Comments on: Camioncyclette by Christophe Machet

By: Saori

Saori — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:02:07 +0000

An ultimate Mama-Chari!
Very simple shape makes it lovely. But if it has electric-assistance, it should hit here in Japan; there’s so many slopes.
I hope he call to Yamaha, Bridgestone or Panasonic.

By: Juliano Pappalardo

Juliano Pappalardo — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:02:44 +0000

I mean: a real concept bike…

By: Juliano Pappalardo

Juliano Pappalardo — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:02:01 +0000

this is for me a concept bike, not these futurists bikes which are influenced by futurists cars.

By: nicolas

nicolas — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:18:05 +0000

http://www.lapetitereine.com/fr/ACHAT_vu.php?id_type=1&id_niv1=5
a society use it to carry max 180 kg

By: Efried

Efried — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:55:43 +0000

Adding some cargo space left and right to the rear wheel would be nice. The “Wald” Folding Baskets would give the dimensions but I would foresee to boxes which may be detached and clip in when attached so they may serve as shopping bags (2).

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:40:21 +0000

Would enclosing the tires make this thing faster? I suspect the difference would be comically negligible, due to the small wheels and the MASSIVE drag presented by the entire rest of the bike. Not to mention it would make this thing even more unstable in crosswinds.

By: Juliano

Juliano — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:28:33 +0000

Yes it´s a clever frame design>> http://www.christophemachet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/P1100856-800×450.jpg

He forgot the common idea of a bike and redesigned something different.

By: Ross Nicholson

Ross Nicholson — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:10:55 +0000

This design seems ready made for using fully faired wheels or ‘fenders’ if you will. Enclosing both the front and the back wheels except for the skid pad on the tires would diminish wind resistance around the wheels without increasing rotational mass. A fairing for the rest of this bike might be a challenge, though.

By: vovsad

vovsad — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:54:38 +0000

It looks pretty good on the snaps and seems to be really robust but I will not buy it for myself. It is very *specialized* bike, good for rustics in plain areas – I cannot imagine how to take uphill 150 kg..

By: jamesmallon

jamesmallon — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:16:57 +0000

For any bike you want the load as low as possible. Many of the ‘mother-bikes’ here in Japan (‘mamachari’) have a smaller front wheel to facilitate putting a child at front but keeping decent steering. Civia has a new cargo bike doing the same, and Madsen has done this on the rear. I do not like the idea of different wheel sizes, since I switch tires, etc, as seasons change. It seems to me that this bike has the right idea: cargo bikes are not performance bikes, so use a pair of smaller wheels. The only caveat is that I would want some big tires on 20″ wheels, to soak up the road.