I caught myself smiling through this whole video. No video clip produced by non-family/friends has ever had that effect on me to this degree. Well done!
Some of the Homeless could really benefit wow. And we could go out for the Day and enjoy the Great outdoors. And still sleep off the ground. It’s not all wether wind 💨 but that comes next. 😊 good Job 👏 waiting for the next upgrade
My Dad built me a side car bike when I was about 11yrs old. Such a cool thing for a father to build for his son. He used a solid, heavy, department store BMX frame to start, then 1.25"×1.25" angle to form the main frame. The third wheel was attached using a road bike fork, and a plywood box let me haul around friends, junk, or use for my paper route. This video reminds me of a book my Dad had from the late 70's with instructions and illustrations on how to build all kinds of crazy bike based projects. I believe it had instructions for a unicycle, a ski bike, a side car, an ice bike, tandem, and I think a side by side. Anyway, this book encouraged the repurposeing of old bike parts, which I still do today. At first, watching this video, I was like, "why not make it nice"? I thought, is it so hard to pick up a little rod and angle from a steel yard? But then I caught on to the flavor of the build. I like it. Though, my inner engineer would have liked the wheelbase a bit wider. Also, since there would no longer be any leaning, I would have modified the drop outs or something to lower the bottom brackets a bit, maybe even outfitting both "engines" with 165mm crank arms, leaving just enough pedal clearance, thereby lowering the riders' position. This would allow the whole thing to be lower. I know aerodynamics was not a consideration here, obviously. But we know now that air resistance is the greatest force acting against objects like bicycles. While impressed with what these folks built, it's really nothing that couldn't have been done 100 years ago. In fact, more than anything, in function and construction, it most closely resembles the first automobile. Which, if you know your history of rolling things, was indeed electric. One thing really impressed me was the redundancy of 3 wheel operation. Haha. Good work. What a happy, good natured, spirited production. Qualities far too sparse in our media presently.
@Roderick storey Just put together some LIO batteries into a pack, wired together, and all installed (with wiring and plugs) in one of those old lady folding grocery-getters. The whole thing snaps in down low on the chassis from the side or rear, and easy disconnects as you say to wheel into your local Starbucks. Heck, put the battery pack IN a grocery bag in the carrier LOL, no one will suspect a thing. Plug it in, buy a coffee, and have two days worth of energy, or 50 miles of travel, lets say in about an hour, even with NO contribution from the solar cells.
I love this! Great work, everyone! I was surprised the handlebar connection never got revisited and smoothed out, but it still worked, and I don't think you could have done the project quicker. Amazing, ridiculous, absurd, extraordinary, endearing.
Yea, but really what they said was "we will have the technology in the future to have flying cars". We have that technology at our fingertips now, but the part many people miss about the future is the things that manifest because of the ignorance and fear of the masses via serving the criminal elite royal bloodlines. In essence, it is why you see bicycle houses instead of your flying cars, because you are too poor to have flying cars because you been serving the elite, if you knew that is what you been doing or not, the rest of the universe has proof, along with me. You don't have the money or resources in your control, to have research and development on rich man stuff, because you are a poor man, and by no mistake of the elite you been serving. The elite probably already have that technology, because you people are who funds them, supports them, enforces their policies, fake money, and fake laws, blindly handing your authority and responsibility to them, via your actions of funding their criminal cabal and being a part of their cult by voting for its criminal politicians, if you knew that is what you been doing or not, the universe knows what you people been doing. So they have the money and the resources, and they carryout secret research and development with your real money, for them. They probably are the things people been seeing suddenly since around the 1950s, the UFOs. They probably already accomplished the flying hovering thing, without letting you know, because i know who we are dealing with, the elite are power greedy psychopath thieves. But you won't get the truth from them, they definitely never want you to know they had their paid scientists figure out how to travel faster than light, and with no fuel tanks, and maybe even enter another dimension, along with seeing the future there, and many more things they want to keep you in the dark about, because they are the ones planning YOUR future, and you won't like what they have planned for you and yours. In the condition humanity is in via being a minion for the criminal elite, the only reason we get anything changed and advanced is when/if courageous intelligent people step up and give their important discoveries to humanity like Nicola Tesla wanted and expected to do, and tried to do and succeeded in some of his ways, at least giving us more efficient electricity usage and transport, giving us 3 phase electricity. He wanted you to get it anywhere in the world, without a meter on it, but the elite and their minions stopped him and bombed his tower that was going to be the first tower to accomplish it. Like Elon Musk planning to have internet connection to anyone anywhere, free, with his Space X satellites connecting the poor with everyone else so we can get a handle on each other and become a family who takes care of itself. But one would need to still question Elon if his real intention isn't to have the world connected, just so he can get them convinced they need his AI implants, and have the entire world under its control, using the worldwide connection to keep the AIs linked to central dictator. lol That is what elite would want, but some people do question his real motivation into AI, and therefore question if he is working for the elite, or if he is one of the elite.
