http://clipmarks.com/clipper/lifecyce1898/clipcast/bike/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/lifecyce1898/clipcast/bike/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/86439B27-D187-4A09-9D9F-A0C780A808E8/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/sylvan3/">sylvan3</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://bikecart.pedalpeople.com/" title="http://bikecart.pedalpeople.com/">bikecart.pedalpeople.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sylvan3/512/3B8D8208-ACFA-479B-B943-B4131BEC76E7.jpg" alt="bicycle trailer banner" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sylvan3/512/BEA54178-3533-4167-9132-1E6FFD314A77.jpg" alt="deep and short trailer" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sylvan3/512/88D89500-9FB0-47A1-8768-492654D4BFE1.jpg" alt="flatsy trailer" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sylvan3/512/FE1A82F7-D408-421A-9001-2C12C3DF6895.jpg" alt="ambulance outline" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H4>Goals</H4></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><UL> <LI>To design a bicycle trailer that is strong and versatile enough to transport the cargo that you could in a car, but simple and cheap enough that anybody could build one themselves with and for their community <BR /></LI><LI>To distribute the design for the trailers as widely as possible free of charge <BR /></LI><LI>Keep the costs and complexity to a minimum; the trailer costs $30 in parts and can be built in 8 to 15 hours with only a drill, oxy-acetylene torch, and basic hand tools like a hacksaw and a file </LI><LI>Decrease our dependence on automobiles by making cheap bicycle trailers available as a viable alternative to car use </LI></UL></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><U>Community Bike Cart Programs</U></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><U>Weight capacity</U></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><U>Fabrication time expectations</U></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><U>How to load, how to pull</U></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Investing in an alternative to cars</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><U>Car Independence:</U></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Community Bike Cart Design</H1></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bike/" rel="tag">bike</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bicycle/" rel="tag">bicycle</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/trailer/" rel="tag">trailer</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">opensource</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/carfree/" rel="tag">carfree</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sustainable/" rel="tag">sustainable</a></div>http://bikecart.pedalpeople.com/Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:47:07 GMT