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Tron bike: it's a 100% clear plastic bike frame with LED edge lighting. The entire frame starts from a single flat sheet of clear polycarbonate (lexan...
plastic frame:- a 4' x 8' sheet of 3/8" thick clear polycarbonate- a 2' x 4' sheet of 1/8" thick clear polycarbonate- a 2' long, 1" diameter clear pol...
i've attached a cad file with all the parts needed for the plastic frame. I ADVISE BEEFING UP THE BOTTOM BRACKET AND REAR WHEEL DROPOUTS BEFORE CUTTI...
the entire frame fits together using tongue-and-groove assembly, after it is assembled use solvent cement on all the joints. if the fit is very tight...
my bottom bracket broke - you should increase the diameter of yours so there is more plastic supporting it. after mine broke i added fiberglass aroun...
the front fork is assembled separately from the headset & main frame, just like a regular bike. first assemble the main frame, then install the stand...
the seat clamp is tightened using the two bolts. you can see my rear dropouts are reinforced by gluing some extra plastic to make it thicker.
I used a very simple circuit here. the LED's are in 3 banks. each bank is all one color of led (one bank is red, one is green, one is blue). all th...
having all the led's of a single color in parallel dramatically simplifies the wiring job. there are 4 colors of wire routed all over the bike: black...
to protect the wiring to the fork from ripping out, i added two strong cables which limit the steering angle
all the circuit controller stuff is just glued into the middle, and there is a battery pack holder (it runs on 4 x NiMH AA batteries, or plugs into th...
the construction method for the lighting was quick-n-dirty, and it made a big mess of the frame which looked a lot nicer before all the wires and glue...
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