@@TheRebelmanone Actually, we don't have flying cars for two reasons: 1. its too expensive and 2. people will be crashing and falling out of the damned sky a thousand times a day killing everyone below.
The first thing I saw when I landed in london was a beautiful old train station that had been updated. Then lots of foreign people, me included:), and then some transients begging. I stayed in kings cross and all night a Rastafarian called out his wears:) The elm wood, not really made for large americans:) We now have a saying, "It was no elm wood":)
A wonderful example of great British eccentricity, inventiveness, determination and fortitude. Well done chaps…..Both Roland Emett and Heath Robinson would be proud of you!
You don't say! They seem to hold their cards well for a sweet song. "Mark II Jags were well-prooven competition cars, 'cause they were very popular with getaway drivers, and we all know, that no sport would take rubbish for a spin, to a late picnic with the boys..." (c)
7 months later, he is no closer to it than he was when he first said it. Life is about action. Words mean fuck all! Let this comment section be a lesson to ya.
Working on a self charging tricycle with a mini Gooseneck camper. I have major rides planned. Being able to create something out of scrap parts is a serious skill! New sub, plan on watching past video's. Cheers!
I am lost for words. This type of imagination is what the world needs more of. Id put fishing rod holders and be able to fish and watch tv. And. Be protected from the elements. Great imagination guys
in order for it to be protected from crosswinds, the best solution is to add weight (preferably to the bottom), but if it weighs a lot, it will be very difficult to ride on hills. The solar panels are only useful depending on the weather. Getting a flat seems really dangerous and pulling over could be awkward/dangerous depending on where you are. Problems keep going and going.. It's not that people haven't thought of these things, it's just that it's not practical at all.
Revisited this after seeing it originally. Just as good as the first time I watched it 👍🏻 why you and your friends (with the exception of Kevin I suppose) aren’t on tv doing this is beyond me. Keep up the exciting work Harry
If you want to give it a proper road test, bring it to Iowa the first week of August. Several of us will be biking across the state. One week, 450 miles, camping out each night.
@@harrydwyer Oh, and by several I mean 10,000 of us. And by bike across the state I mean the Police will close the roads for us, the Mayors will open the city parks so we can camp. We're going to eat all the hamburgers and drink all the beer in every town. RAGBRAI is the best week of the year in Iowa.
So heartening that such minds are still in wonderful evidence. Worthy on-followers of the earlier practitioners,Tony and Dougie Gray, of the mid-1900's. Wish you well.
Kevlar Aramid fibre, stitch it like fabric to the shapes you desire, then coat with vinlyestre resin. The final shape will be quite durable and, if you like, bullet-proof, which one might find a useful quality in the coming days . . .
You guys are amazing, makes me want to do this with my kids so we can go camping , put some bike racks on the side for 2 real bikes to bike around once you made it to your destination
Great job!!! Well done!!! The idea it's good. I think that instead using two bikes, you can make a recumbent trike (two wheels back, one in front). Again, very good job, specially for use a lot of garbage and scrap parts.
That's what I thought, it seemed to go fine even when they lost one of the front wheels, which was really surprising to me. Great stuff, super entertaining video!
Good point, larger, more sturdy wheels would have been sensible, although these sporty ones make it easier to pedal and improve the range on the batteries.
@@harrydwyer Love the 'cockroach' bike! Are you considering putting some kind of heavy duty clear polyurethane on/around your windscreen wheels? Maybe even thick clear vinyl would do the trick too for those crisp mornings :)
Good fun even though my engineering sensibilities were fairly violated. Maybe mountain bikes for a bit more strength. Flip down mattresses or inflatable. lithium batteries, not lead. Some level of air tightness in the camping config for modest thermal management. Rear peg so it doesn't topple back. It could also be two independent bikes that could latch together with inflatable roof.
