Nose wheel

[Echo 2]

Davo,
this is an old pic , it is the first tandem I built in '02 .
The nose wheel setup is what I think you were taking about .... tapered bearings in the head stock , chrome moly down tube , swingarm with a shock & disc brake off a mountain bike . Strong.

Plus I reckon it steers better than G 1961 & G 640 , probably because of the vertical rather than angled downtube , something to do with 'castor' or the 'shopping trolley effect ' .......:eek: ...dunno ...

I rang Mathew at Performance Metals & he is going to chase up all the bits I need for the new single seaters ..... top bloke to deal with :cheers:
Echo

[Echo 2]

Dunno why the pic didnt load .... :censored:

Try again .............

[Birdy2]

Cant see it too good Echa, but iv seen worse. ;)
Still, id be nervous ona rough road ay.

[rotor]

Dunno why the pic didnt load .... :censored:

you obviously f@#ked up :D

I know, I know, it doesn't happen often ... but it was bound to happen sooner or later :D

[Echo 2]

You're right Rotor , I did f#*k up :anger: .... but I aint telling ya what I did :o ...

Davo ,
if that nose wheel set up fails then I'd say you've had a big crash . I didnt build it to pussy foot around on paved strips Saturday & Sunday. If you've got a better design , then lets see it .

Eric

[rotor]

Join the club :o :D :D :D

[Birdy2]

I only [try to] bend um, not build um.
I recon Roscos stock ones would be hard to beet.

[Brian]

I only [try to] bend um, not build um.
I recon Roscos stock ones would be hard to beet.

4,300 hours and the nose wheel hasn't been replaced and its taken the proverbial pounding unfortunately over the years.

[Gyrodes]

Rosco is guna need a double neck brace now be tween birdy and brians coments:D But that is why I got one for mine worthe every cent I gave him. Des

[rotor]

I rang Mathew at Performance Metals & he is going to chase up all the bits I need for the new single seaters ..... Echo

Echo,

Sounds like your going to be building a few single seaters .... will you be marketing them or are you planning on only a few at this stage?

rotor

[Brian]

Rosco is guna need a double neck brace now be tween birdy and brians coments:D But that is why I got one for mine worthe every cent I gave him. Des

Dunno about the neck brace Des but I can tell you Rosco was wearing a back brace the other day, apparently serious enough to put him in bed for a few days.
He even made me work on my own gyro, thats how serious it was !!