Presentation

QUIKDROP
“Shared bike for everyone”
Presentation Outline
For our Presentation we aim at showing off all the innovations made with our Shared Bike System and the way we tackled and held true our design intentions,
This included;

• Designing for Melbourne
• Innovative Docking and Locking mechanism
• Making it possible for companies to advertise with the bicycle share system
• Solving the interesting challenge with incorporating helmets into the Shared Bike System which is essential under Australian Law.
• Accommodating for the wide Socioeconomic target market in Melbourne
• Placement of bike docking stations which connects transport hubs, bike tracks, shopping strips, sport precincts, also incorporating topographical maps of Melbourne as to ensure that not all the docks are at the top of hills.
• Safety and Security of the Bike Share System to resist damage, increase surveillance and the ability to reconnect a lost or stolen bike with the share system
• Have an interactive location system on a mobile application and website where a user can find nearest locations of the bike share systems and see how many stations there are how many bikes. Also the ability to hold a bike for a period of time so the user knows there will be a bike waiting for them when they arrive at the docking station.

To accommodate all these points in our presentation we will attack it by making a story where a few users across the target market; An older generation tourist who is interested in the environment and wants to explore Melbourne, a student who wants to get to his friends house and intends to use the bike share system. Lastly a bruiser who has had a few to many drinks and wants a free ride home and eventually steals a bike.

Hopefully through these three personas we can explore all aspects of our design and all the advantages.

bike in dock

Hubs network

View Bike Hubs in a larger map

Cad frame, and rack positions

Frame and Rack



Above shows maximum height a person has to lift the front of the bike up to get the stand in position. it is less than 18cm

Front Rack in stand position

Front Rack in docking position

Front Rack/Dock

As stated in the previous post the front rack allows more control over the bike as it is docked and as it is pulled from the dock.

Rear Rack docking

This is before we changed the rack from the back to the front. We changed the position of the rack to the front because when the user needs to take the bike from the docking station, the user is at the rear of the bike and thus have no control over the direction of the front wheel. So by placing the rack at the front of the bike and thus the locking/docking mechanism they are easily able to back the bike away in a straight line and in control. And also be able to ride the bike almost straight into the dock.

Bicycle 1:1 Experimentation

photos of 1:1 drawing position

The Perfect Strap

http://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/catalog/steel-core-straps-wlock-p-289.html
These straps are stronger than the average lock