Downtown Rickshaw

[kevinthenerd]

I'm working on welding together my own rickshaw. (I'd say I've gotten pretty good at welding lately.)

I want to get a competitive advantage, so I'm trying to make it look a little classy and/or goofy. I want to emulate a horse-drawn carriage as much as possible.

I think I want to make my bike look like a horse (head on the front, and a back end that doubles as a mud guard on the back tire). I'll dress up a little. I think I want to sell [non-alcoholic] drinks out of an ice cooler.

I need suggestions, short of telling me to give up. I don't care if they're crazy.

 

[KoolAidKid]

Get some tips from that one Seinfeld episode.

 

[TheAudit]

Ebay

 

[BrokenVisage]

Definately consult Seinfeld for an undertaking like this.

 

[DaShen]

get a straw hat and some fake teeth and then get an asian mao suit.
That would be very gimmicky/goofy. 😛

If you paint the outside of your rickshaw a nice white/silver and clear coat it, and then put advertising decals (maybe you can get paid for that) with a nice plush seat and then sell expensive cold teas, I think that would be good enough.

Or you could put bamboo/wood shingles on the outside of the rickshaw for a classic look.

Either way it is more weight on the rickshaw and therefore harder work. Also unless you are transporting people to and from bars or sports arenas to parking lots, going goofy isn't the best idea. Making the rickshaw look legitimate and business like will probably pull in more affluent customers. But if your target group is the happy hour group it won't matter - do something goofy then.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: DaShen
get a straw hat and some fake teeth and then get an asian mao suit.
That would be very gimmicky/goofy. 😛

If you paint the outside of your rickshaw a nice white/silver and clear coat it, and then put advertising decals (maybe you can get paid for that) with a nice plush seat and then sell expensive cold teas, I think that would be good enough.

Or you could put bamboo/wood shingles on the outside of the rickshaw for a classic look.

Either way it is more weight on the rickshaw and therefore harder work. Also unless you are transporting people to and from bars or sports arenas to parking lots, going goofy isn't the best idea. Making the rickshaw look legitimate and business like will probably pull in more affluent customers. But if your target group is the happy hour group it won't matter - do something goofy then.

I plan on running this downtown in the nightclub district to bring people to the bus stop or the parking garages (assuming they have a designated driver). People will be so wasted they'll find anything funny.

Oh, just a little reminder... if you decrease the rolling friction, it won't matter how much the people weigh. Florida is flat. The only thing their weight will do is decrease the rate of acceleration. I'm trying to come up with ways to decrease rolling friction short of using solid tires (like the kind you see on exercise bikes).

 

[Pepsei]

don't hire homeless people to pull them....

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: DaShen
get a straw hat and some fake teeth and then get an asian mao suit.
That would be very gimmicky/goofy. 😛

If you paint the outside of your rickshaw a nice white/silver and clear coat it, and then put advertising decals (maybe you can get paid for that) with a nice plush seat and then sell expensive cold teas, I think that would be good enough.

Or you could put bamboo/wood shingles on the outside of the rickshaw for a classic look.

Either way it is more weight on the rickshaw and therefore harder work. Also unless you are transporting people to and from bars or sports arenas to parking lots, going goofy isn't the best idea. Making the rickshaw look legitimate and business like will probably pull in more affluent customers. But if your target group is the happy hour group it won't matter - do something goofy then.

I plan on running this downtown in the nightclub district to bring people to the bus stop or the parking garages (assuming they have a designated driver). People will be so wasted they'll find anything funny.

Oh, just a little reminder... if you decrease the rolling friction, it won't matter how much the people weigh. Florida is flat. The only thing their weight will do is decrease the rate of acceleration. I'm trying to come up with ways to decrease rolling friction short of using solid tires (like the kind you see on exercise bikes).

the weight matters because you need to overcome the initial inertia.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Whitecloak

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: DaShen
get a straw hat and some fake teeth and then get an asian mao suit.
That would be very gimmicky/goofy. 😛

If you paint the outside of your rickshaw a nice white/silver and clear coat it, and then put advertising decals (maybe you can get paid for that) with a nice plush seat and then sell expensive cold teas, I think that would be good enough.

Or you could put bamboo/wood shingles on the outside of the rickshaw for a classic look.

Either way it is more weight on the rickshaw and therefore harder work. Also unless you are transporting people to and from bars or sports arenas to parking lots, going goofy isn't the best idea. Making the rickshaw look legitimate and business like will probably pull in more affluent customers. But if your target group is the happy hour group it won't matter - do something goofy then.

I plan on running this downtown in the nightclub district to bring people to the bus stop or the parking garages (assuming they have a designated driver). People will be so wasted they'll find anything funny.

