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Post by ncboman on Oct 8, 2005 16:37:25 GMT -5
got it finished just in time. ;D I'll post a pic in a bit. Still have some daylight left to utilize.  |
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Post by eshoremd on Oct 8, 2005 20:30:56 GMT -5
i gotta see this.
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Post by freedomrules3 on Oct 8, 2005 20:50:30 GMT -5
go figure and i was joking when i said i had mine done lol. i got an idea on what i want and got most of the angle to do it with. i am interested in seeing the bowmanmobile |
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Post by ncboman on Oct 8, 2005 21:35:34 GMT -5
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Post by ncboman on Oct 8, 2005 23:13:49 GMT -5
The cushions are ncboman Labs vibration arrestors.  sorry I didn't take pics as I went to show the engineering masterpiece the framework is. ;D Made of angled aluminum saved from old storm doors. Had to buy 2 U bolts.  Actually the biggest pain to it all is getting the beast into my truck. I had some bumper carriers but I fear they may have went to a church yard sale. I can't find em and mama isn't sayin much.  |
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Post by eshoremd on Oct 9, 2005 2:16:44 GMT -5
that seat looks really comfy. what are you going to do with that 175" buck your going to kill nc. ride the bike out then go back in?
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Post by freedomrules3 on Oct 18, 2005 8:03:32 GMT -5
How was the little bike ride there NC ? i found mine to be very fun to ride on the soggy pine needles  . very exilerating to say the least. i didnt have anything but the bow with me i couldnt imagine carrying in a stand. would work for paved roads ,pretty sure of that but i'll just walk on in myself  . |
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Post by ncboman on Oct 18, 2005 8:17:16 GMT -5
What a lesson I got Sunday afternoon. ;D Since it was wet most of last week, the bike got put on the back burner but Sunday turned out to be a fine day for a ride and I had just the place to put it to the test in the Cordery tract. There's well over a mile of good paths behind the gate so I took the bike in to look it over. Started out good enough but the farther in I went, the tuffer it got. Pine needles over a somewhat hard sand path became a spongy ride back in the woods and weeds also became a factor of resistance. I got way back in there and found I was getting beat pretty badly. I even considered leaving the whole rig back there and walking out at one point but kept pressing on, going even deeper. Had to see if one of those paths came out to a road anywhere. They didn't.  I wound up riding out under the bright moon and after many rest stops finally got back out to the truck. I was one whipped puppy by then, completely exhausted. When I got in the truck I remember thinking that bike is the best ticket to a heart attack I've seen so far. My legs were on fire and I was shot down big time. Wound up waking up an hour and a half later somewhat revived but my legs are still a little sore. I cannot remember ever being so shot down from a venture into the field. The bike is still a good idea on hard roads but I found it isn't the answer all the time. The main issue I have is hauling the contraption around. It just takes way too much space in the truck and until I find a bumper carrier, it will be left behind on further ventures. A man could easily kill himself way back in the boonies on this thing.  |
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Post by kentucky_redneck on Nov 15, 2005 1:06:21 GMT -5
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Post by eshoremd on Nov 15, 2005 7:19:28 GMT -5
i heard they got one of those two seater bikes
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. very exilerating to say the least. i didnt have anything but the bow with me i couldnt imagine carrying in a stand. would work for paved roads ,pretty sure of that but i'll just walk on in myself 
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