Water bicycle: how to make your own

Those wishing to relax near water bodies, whether it is a river or the sea, a pond or a small lake, passively lying on the beach under the hot sun increasingly prefer active water walks. Among the many attractions associated with the movement on the water, a great popularity for a long time the tourists enjoy a water bike.

Acquaintance with technique

What is a water bicycle? Simply put, this is a normal catamaran, which we have already seen on the berths of boat stations and, of course, we rolled around the water, enjoying and admiring the beautiful landscapes, while simultaneously receiving energy from the training of muscles of our body.

Typically, this technique is small in size and weight, which makes it easy to transport it in a car. Of course, the big plus is that this type of transport does not need to be registered, there are no age restrictions for it. Fans of fishing are also likely to appreciate such a water bike, for them it will become a convenient acquisition, since the boat will not turn over from the wind blow. In it, unlike a boat, you can fish standing up.

Where can I buy such a bicycle?

This catamaran-water bicycle can be easily purchased at any specialized store. There they are represented by a wide variety of models, producing countries and technical characteristics. Price range is also very different, from cheap options to the most expensive ones.

We create a self-made catamaran

And what if you try to make a water bike with your own hands? What do you think, will it work out? Before you start working, you need to study the relevant literature, listen to the advice of experienced masters.

Anyone who wants to design such a catamaran on their own, can come up with the materials from which he will create it. There are a lot of options for this! Nevertheless, we want, for clarity, to give several examples of the available assembly of such equipment.

This water bike will be made of two wooden floats, a convenient bridge, an armchair, and also a steering rack and a drive.

The main part is the floats, which keep the whole structure afloat.

Variants of manufacturing of floats

From wide boards with a thickness of 40 millimeters and a length of about 3 meters, they make reference skis - floats, at one end of which they make spits at an angle of 45 degrees. To increase the buoyancy of the skis, use a dense foam, which is glued with waterproof or epoxy glue to their lower surface. After it has dried, all edges of the blanks are carefully processed with sandpaper or a file, and then covered with several layers of bright nitro-enamel.

Manufactured inflatable floats, the material for which will serve as a rubberized fabric. The process of creation is quite laborious, but the mass of the entire catamaran due to this will significantly decrease.

The advantage of the first method of manufacturing floats before the second is that it is much easier to adapt the chair to the wooden structure, as well as the drive mechanism.

The driving force in this catamaran will be ordinary pedals from a simple bicycle. For their installation in the bridge, holes are cut out. To bring such a technique into action, it is necessary to make a propeller and blades, due to the rotation of which it will be possible to increase the speed. Usually they are made of stainless metal and welded to the rear bushing. To manage the catamaran, you also need to install a steering wheel that will allow you to turn the device in different directions.

And now, finally, all the basic work on creating a self-made floating craft is over. Now we should test this device to see how it behaves on the water.

Underwater wings for pedal boats: how is it?

How to make a water bike, now we know. Have you heard anything about aquascap? It turns out that this is the so-called hydrofoil hydrofoil. It sounds beautiful, does not it?

And its lightweight aluminum structure, made of material used in aviation, provides minimal resistance to underwater wings, thereby allowing the speed to reach almost 30 km / h. And all this works without any fuel and motors, only the strength of your muscles is required.

Is it possible?

Is it possible to design such a water bicycle with your own hands? Yes, easily! There would be skilled hands and a head, all the rest at the good master necessarily will be. We carefully consider this unusual form of transport. The person sitting on the water plane, like a rider, jumping up and down, as if galloping along a very rough road. With the help of the steering wheel, it can turn in any direction, and, most importantly, all this will happen not on the ground, but on the surface of the water. Close attention to the creation of such a bicycle needs to be turned on the reliability of leg fastenings, it is also necessary to make correct calculations for underwater wings in order to finally ensure complete safety for the "rider".

It's funny and fun to look at such a jumping person from outside, and it seems like it's easy and simple to do. In fact, to slide on the water exactly and confidently, it takes a lot of effort and skill, because it's not for nothing that a bicycle is considered a sports simulator.

Why not buy it?

Fans of active recreation on the water, who have a great desire to have such a technique, but there is no possibility to construct or buy it in the shop because of high prices, may well be approached by various means of information. Introductory bicycle used, if it, of course, will be sufficiently reliable and usable, may well please the owner for a long time and give him a lot of fun. After all, someone can sell a bicycle is not due to the fact that it has become worthless, and the owner decided to get rid of it more quickly. It is possible that the former owner for a different reason, not belonging to the category of technical, decided on this step. Of course, when buying such a boat, you need to carefully, and better in the presence of a person, not hearsay familiar with this type of technology, to explore all the components of a water bicycle, and then make a final decision.

Well, is not it healthy?

It is difficult to resist such a purchase as a water bicycle, which weighs only 14 kilograms and in addition can also be disassembled. Having combined it for a while in a bag (in disassembled form), you can travel with it everywhere and test on any water bodies. The maximum weight that the construction of such an aquascapper can withstand is 110 kilograms, and the minimum weight is 35. Therefore, for safety reasons, teenagers should not ride it for 11-13 years.

These recommendations in the age limit are given for buyers of hydrofoil bicycles. For those who decide to purchase a catamaran-bike for walks in the water area, such restrictions do not exist. In this case, everything depends on the adult: if he allows his child before him, then he trusts and does not doubt his strength and endurance. But attentiveness and control over children and adolescents are always necessary and will never interfere. Be careful on the water!