Chainless Challenge

Final report and team photo for Project 14 of ME450, Fall 2009 semester.The goal of this project is to design a bicycle which will transfer rider’s manual power to the driving wheel through a hydraulic media without using traditional chain or other direct drive mechanisms. Additionally, the bicycle would be able to conserve energy and utilize it during difficult uphill motion as necessary.Steven Skerlos (Mechanical Engineering, U of M); BLUElab (U of M)http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86206/1/ME450 Fall2009 Final Report - Project 14 - Chainless Challenge.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86206/2/ME450 Fall2009 Team Photo - Project 14 - Chainless Challenge.jp