The five year old comment was a reoccurring theme. Congrats on the build. I liked seeing the legs sticking out. Makes me wish I didn't know it was bicycles and human pedaled power. That way I can be surprised when the for sale/sold caravan spontaneously pops out feet and starts riding away.
More likely is this was built just for clicks and will be scrapped.. heck they probably didnt even spend the night on the woods, but just film bit and went back. Concept has its benefits, but depends highly by climate and local laws what ever this is practical solution.
@@Hellsong89 I agree. This is a stupid design. If the signals don't work, you have no way to signal. The bike relies on having two riders, it's extremely non-aerodynamic, the solar panels are only useful in sunny weather, etc... it's more practical to just attach a bike trailer and pack tent and whatever else you need. It's main usefulness is for getting views with a quirky video.
It resembles the vehicles of "The Flintstones", but instead of using their feet for moving from one place to another, they are using bicycles. Really cool idea, house on wheels changed into house on bycicle, which is pretty much the same. I love the idea.
I feel like some bigger bike wheels or mountain bike wheels would be better for the cockroach, and some plastic sheets to put in the cockpit holes to help with the rain, but then you’ll have to make a windshield wiper for it, but this was an awesome thing to watch get built, you have inspired me to do things like this, but at the moment I can’t, one day I will be able to.
Whereas you might call it an "off grid, low grade massage", the glass-half-empty type might refer to it as "death wobble". Either way I love the project.
i'd have used bikes with suspension maybe, like mountainbikes, would need beefier motors and batteries but would have been slightly more comfortable and practical
I agree to get to the camping spot, as most of those are off paved roads the tires and suspension would be more heavy duty like a mountain bike. I might have two of the electric motors one for each bike then, with more solar panels on the machine. The bike could be almost the same weight as old Steel frames if you find aluminum mountain bikes preferably used ones as I would hate to do this to a good new bike.
that knubbly foil @ 7:50 makes for superb curved sandwich panels, when you glue coroplast to both sides with what ever sticks. (caulking silicone works decently) quite sturdy and a great insulation, and one can fit supporting structures between the nubs. if you wanna go overkill, inject it with expanding foam.
This was great. I want to see one now made of proper materials (they can still be recycled, just a bit more... processed? XD) with precision made components so it's 'as good as can be'. Maybe with the addition of the ability to use the power from the solar panels to assist in moving it? (E-bike style...) If I was rich I'd finance it just to see it done. :P
Awesome. Rear Axles should be same wide as the body to give you better stability and interior space for sleeping and cooking, etc. Great job for attempting this feat.
@@harrydwyer Hey I love your videos maybe get some inspirations from this video: ua-cam.com/video/ixBEUj4eAIU/v-deo.html I guess you could also use a gas tank to build the main body of the submarine
This is awesome!! Makes me wish I was young and adventurous again!! This bike trailer is so damn cute! It would be fun to go peddling around in, not near traffic that is!!
For the windshield, Clear Vynyl comes by the yard, in most large fabric stores. and is thicker than typical clear plastic, so it is sturdy enough to withstand the wind shears, and is perfectly clear as well. It is sewable, and seals nicely with glue and or tape.
24" screw in ground anchors with a cheater bar, some good cables probably six total, connected to a STOUT canvas overtop/awning, and your pitch ain't going anywhere until you say so. Good accessory to have for the land of William Wallace. No better friend than a sober Scotsmen. No worse enemy than a drunk one.
Awesome. Looks like something me and my buddies would dream about building with our bikes when we were about 12 years old.
Mark Taylor
I am designing a back to the future machine and I will send you back to 12 years old ok?
@@JoLeng205000 back to future um ok
Same dream too sir 😄
same man but I am alone to think or imagine about it
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Good old-fashioned British bonkers-ness and I love it. I'm ready glad these guys still exist. Can't wait for the next project.....
W.T.F I was wondering what happened to my for sale sign.
Willie J hahahahahaha 🤣👍🍻
Willie J ....So, the house still hasn't sold yet?
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 !!
*#Lol**!*
i called the number on the red sign 3 times but no answer is the house sold?
I caught myself smiling through this whole video. No video clip produced by non-family/friends has ever had that effect on me to this degree. Well done!
Some of the Homeless could really benefit wow. And we could go out for the Day and enjoy the Great outdoors.
And still sleep off the ground.