Oh, just a little reminder... if you decrease the rolling friction, it won't matter how much the people weigh. Florida is flat. The only thing their weight will do is decrease the rate of acceleration. I'm trying to come up with ways to decrease rolling friction short of using solid tires (like the kind you see on exercise bikes).

the weight matters because you need to overcome the initial inertia.

Physics

F = ma
or, in differential form: F = dmv/dt

Force is proportional to the rate of change of momentum with respect to time. Ignoring friction, all that changes here (with the same force but more mass) is the time.

Now, what may be true is that friction isn't only in the tires themselves but in the wheel bearings and everywhere else, and there's a certain amount of static friction to be overcome before you actually move. With everything well-greased (with synthetic lube I swear by), that's pretty negligible. All friction worth mentioning is going to be in the tires at these slow speeds. I'm not running the Tour de France here.

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: Whitecloak

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: DaShen
get a straw hat and some fake teeth and then get an asian mao suit.
That would be very gimmicky/goofy. 😛

If you paint the outside of your rickshaw a nice white/silver and clear coat it, and then put advertising decals (maybe you can get paid for that) with a nice plush seat and then sell expensive cold teas, I think that would be good enough.

Or you could put bamboo/wood shingles on the outside of the rickshaw for a classic look.

Either way it is more weight on the rickshaw and therefore harder work. Also unless you are transporting people to and from bars or sports arenas to parking lots, going goofy isn't the best idea. Making the rickshaw look legitimate and business like will probably pull in more affluent customers. But if your target group is the happy hour group it won't matter - do something goofy then.

I plan on running this downtown in the nightclub district to bring people to the bus stop or the parking garages (assuming they have a designated driver). People will be so wasted they'll find anything funny.

Oh, just a little reminder... if you decrease the rolling friction, it won't matter how much the people weigh. Florida is flat. The only thing their weight will do is decrease the rate of acceleration. I'm trying to come up with ways to decrease rolling friction short of using solid tires (like the kind you see on exercise bikes).

the weight matters because you need to overcome the initial inertia.

Physics

F = ma
or, in differential form: F = dmv/dt

Force is proportional to the rate of change of momentum with respect to time. Ignoring friction, all that changes here (with the same force but more mass) is the time.

Now, what may be true is that friction isn't only in the tires themselves but in the wheel bearings and everywhere else, and there's a certain amount of static friction to be overcome before you actually move. With everything well-greased (with synthetic lube I swear by), that's pretty negligible. All friction worth mentioning is going to be in the tires at these slow speeds. I'm not running the Tour de France here.

rolling friction comes into the picture only after the vehicle starts moving. You need to overcome the limiting friction first. and limiting friction is directly proportional to the normal reaction (which increases with weight).

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: Whitecloak

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: DaShen
get a straw hat and some fake teeth and then get an asian mao suit.
That would be very gimmicky/goofy. 😛

If you paint the outside of your rickshaw a nice white/silver and clear coat it, and then put advertising decals (maybe you can get paid for that) with a nice plush seat and then sell expensive cold teas, I think that would be good enough.

Or you could put bamboo/wood shingles on the outside of the rickshaw for a classic look.

Either way it is more weight on the rickshaw and therefore harder work. Also unless you are transporting people to and from bars or sports arenas to parking lots, going goofy isn't the best idea. Making the rickshaw look legitimate and business like will probably pull in more affluent customers. But if your target group is the happy hour group it won't matter - do something goofy then.

I plan on running this downtown in the nightclub district to bring people to the bus stop or the parking garages (assuming they have a designated driver). People will be so wasted they'll find anything funny.

Oh, just a little reminder... if you decrease the rolling friction, it won't matter how much the people weigh. Florida is flat. The only thing their weight will do is decrease the rate of acceleration. I'm trying to come up with ways to decrease rolling friction short of using solid tires (like the kind you see on exercise bikes).

the weight matters because you need to overcome the initial inertia.

Physics

F = ma
or, in differential form: F = dmv/dt

Force is proportional to the rate of change of momentum with respect to time. Ignoring friction, all that changes here (with the same force but more mass) is the time.

Now, what may be true is that friction isn't only in the tires themselves but in the wheel bearings and everywhere else, and there's a certain amount of static friction to be overcome before you actually move. With everything well-greased (with synthetic lube I swear by), that's pretty negligible. All friction worth mentioning is going to be in the tires at these slow speeds. I'm not running the Tour de France here.

I don't really understand what you're trying to say here.

The more weight you're pulling around, the more force will be required to keep you moving.. period, lol.

 

[imported_Mike]

Physics fight, exciting.