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Item, leading supplier of industrial aluminium profile systems asked us to design cargobikes to showcase the potential of their D30 lean production range. Faced with clamped connectors, a single, light tube size and the explicit demand to use many oft he new angular connectors, the only practicable solution lay in a space frame.

 

The tricycles are conventional – albeit very large – bogy types. What sets them apart is their low weight. We built a sofa from Euroboxes on top and rode them around the yard and loaded with one or two adults they were stable and fun.

 

With the bikes a fork was out of question for mechanical reasons, so once more, like in the Bastiaen Cargo, center hub steering was the solution. With a perfectly equipped workshop at hand, we succeeded in manufacturing a couple of steering hubs. Both bikes are a pleasure to ride, absolutely stiff and balanced. The only part that let us down (and also the only part not made from D30 profiles), was a steering rod of too light dimension, which led to a slight resonance in the frontwheel. We fixed that, by simply releasing four bolts and changing the steering angle. Try that on a welded frame!