It’s not all wether wind 💨 but that comes next. 😊 good Job 👏 waiting for the next upgrade
I feel suspension would improve the ride experience.
and help with bumpy surfaces
It would be more comfy but less efficient
ARBALES7 It would probably work nicely because the suspension would help weigh it down along with making it more comfy
@@PinkLloyd88 why ? can you explain us?
Sorry Renato i cant explain i was just told it. Its why you dont see racer bikes with suspension.
You could make 5 more of those and have some sort of ghetto caravan.
He he... i kinda like that idea
Would look like a bunch of crack heads
@@michaelswanson8745 me too
Bush fairys. We get'em up the back of Cairns when the weather isn't bad. Larry would have destroyed that cool camper.
Where should we park our solar powered camper... under the trees! BRILLIANT!
Lol !!
Linus Thunderhorse 😂😂
My Dad built me a side car bike when I was about 11yrs old. Such a cool thing for a father to build for his son. He used a solid, heavy, department store BMX frame to start, then 1.25"×1.25" angle to form the main frame. The third wheel was attached using a road bike fork, and a plywood box let me haul around friends, junk, or use for my paper route. This video reminds me of a book my Dad had from the late 70's with instructions and illustrations on how to build all kinds of crazy bike based projects. I believe it had instructions for a unicycle, a ski bike, a side car, an ice bike, tandem, and I think a side by side. Anyway, this book encouraged the repurposeing of old bike parts, which I still do today. At first, watching this video, I was like, "why not make it nice"? I thought, is it so hard to pick up a little rod and angle from a steel yard? But then I caught on to the flavor of the build. I like it. Though, my inner engineer would have liked the wheelbase a bit wider. Also, since there would no longer be any leaning, I would have modified the drop outs or something to lower the bottom brackets a bit, maybe even outfitting both "engines" with 165mm crank arms, leaving just enough pedal clearance, thereby lowering the riders' position. This would allow the whole thing to be lower. I know aerodynamics was not a consideration here, obviously. But we know now that air resistance is the greatest force acting against objects like bicycles. While impressed with what these folks built, it's really nothing that couldn't have been done 100 years ago. In fact, more than anything, in function and construction, it most closely resembles the first automobile. Which, if you know your history of rolling things, was indeed electric. One thing really impressed me was the redundancy of 3 wheel operation. Haha. Good work. What a happy, good natured, spirited production. Qualities far too sparse in our media presently.
Yes, but does it meet emissions standards for baked-bean powered vehicles?
Probably not in California
Probably would, if only one occupant ate beans per meal. Luckily, the sleeping space is well ventilated...
Wow.... Very nice.... You guys have made a pollution free motorhome..... Very proud of u all.... Keep moving
Catching your breath in between words, much?
Good message
I rather have a big block v8 power motor home
....
@Roderick storey Just put together some LIO batteries into a pack, wired together, and all installed (with wiring and plugs) in one of those old lady folding grocery-getters. The whole thing snaps in down low on the chassis from the side or rear, and easy disconnects as you say to wheel into your local Starbucks. Heck, put the battery pack IN a grocery bag in the carrier LOL, no one will suspect a thing.
Plug it in, buy a coffee, and have two days worth of energy, or 50 miles of travel, lets say in about an hour, even with NO contribution from the solar cells.
Had you considered using mountain bikes as a base? Sturdier, more wheel/tire options, cheap front suspension...
Just a thought. Awesome job!
I JUST RELIZED THAT THERE IS SUS IN SUSPENSION
@@abdulazizabdulaziz5101 SUSPECT.
SUSTENANCE
SUSPENSE
I love this! Great work, everyone! I was surprised the handlebar connection never got revisited and smoothed out, but it still worked, and I don't think you could have done the project quicker. Amazing, ridiculous, absurd, extraordinary, endearing.
I was thinking the same about the finishes, ‘ok it’s a bit rough, but could look cool with hen finished” then it was finished.😂
This is exactly what made this nation great. Lunacy with twist of genius... well done chaps!
1950s: There will be flying cars in the future
2010s: *bicycle house*
Yea, but really what they said was "we will have the technology in the future to have flying cars". We have that technology at our fingertips now, but the part many people miss about the future is the things that manifest because of the ignorance and fear of the masses via serving the criminal elite royal bloodlines. In essence, it is why you see bicycle houses instead of your flying cars, because you are too poor to have flying cars because you been serving the elite, if you knew that is what you been doing or not, the rest of the universe has proof, along with me.
