Major upgrade of last year’s solar trike
After having worked on my new solar trike, it was time to go back to my first prototype I have used last year. These are the areas that needed to…
Finally some serious training with the 2019 solar trike!
Since the weather recently has not been very good, with some rain but also often with strong wind, I have not been able to do trainings as I wanted. Here…
Spezi 2019, we were there!
Last weekend we went to Germersheim for the Spezi exhibition to bring the last Solar Tilting trike. On Saturday we had the possibility to bring the trike to the Inventors…
Initial tests…and first surprises!
This is my finished bike, the STT2. It stands for Solar Tilting Trike with Tilting panels, so we can say that it is 'tilting 2 times' ! So as soon as…
Solar tilting trike at Spezi 2019
I always wanted to go to visit the SPEZI exhibit, the world's largest show for recumbents, recumbent tricycles, folding cycles, tandems, family cycles, velomobiles, transporters, electrical bikes, customised designs and…
The new solar tilting trike is ready!
It has been a busy period and things have progressed but more slowly than expected. This was also due to some components that arrived late or/and with partial shipments.... In…
“Solar tilting trike” project continues….
After having installed the FWD (Front Wheel Drive) transmission on my M5 bike I was able to do some tests and the result was encouraging.So it was possible to start…
New 2019 Solar Tilting Trike
After all the experience gained last year with my Raptobike Tilting Trike, I started to lay down all the things that should be improved:It should be possible for solar panels…
Sushil becomes “80 days race” Ambassadeur
Few days ago I had the chance to participate to an event organized to introduce my friend Sushil Reddy as an ambassadeur of the "80 days race " with Electric Vehicles…
How to improve solar charge efficiency ?
One important area for improvement is how to minimize the losses/inefficiencies around the energy storage on the solar trike.After few months I finally wanted to start to look in particular…