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The Innovative Bike

This is an action project for my core class Design and Engineering. This unit, we have learned about many different subjects. For example, gears, gear ratio, bikes, radius, diameter, circumference, speed, energy, etc. During this unit I also interviewed a friend of mine who mikes often. During the interview he said "I enjoy customization." I took what he said and turned it into inspiration to help me give my bike more innovation. This quote made me think of more ways that I can add customization, not just for the gears on a bike. For this Action Project, I have teamed up with a classmate of mine and given a persona to solve problems they have with bikes, theft of bikes, terrain, and many more things. Our persona is a man named Mohammed who lives 5 miles away from his school. He has issues with his bike getting stolen, he lives in a hot and rainy climate, has a very rocky terrain with streams flowing through the streets, and he needs a way to carry goods from the market. My partner and I took these issues/inspiration into consideration and created a bike that fits the needs of our persona.  Below is a 3D model of our bike, the 2D drawing we made, and a picture of the terrain Mohammed has issues with.



CJH and DB/Quad Bike/2020

Ghannawebportal/Accra Ghanna/2020


To get a better understanding of how big the wheels are and how far Mohammed lives from his school, my partner and I have created a slideshow that has all of the information regarding all of our calculations.


Our persona needed a bike that couldn't get stolen, could ride over rough terrain, and also be able to carry goods from the market. I fell that my partner and I took these issues and put them into an idea that works. Our bike has a retractable chain to lock the bike in place, it has a detachable crate that you can put on the back, and it has four wheels meant to go over rocky and wet terrain. It has a electric engine that powers the bike and it saves fossil fuels like gasoline. Personally I enjoyed the process of this Action Project because it made me think about how bikes can be effective in different scenarios. I had a problem with the calculations but eventually my partner and I found a way to figure the calculations out. 

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