You don't have the money or resources in your control, to have research and development on rich man stuff, because you are a poor man, and by no mistake of the elite you been serving. The elite probably already have that technology, because you people are who funds them, supports them, enforces their policies, fake money, and fake laws, blindly handing your authority and responsibility to them, via your actions of funding their criminal cabal and being a part of their cult by voting for its criminal politicians, if you knew that is what you been doing or not, the universe knows what you people been doing. So they have the money and the resources, and they carryout secret research and development with your real money, for them. They probably are the things people been seeing suddenly since around the 1950s, the UFOs. They probably already accomplished the flying hovering thing, without letting you know, because i know who we are dealing with, the elite are power greedy psychopath thieves. But you won't get the truth from them, they definitely never want you to know they had their paid scientists figure out how to travel faster than light, and with no fuel tanks, and maybe even enter another dimension, along with seeing the future there, and many more things they want to keep you in the dark about, because they are the ones planning YOUR future, and you won't like what they have planned for you and yours.
In the condition humanity is in via being a minion for the criminal elite, the only reason we get anything changed and advanced is when/if courageous intelligent people step up and give their important discoveries to humanity like Nicola Tesla wanted and expected to do, and tried to do and succeeded in some of his ways, at least giving us more efficient electricity usage and transport, giving us 3 phase electricity. He wanted you to get it anywhere in the world, without a meter on it, but the elite and their minions stopped him and bombed his tower that was going to be the first tower to accomplish it. Like Elon Musk planning to have internet connection to anyone anywhere, free, with his Space X satellites connecting the poor with everyone else so we can get a handle on each other and become a family who takes care of itself. But one would need to still question Elon if his real intention isn't to have the world connected, just so he can get them convinced they need his AI implants, and have the entire world under its control, using the worldwide connection to keep the AIs linked to central dictator. lol That is what elite would want, but some people do question his real motivation into AI, and therefore question if he is working for the elite, or if he is one of the elite.
Tony Hardy chill this was just a joke
Yeah but by 2030, that thing will he have a retro fit hex coptor.
@@TheRebelmanone Actually, we don't have flying cars for two reasons: 1. its too expensive and 2. people will be crashing and falling out of the damned sky a thousand times a day killing everyone below.
2018
I can't believe I watched the whole thing. It was really well edited video and kept me interested.
Same
Imagine arriving at the U.K and this is the first thing you see on the streets...
OOOOOFF IM IN UK BOI HOWWWWWL
Honestly not the strangest thing to see in the UK
imagine the safety regulation forms for this thingie
Me as an American "man I need a break I'll go to the UK." Sees weird shuttle bus. "I'm going home"
The first thing I saw when I landed in london was a beautiful old train station that had been updated. Then lots of foreign people, me included:), and then some transients begging. I stayed in kings cross and all night a Rastafarian called out his wears:) The elm wood, not really made for large americans:) We now have a saying, "It was no elm wood":)
I kept expecting a crowd of Estate Agents to arrive and demand their signs back
Those signs are good 4target practice.🔫
Estate Agents would sell the camper for £1million
Justin Forooghi Who asked though
😂 😂 😂 😂 !!
U didnt though you lying just for a comment
A wonderful example of great British eccentricity, inventiveness, determination and fortitude. Well done chaps…..Both Roland Emett and Heath Robinson would be proud of you!
to be honest, I want this! it is green, (environmentaly friendly), it's cheap, and it looks futuristic, even when it's mad of scrap!
You guys haven't seen the damp proofing I left outside my house have you?
Lol 😂
They might have, but they didn't plan on building a lorry-based RV...
A bicycle-caravan hybrid?
May, Clarkson, and Hammond just collectively recoiled in disgust and horror.
hammond would be up for a go lol
and they've even got the hammond's wild foods (tinned beans)
Tinned beans xD
man the way british people talk is hilarious.
No harm intended
You don't say! They seem to hold their cards well for a sweet song.
"Mark II Jags were well-prooven competition cars, 'cause they were very popular with getaway drivers, and we all know, that no sport would take rubbish for a spin, to a late picnic with the boys..." (c)
they have bid for a fleet in every colour known to man.
Covered wagon bicycle? Now you just need to see if you can Ford a river in Oregon Trail.
Cockroach got dysentery, but didn't die.
I will try to do this type one day
How did it go mate?
@A ϝish! .
