April-May 2018
Okay so admittedly, I am aware that the name for this contraption is horrible.
This is because it only lasted a few days, before becoming something else, which was later known as 'The Bus'.
This is because it only lasted a few days, before becoming something else, which was later known as 'The Bus'.
This was probably my first real invention. I had collected a few old bikes from the dump, in the hope of renovating them, but one of them - an ugly red Apollo - just didn't seem up to it.
But I had paid an entire £5! I had to make use of it. I asked my dad if we had anything lying around, and we managed to find an old steering wheel from a landrover. It wasn't a particularly good one, but I was determined to see what a bike would look like if it had a steering wheel instead of handlebars.
2 hours later, and with a lot of help, I had finally built it! It had working brakes and gears, which I had somehow managed to clamp onto the wheel too. I later added bells and even a honky horn.
I thought I should take it a step further, and found an old wheel from an american scooter, or as I called them, "Scooticles". I simply replaced the front wheel with this ridiculously small wheel, making it even harder to steer.
Eventually I decided it would be better off with two normal wheels, but none the less I had completed my first invention, even if it was complete crap.
But I had paid an entire £5! I had to make use of it. I asked my dad if we had anything lying around, and we managed to find an old steering wheel from a landrover. It wasn't a particularly good one, but I was determined to see what a bike would look like if it had a steering wheel instead of handlebars.
2 hours later, and with a lot of help, I had finally built it! It had working brakes and gears, which I had somehow managed to clamp onto the wheel too. I later added bells and even a honky horn.
I thought I should take it a step further, and found an old wheel from an american scooter, or as I called them, "Scooticles". I simply replaced the front wheel with this ridiculously small wheel, making it even harder to steer.
Eventually I decided it would be better off with two normal wheels, but none the less I had completed my first invention, even if it was complete crap.
It took around 3-4 months, but the steering wheel finally snapped... there wasn't enough support for the thin metal.. but by then the bike had already been repurposed as 'The Bus', and then more recently and permanently as 'The Swing Bike".
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