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Message started by FlyingLaZBoy on May 14^th, 2016, 11:39am

Title: PVC trike stand for Tour II
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on May 14^th, 2016, 11:39am

Decided to build a PVC trike stand for when I want to work on the Tour II... found some representative photos of other builds, sketched it out, did the basic math (sine/cos/tan of ~10 degrees), bought some 1" tubing and connectors, and started hacking away...

Took a little bit of tweaking, but it works nicely! The 1" pipe is a little flexy, but no problem - I might recommend 1-1/2" instead.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_092219.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_092219.jpg.html)

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_092200.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_092200.jpg.html)

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_092241.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_092241.jpg.html)

However, I didn't want the whole thing taking up all that room when not being used, right? So, I drilled holes and bolted the horizontal-oriented pieces together so they wouldn't come apart due to the weight of the trike being on it, and left the vertical pieces alone, for easy assembly/disassembly...

Upper support arms removed

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_095115.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_095115.jpg.html)

Middle section removed

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_095220.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_095220.jpg.html)

Vertical pieces removed

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_095302.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_095302.jpg.html)

All put away!

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20160514_095422-1.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/20160514_095422-1.jpg.html)

I may cut longer upper support arms, to raise it up further, but for now, it works pretty well. Moving the seat on a Tour II is a bit of a hassle with a three-bolt clamp and seat attachment, so any time I need to adjust it for Terrie or myself, it helps having it up at working level... all told, about $35-40 in stuff... might have been cheaper if I'd used pipe glue, but I used bolts instead.

Title: Re: PVC trike stand for Tour II
Post by Mdicke on May 14^th, 2016, 6:09pm

Nice Job!! I really like to take apart/put away feature

Title: Re: PVC trike stand for Tour II
Post by Mizta_Nice on May 26^th, 2016, 5:28am

Awesome! I'm always amazed at what you accomplish with a little elbow grease and a lot of knowledge.