You should Give it to the homeless
7 months later, he is no closer to it than he was when he first said it. Life is about action. Words mean fuck all! Let this comment section be a lesson to ya.
I know it's not easy
Working on a self charging tricycle with a mini Gooseneck camper. I have major rides planned. Being able to create something out of scrap parts is a serious skill! New sub, plan on watching past video's. Cheers!
It's working, you can commute by it, you can go for camp, nice!! I'm really impressed! It might me future of go-to-nature-for-a-weekend.
This feels like something Team Rocket would be riding around
Ikr
Tsunamori Nanashi pikachu would only power up their vehicle
Team rocket? You're a stupid ass xD rockett powerr
PREPARE FOR TROUBLE!
Like there cardboard tank from season 1?
I am lost for words. This type of imagination is what the world needs more of. Id put fishing rod holders and be able to fish and watch tv. And. Be protected from the elements. Great imagination guys
not protected from wind blowing them over
in order for it to be protected from crosswinds, the best solution is to add weight (preferably to the bottom), but if it weighs a lot, it will be very difficult to ride on hills. The solar panels are only useful depending on the weather. Getting a flat seems really dangerous and pulling over could be awkward/dangerous depending on where you are. Problems keep going and going.. It's not that people haven't thought of these things, it's just that it's not practical at all.
Honestly as a proof of concept this is pretty amazing and very brilliantly designed
Revisited this after seeing it originally. Just as good as the first time I watched it 👍🏻 why you and your friends (with the exception of Kevin I suppose) aren’t on tv doing this is beyond me. Keep up the exciting work Harry
Having some baked beans and wine in Epping Forest was pretty cool. I like the sound system and the harmonica accompaniment.
And then a gust of 10 MPH came and you fall over. Neat idea though.
*Shhh.*
@@YeahTheDuckweed
You made too much wind! Now the cockroach in on the ground! Dam you!
I feel a mighty FART coming along!!!!
@@painkillerjones6232 oh no
well it s got to be heavier than one bike... 2 bikes and 2 people ... ...... ... ... .. ... . . .... ... . .. .. ... .
If you want to give it a proper road test, bring it to Iowa the first week of August. Several of us will be biking across the state. One week, 450 miles, camping out each night.
See you there!
@@harrydwyer Oh, and by several I mean 10,000 of us. And by bike across the state I mean the Police will close the roads for us, the Mayors will open the city parks so we can camp. We're going to eat all the hamburgers and drink all the beer in every town. RAGBRAI is the best week of the year in Iowa.
@@alexriddles492 This sounds perfect. Maybe we should ship it over.
Its porbley the most exciting thing to happen in iowa all year long!
@@harrydwyer just subscribed. Looking forward to seeing the wobbling death cockroach on an epic journey across Iowa! Don't let us down!
So heartening that such minds are still in wonderful evidence. Worthy on-followers of the earlier practitioners,Tony and Dougie Gray, of the mid-1900's. Wish you well.
the amount of effort you put into this, your so underrated it hurts.
This is a next gen type of bicycle kudos to your team
This will go down in history alongside the square wheel.
Thanks for the great laugh and innovative inspire.
UA-cam gold.
What an incredible piece of creation, reuse, recycle, repurpose and soo much to build! Happy cyclehoming! SkipRay
absolutely amazing, i have loved the whole process
You could have used canvas as a wrap and then painted over it for rigidity.
Kevlar Aramid fibre, stitch it like fabric to the shapes you desire, then coat with vinlyestre resin. The final shape will be quite durable and, if you like, bullet-proof, which one might find a useful quality in the coming days . . .
Actually it doesn't need to be rigid at all
Oh rigidity, I read dignity 🤣🤣
Forget coming days, bulletproof is a nice addition right now, if you plan on travelling south of Westminster...
That'd get heavy quick though.
May we never grow up. Good video, Thank you.
Very creative. Great job. You have shown the world that with only 2 bikes you can have a Tiny Home On Wheels ❤
Genius!!!! The world needs smart and hardworking people like you!!!
Thanks for sharing!
You guys are amazing, makes me want to do this with my kids so we can go camping , put some bike racks on the side for 2 real bikes to bike around once you made it to your destination
Here in Costa Rica it rains too much so we need that kind of vehicle.
Great job!!! Well done!!! The idea it's good. I think that instead using two bikes, you can make a recumbent trike (two wheels back, one in front). Again, very good job, specially for use a lot of garbage and scrap parts.
