quilkin Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Well, my first MOC bike is now my avatar. This didn't have a big enough parts count, though, so my second was bigger and was the subject of an earlier thread in EB; it can be seen here. More than three years later and I've nearly finished mark 3: As you can see it's not quite ready yet (need some more bricks for the 'tyre' on the front wheel) and there are one or two problems. I can't get the tooth spacing right on the chainwheel; if I made it a much larger diameter it would probably work but it's already too big at 72 teeth. At present it almost fits but the chain, when in tension and the pedals are turned, tends to ride up the teeth and slip off. Another problem is that that headset (between front fork and handlebars) isn't built strongly enough; it all fell apart when I tried to carry it around for the photos! I can probably deal with this but the chainwheel has got me stuck and I don't want to buy more parts (to equalize the colours) until the design is correct. There's more photos on brickshelf where you can see some details of the build, including many turntables employed as bearings. It's not quite full-size, would probably suit a chid of about 10 years old if there was one light enough not to break everything - would have to be made of paper though . Quote
jantjeuh Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Damn, that's insane. If only you could drive it! Quote
bjorkan Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 I just sent your photo to my friend who adores bikes and biking and says that bike lover can make everyting for bike, well he is right, bravo! :) m. Quote
quilkin Posted March 2, 2014 Author Posted March 2, 2014 I didn't count the parts! And apart from the wheels it's taken apart now, too big to store . There were between 300-400 long blue pins in the frame and handlebars. Quote
HorcikDesigns Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 That's great - I've never seen something similar made from Lego ;) Quote
Doc_Brown Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 That is extremely awesome! I've never seen anything like it as well, Great job! :thumbup: Quote
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