I had a few days off this week so I got right to it cutting up the bike frames, and removing the parts i need.
First I needed to cut out the pedals and rear forks that I'm going to mount at the front of the boat to peddle with and mount the first sprocket that I will use to change the gears like riding a bike. I'm also leaving the front derail er on as well so I can have the ability to change all of the gears. Once that was complete, I cut out the bottom bracket from 2 other bikes which I will use as the lower units for eh propellers. I'll mount the propeller on one side and a sprocket on the other which will connect to the drive train of the boat.
After carefully cutting and grinding away 99% of the metal I don't need, it was time to start making the metal bracket to mount all of my parts onto a separate sheet of 1/4 inch plywood. This way, it will minimize the number of bolts going through the boat body.
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