• funsport
• mountainbike
• design
• industrial
• designer
• trike
• 3wheeler

[rasmAn2]

this is what passes for graduation level IPO @ TU delft? not to be a dick or anything but some of our 1st years could do better than this (automotive engineering @ HAN arnhem) this would be extremely expensive to make: you need to make the hubs yourself, the diff, the driveshafts, all those fancy bent, tapering tubes are more expensive than the whole bike needs to be. not to mention a bitch to get on, a face full of chaingrease and the fusee's aren't strong enough. typical IPO:)

[mikeaugspurger]

I don't understand, in order to "graduate" don't you at least have to be informed about the field in which you are "graduating"? Maybe the degree is in drawing on the computer? It certainly isn't in the current state of the art in arm-powered vehicles or tricycle design.

[duneslider51]

sorry didnt realize they are hand pedals

[duneslider51]

how are you supposed to pedal with the pedals at your chin

[garysdeskcom]

This has potential for people who have mobility issues that prevent the use of a more traditional bike. I recall an old design from a Popular Mechanics or Popular Science magazine that let peop

[Aryck143]

the front and rear suspension def. needs some work on it......otherwise nice design

[sponkacom]

nice;) 5*****