Thread: Cargo bike mod
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Old 03-03-2013, 10:50 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I just found this on "instructables". Homemade Sport Utility Bike (SUB) This looks like a very inexpensive way to build a basic cargo bike. Created by trebuchet, we used to have a member here who went by that name. Hmmm.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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