Okay when they let me go back to riding a bike I am going to building a stabilizer for my bikes. I have issues so it's time to address them since I am not going to stop riding. What does a bike stabilizer have to do.
1. prevent the bike from fall over in all but the harshest situations.
2. either be very small so that the whole bike and stabilizer can be rolled in and out of my shop walk door. or be completely removable and light weight.
3. Made from parts and made with tools laying around the shop.
I am thinking an attachment, like a trailer but with the wheels set so that they are at least partially beside the rear bike wheel. Take my standard bike trailer cut a slot for the rear bike wheel to rest inside the trailer frame then attach it to the bike near the rear axle.
Lets say I used a 16" wheel set, I could make the stabilizer no more than 30" wide and it would make bikes length about ten inches longer that's not too much of a stretch. It would give me three wheels on the ground back there and should add a lot of stability. If used with the big Ilfan engine, the extra weight would hardly be noticeable.
1. prevent the bike from fall over in all but the harshest situations.
2. either be very small so that the whole bike and stabilizer can be rolled in and out of my shop walk door. or be completely removable and light weight.
3. Made from parts and made with tools laying around the shop.
I am thinking an attachment, like a trailer but with the wheels set so that they are at least partially beside the rear bike wheel. Take my standard bike trailer cut a slot for the rear bike wheel to rest inside the trailer frame then attach it to the bike near the rear axle.
Lets say I used a 16" wheel set, I could make the stabilizer no more than 30" wide and it would make bikes length about ten inches longer that's not too much of a stretch. It would give me three wheels on the ground back there and should add a lot of stability. If used with the big Ilfan engine, the extra weight would hardly be noticeable.