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  • From: roxy6c <roxy6c@yahoo.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Looking for pedalpower resources - any bicycleexperts in the list?
  • Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:36:24 -0800 (PST)


Check out Aaron Wieler's site. He's currently in
Namibia building bicycle ambulances, but you might
find something on his links page.


http://bikecart.pedalpeople.com/index.html


Roxy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On
> Behalf Of Lawrence F.
> London, Jr.
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:21 PM
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [permaculture] Looking for pedalpower
> resources - any
> bicycleexperts in the list?
>
>
>
> I need to construct a 4 wheeled device I can ride
> on, steer and pedal with an 18 speed (maybe less)
> gear train. I will mount adjustable-height static
> tillage tooling below the frame and drive this along
> raised garden beds to scarify the soil and loosed
> existing weeds, prior to winter planting of spinach
> and a number of
> other crops. It will be too wet to get a tractor in
> the gardens until late Spring and I need to plant
> throughout January
> and February. All parts of the frame, except the
> tillage tool, will have to be at or above the height
> of the wheel
> axles. The 4 wheel bikes I have seen on the web are
> expensive and their frames are too low to the
> ground.
>
> Any ideas or pointers to resources will be much
> appreciated, especially from anyone who has done any
> bicycle
> modifications or built human powered devices from
> recycled bike parts and components.
>
> LL
> --
> Lawrence F. London, Jr.
> Venaura Farm
> lfl@intrex.net
> http://market-farming.com
> http://market-farming.com/venaurafarm
> http://venaurafarm.blogspot.com/
> http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech
>
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