Swing Bike Final Report Part 2

When I started this project, I knew immediately that I wanted to make a swing bike because I had admired them for the past 8 years when I first saw…

Final Report Part 1: Swing Bike

General Description The swing bike is a bicycle meant for fun. Therefore, when a viewer looks at it, that should be the first thing that he/she thinks of. To achieve…

Swing Bike Update 4/13

I’ve been able to get some cutting done this week, some in the machine shop, some at home with my borrowed hacksaw and angle grinder. I just have 3 more…

Swing Bike Update 4/6

Due to obligations outside class and a need to alter my design a bit, progress has fallen back a bit, although still well within range of the buffer time I…

Swing bike inspiration and progress

The aesthetic I planned to apply to my swing bike is a sort of freestyle, messy, carefree one. Instead of an organized, meticulous paintjob I’m going for something scattered and…

Brendan’s Project timeline

Currently, I am still working on the Solidworks model. Once this is done and I receive training on how to weld, I should be good to go to start the…

Brendan’s top 5 constraints

Here is a link to my design review for reference: https://www.aesdes.org/2016/03/01/design-review-report-swing-bike/ Due to my unique situation, time and resource wise I actually don’t have a lot of constraints on my…

Design Review Report: Swing Bike

As I said in my design inspiration post, I plan on building a swing bike. A swing bike is a bike with an extra pivot on the seat tube, which…

Brendan’s Design Project Inspirations

For my design project, I am inspired to build a swing bike. What is a swing bike, you ask? Well it’s quite simple, it’s a bike that swings. An extra…

Brendan’s aspirations

This semester will be my last before graduation, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have aspirations for this semester. Academics wise, my main goal is to finish off my mechanical…

What Brendan can do for you

I don’t really have a skill that I’m particularly exemplary at, but I do believe that I can contribute in a wide variety of ways. You could say that I’m…

Bicycle Inner Tube Watchband: Project Report

After a satisfying design process and two days of building it, I have finished my inner tube watchband. So far, it’s turned out a lot better than I thought it would.…

Bicycle Inner Tube Watchband

I am an avid cyclist, and since I ride my bike a lot I’ve also inevitably gotten a lot of flat tires. This means I have a lot of old…

Aesthetics of Smartphones

Smartphones have become ingrained in many peoples’ lives as an essential device. A device that can handle nearly all the productivity in your life is very convenient. Because of the…