The Bike That Traveled To Egypt

In this unit of Design & Engineering we learned formulas for kinetic energy, potential energy, velocity, speed, momentum, etc. Also we learned about the 2 Newton’s laws, gears and how they operate, and the anatomy of the bike plus what the parts are used for. Before we started the Action Project we went to a Bike Shop to learn how to fix bikes and the process of the bike shop donating bikes, catering bikes to certain people and how they estimate which bike is best for them by the limited information they get on the person. In this Action Project we were asked to create a Bike for the person we randomly chose. I picked the number 8 and got Atef who’s an Egyptian 15 year old that needs to get to school in hot weather. The terrain is sandy, traffic is a drag, and he needs to travel 3.25 miles to get to school and be able to park the bike in cramped areas. The bike I produced for him was called the TR-22.



K.J, Bike Sketch And Math, 2022 


This bike caters to Atef perfectly because firstly it’s an e-bike which assists him with the amount of effort he needs in order to get to school. The handle is an enclosed oval like shape so he can fit the bike in cramped spaces, the mountain wheels on the bike help with the terrain he has to ride on. The motor on the e-bike has a mid hub motor which protects the gear on the bike from sand, and the frame is made out of titanium which is one of the best materials for lightweight bike frames which equates to less work being required to move the bike also. The biggest piece of the bike which was the frame was 3 inches and the rest were 1-2 inches or smaller. The gears I wanted for this bike was 40 teeth in the front and 13 on the rear wheel. The project was a major time crunch, but the biggest challenge overall was actually creating the bike, but luckily my classmate helped me out with cutting the pieces out and providing the idea of actually putting a chain on bike. The project would've went smoothly if I didn't a big workload to go through. A challenging experience, but filled with lessons on high stress situations. 

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