That's what I thought, it seemed to go fine even when they lost one of the front wheels, which was really surprising to me.
Great stuff, super entertaining video!
Good points. I deeply respect the recycling nature of this whole project.
This is one of my all time favorite you tube videos. So fun, want to build! Love the energy and slap dash that went into this.
The BEST of English culture: insanity, bravery, commitment, willing to be different. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Mabie use mountain bike wheels?
Good point, larger, more sturdy wheels would have been sensible, although these sporty ones make it easier to pedal and improve the range on the batteries.
@@harrydwyer ah, I see.
Flimsy wheels make it more iffy-looking and spectacular.
*maybe
@@harrydwyer Love the 'cockroach' bike! Are you considering putting some kind of heavy duty clear polyurethane on/around your windscreen wheels? Maybe even thick clear vinyl would do the trick too for those crisp mornings :)
You guys cracked me up! :D The Cockroach .. what a fitting name! LOL!
Eating a meal of beans while sleeping in a 4 foot room. But it’s not like enclose the bottom has ventilation. But still why beans for celebration?
Awesome job!!!! I love Grand Designs and Kevin McCloud all of the way from the USA
This needs to become a feature film.
This is actually the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
Good fun even though my engineering sensibilities were fairly violated. Maybe mountain bikes for a bit more strength. Flip down mattresses or inflatable. lithium batteries, not lead. Some level of air tightness in the camping config for modest thermal management. Rear peg so it doesn't topple back.
It could also be two independent bikes that could latch together with inflatable roof.
UR my kinda of Makers! Just try & loosen up, have a little fun will ya 😉
Very cool just loved how you WORKED THROUGH THE KINKS
The five year old comment was a reoccurring theme. Congrats on the build. I liked seeing the legs sticking out.
Makes me wish I didn't know it was bicycles and human pedaled power.
That way I can be surprised when the for sale/sold caravan spontaneously pops out feet and starts riding away.
its a prototype.. so yes its super ugly... but proof of concept I assume is the goal.. better design comes later .. i imagine
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It’s soo newm newm tho
More likely is this was built just for clicks and will be scrapped.. heck they probably didnt even spend the night on the woods, but just film bit and went back. Concept has its benefits, but depends highly by climate and local laws what ever this is practical solution.
I think it's cute. They ought to have called it something else, maybe.
@@Hellsong89 I agree. This is a stupid design. If the signals don't work, you have no way to signal. The bike relies on having two riders, it's extremely non-aerodynamic, the solar panels are only useful in sunny weather, etc... it's more practical to just attach a bike trailer and pack tent and whatever else you need. It's main usefulness is for getting views with a quirky video.
would love to own an advanced version of it, i.e. one where I won't wake up with a raccoon welcoming itself in via the undercarriage.
Looks like Archie, the flying ship of Night Owl in Watchmen
If Archie was built from garbage.
I thought the same thing
I can't remember the last time I was so entertained by a video. You have definitely made my day. Cheers.
I can't even figure out how I wanna turn my Honda Element into a camper for the least amount of money. These guys build a bicycle camper..Great job
I had a smile the whole way through this video, my cheeks started to hurt. Good work lads :)
Absolutely incredible job! Anybody who thinks it's foolish is the same kind of person who laughed at the Wright brothers!
We need more people to build this type of home bikes system and maybe we can start an new revolution....
It resembles the vehicles of "The Flintstones", but instead of using their feet for moving from one place to another, they are using bicycles. Really cool idea, house on wheels changed into house on bycicle, which is pretty much the same. I love the idea.
This is just too cool! This is the first video I’ve seen of you guys and it won’t be the last. Have a great one
This channel is so under rated it is really amazing! Keep up the amazing vids! I subbed
Oh this made me giggle ....it’s fabulous ...well done guys 🤣🤣
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i'd love to see if this thing can endure some kind of cross country road trip
I feel like some bigger bike wheels or mountain bike wheels would be better for the cockroach, and some plastic sheets to put in the cockpit holes to help with the rain, but then you’ll have to make a windshield wiper for it, but this was an awesome thing to watch get built, you have inspired me to do things like this, but at the moment I can’t, one day I will be able to.
When i was a kid i was so amazed on what you guys managed to do!!!
