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That noise before the crash sounded awful to me. Don't know if it sounded as loud to the rider but I'd certainly have stopped with that racket going on or at least slowed to a jogging pace and braced for something to break. Building light is nice. Building strong is better. Building strong and...

Really admire your insistance on 'doing it the old (hard) way' Brad. When you think that all your work and inventiveness will create an instrument which you could probably make for tenth of the cost, tenth of the weight and tenth of the time by buying modules from China and stringing them...

I've been fiddling away in the workshop between bouts of 'gardening' which consists of cutting down, pulling out and clearing various areas. I have little knowledge of and even less interest in gardening so my aim is to reduce everything down to lawn or single small trees/bushes which I can keep...

How on earth could that ever be considered 'road legal'? If ever there could be anything that made a trike dangerous it would be this sail. Can you imagine what the effect of a HGV passing could be? Even on fairly calm days a passing lorry can create a frightening side draft. Sure, anyone...

Well done Danny. You got there in the end and that's half the fun of this bike building lark. I kind of hoped you might struggle on with the pedal crank tilting mechanism and invent a whole new rear end setup which worked so I could copy it to make a three wheeled 'skinny' trike which I could...

Congratulations on getting yourself a really nice looking new homestead. It'll obviously take time and a good deal of effort but there's nothing more rewarding than getting your own place slowly turned into your own dream home and that place looks just right to me. Lots of space and 'elbow room'...

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Hi Jim, That's a nice clean frame build much like Brad's Wildcat LWB. Lightweight as well compared to my efforts. My problem is that I want full suspension to help cope with my local lanes. Badly potholed and cracked where farm traffic is constantly moving about and badly repaired with a few...

Just for information I replaced the front sprocket (46 tooth) with a slightly smaller one (42 tooth) and it has made a noticeable difference to my wobbly starts. Top speed pedaling is still manageable and probably helps me to give worthwhile assist to the motor. The setup actually seems to top...

I had to go to see my GP today. Seven and a half miles and although I usually take the car so I get here and back asap Ben had spent most of the morning asleep so I decided to go by bike to give the latest iteration of my semi-recumbent a tryout. Conclusion is that it's pretty darned good. The...

Thanks Paul that's useful to know. Right now I don't think I need more gears than the 3 the SA hub has. All my lanes are pretty flat and no hills in my area to worry about. Only thing I'm thinking is that I might run out of leg speed at full tilt. It was pretty close with the deraileur setup on...

I needed another project to keep me busy and also had the Lifepo4 battery pack I made a while back which didn't fit into either frame I currently had. So I made another frame specifically to house the Lifepo4 pack and built around it. I wanted to make it as simple and unfussy as I could so in...

You're right there but with a boat it's second nature to push the bow away manually either by hand or using an oar before setting off. Not so simple with a RWS bike without getting off and lifting the front round. Don't blame Steve for giving up on the idea but would have been good to see his...

Really hope you do. I'd like to see a report/vid of that. I thought about building a RWS tadpole trike a while back. Saw one that Emiel's friend had made and it looked so compact and neat. Then Popshot pointed out that with RWS traveling close to a wall or a kerb you had to turn the rear of the...

Well that's the first I've seen of a 2wheel RWS actually being ridden although the guy didn't look too comfortable while he was doing it to me. I guess it does make the front drive system simpler when it doesn't have to turn? Hey maybe that's the answer for Paul's racer! No fancy chain twisting...

Hi. I saw a vid of someone trying to ride a two wheeled RWS bike some time back. He was using an empty car park I believe so there was no obstacles and plenty of room in all directions which gave him nothing to worry about except staying aboard the bike. He had one hell of a job and didn't ever...

Been a bit difficult getting time to concentrate on bikes for a while. Things have happened and Ben has had problems so time has been short but have managed a few hours on and off. I haven't been able to get more than 100 meters or so from the house so really not been able to get much of an idea...

Finally got the battery built and boxed. I made it so it's a good snug fit in the frame. It has a pair of brackets fixed at one side and a pair held on with bolts into rivnuts on the other. Nice and firmly held but two minutes to remove with an allen key. Other little bits done and now sitting...

Yes I have heard Greyhounds are great pets. I can't see me getting another dog after Ben goes. Too much worry and way to much heartache. Recently lost a younger dog. She was a little gem and died because my local vet prescribed steroids to treat a wound on her paw. She had a bad reaction and...

Both you guys put me to shame. From around age 18 till 50ish I was 13 stone give or take. Guess you tend to slow down a bit as you approach the 60's and I had a couple of health 'episodes' which forced me to become less mobile for a while. Weight started increasing and I was 17 stone and rising...