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Tape together some Innovate or Die posters...
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And some old architectural plans...
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Throw some parts on the paper...
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Started drawing the Tree. A top / bottom tandem tall bike.
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Woke up in Berkeley a little depressed, decided to go ahead and make my tall bike, El Arbol
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Glueing together styrofoam bricks
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Testing out El Arbol's recumbent stoker seat
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El Arbol takes form with wheels in approximate position
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Tam-O-Shantern Wearing Rock Star Kipchoge Mounts the Long Tall Sally, a Double Tall Xtracycle
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Top-bottom DLG configuration on Long Tall Sally
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Hanging at a red light.
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Could four people at once actually ride El Arbol?
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El Arbol lives.
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Exploring ideas for how the steel frame on the front half of El Arbol will interface with the fiberglass root and branch.
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Sketch of Tractor seat integrated with the form of tree trunk and branches
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Listing electronic components
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Typical doodle
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Exploring concepts and positions for a rear facing LiveOnBike seat
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Using the Long Tall Sally as a study. Round objects of various sorts help to draw chainrings, wheels, etc.
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Starting to think about the pigments I'll use on El Arbol's trunk, to make it come alive with backlighting at night.
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Aufdencamp and I woke up at 6:30 and biked 8 miles to the FUF tree planting in time
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Example of using 1/4" steel tubing to create a structure. I will probably use this technique to sculpt the branches, trunk, and roots of El Arbol.
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Wire tied first, then welded.
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Playing with different ways of welding 1/4" tubing.
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Hint of what's to come for El Arbol in terms of lighting effects.
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This is basically what needs to happen for El Arbol's kickstand
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Swingarm found at the Bike Yard
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Rear swingarm from Suzuki motorcycle.
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Alternate strategy. Buy a whole bike, not just a swingarm.
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El Arbol computador rendering with outrigger concept #3