Whereas you might call it an "off grid, low grade massage", the glass-half-empty type might refer to it as "death wobble". Either way I love the project.
first genuine lol of the whole comment thread. I thank you.
Hey maybe call it the "Dung Beetle"... because it's like rolling a big pile of Sh*t all around! Just kidding..it's pretty cool.
Ha! Accurate name. I love dung beetles.
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i'd have used bikes with suspension maybe, like mountainbikes, would need beefier motors and batteries but would have been slightly more comfortable and practical
I agree to get to the camping spot, as most of those are off paved roads the tires and suspension would be more heavy duty like a mountain bike. I might have two of the electric motors one for each bike then, with more solar panels on the machine. The bike could be almost the same weight as old Steel frames if you find aluminum mountain bikes preferably used ones as I would hate to do this to a good new bike.
*Yes, also the all terrain tires & wheels.*
@@caseysmith544 good luck welding aluminum frames, very tricky
Make it Desmond and we will buy more than one!
@@funkyman909 no then you use PVC to connect bikes togther. Not other old bikes. Still would weigh the same as a current solar bike they made.
It's beautiful. I see to two happy children riding for the street and the forest. the best for you
that knubbly foil @ 7:50 makes for superb curved sandwich panels, when you glue coroplast to both sides with what ever sticks. (caulking silicone works decently)
quite sturdy and a great insulation, and one can fit supporting structures between the nubs. if you wanna go overkill, inject it with expanding foam.
one of the most ridiculous things I've seen...i loved it
This looks exactly how I imagined a modern pioneer wagon would look
This was great.
I want to see one now made of proper materials (they can still be recycled, just a bit more... processed? XD) with precision made components so it's 'as good as can be'. Maybe with the addition of the ability to use the power from the solar panels to assist in moving it? (E-bike style...)
If I was rich I'd finance it just to see it done. :P
Noooooo!
What, and lose that rustic charm or perhaps favella chic, no way!
This is helping the world by recycling, not using gas powered products AND he’s using a SOLAR car! Anyway u just earned a subscriber
Awesome. Rear Axles should be same wide as the body to give you better stability and interior space for sleeping and cooking, etc. Great job for attempting this feat.
was that the bloke from grand designs
Total cost to produce: $14.73
Cost of insurance: $937/year
lol probably even more
can you build a submarine?
Not sure it would be very air tight. But we'll always give it a go.
heeeHHeeEEhs....f.a.f. lol.
I think this thing would make at least ONE dive. LOL
@@harrydwyer Hey I love your videos maybe get some inspirations from this video: ua-cam.com/video/ixBEUj4eAIU/v-deo.html
I guess you could also use a gas tank to build the main body of the submarine
Or an aeroplane?
This bike is the modern Oregon tail buggys! Shoutout from New York! Great content guys!
This is awesome!! Makes me wish I was young and adventurous again!! This bike trailer is so damn cute! It would be fun to go peddling around in, not near traffic that is!!
You guys are rad! 😂❤
This was amazing. I love how you used recycled materials. Well done!
more details like closed window or thiccer walls to protect more heat and it will be super 'car for camping :)
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Less details like closed windows and thicker walls and the project is simpler and lighter and still ready for camping.
Looks like a typical cool homemade vehicle from top gear.
For the windshield, Clear Vynyl comes by the yard, in most large fabric stores. and is thicker than typical clear plastic, so it is sturdy enough to withstand the wind shears, and is perfectly clear as well. It is sewable, and seals nicely with glue and or tape.
Take it to highlands of Scotland during a wind 🌬 storm ☔️ and let the hilarity ensue
24" screw in ground anchors with a cheater bar, some good cables probably six total, connected to a STOUT canvas overtop/awning, and your pitch ain't going anywhere until you say so. Good accessory to have for the land of William Wallace. No better friend than a sober Scotsmen. No worse enemy than a drunk one.
Rad Thibidaeux will you be sailing the seas of cheese
If you watch Hurricane Heist on netflix they have a ground anchors. It was an intresting movie.
Take it to the lowlands of Detroit, and sell hot link sanmittches, out of the back(whit bbq fritos n a red soda water)$7.50
The best part is it's ambidextrous, so you can drive it in any country
You guys are brilliant. And hilarious. I laughed out loud several times, plus I'm inspired. Thanks!
We didnt have youtube in 2002 to put our exact project with exact name. This is exactly how life works on earth.
level of creativity 999999..thats awesome guys.. hope to see more