LIGHT WEIGHT FOLDING BICYCLE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

A folding bicycle is a bicycle that is designed to fold into a compact form and facilitating transport and storage. When folded, the bikes can be more easily carried into buildings, on public transportation like; trains, buses and more easily stored in compact living quarters or board a car, boat or plane. In today’s life the bicycle can play the very important role for daily transportation that makes human life easier. The reason behind increase in the importance is because of increased pollution due to automobiles and cost of fuel which is continuously increasing in present days. It is very difficult to reach the nearest public transport facility and in many cases the destination will be too far from the main roads where the public transport might not be able to contact or it might be very costly. The best thing of a folding bicycle is that it is also appropriate for air travel and can be used where inadequate parking and bicycle theft is a significant concern. The main idea of this project is to get a foldable bicycle which is light & sleek yet rigid, safe, easy to handle and easy to maintain. The proposed bicycle is designed in such a way that it is foldable by providing fasteners at the joints. The design structure imparts stable bicycle geometry. This system meets different topography and environmental conditions which are not met by the existing foldable bicycles.

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