how to build a cargo bike

Step 5 Rear part

now to the rear part of the cargobike. i took the handlebar's pivot from the old bike, welded it to a steel tube and then welded the steel tube to the rear part of the bike. the angle you see in the pic between the steel tube and the pivot was again something i saw on a pic. this was the second bad idea to do - more about it later.

EDIT: after using my trike for some time with NO angle and some discussions later (see comments below) i must say it would be better to have an angle between the steel tube and the pivot. measured at a christiania bike it should be 9.5 degrees in the direction you see in the pic - which is the opposite direction of the standard castor angle on a bike.

Comments

[noah5]

how long is the pipe

[carkat]

see comment here: http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-build-a-cargo-bike/step8/making-it-stronger/?comments=all#CRJL4JXGZUAFI7W

[thewmas]

to be nice > the only thig I see in this pic, is some reflection of som'm and the two diamond tiles on the floor

[carkat]

yeah, it's a bit dark. but i don't have a better one. maybe turning up the brightness on your monitor might help?

[thewmas]

just got a, new used monitor, I can see it nowv !

[carkat]

:-)