May 19th, 2013

A way to attach an ipod to my mountain bike.

The bike must have open frames for attachement of storages and utilities.
The bike must have retractable gadgets for repair and maintance.
The moving parts of the bike and seperate, and easily accessible.
The moving parts of the bike and replacable and carry-on ready.
The bike can handle a degree of bumps, jumps, and rough terrain.
The has build-on storage locks/hangers.
The bike has take-away pieces to increase agile functionality.
The bike can easily be load to a vehicle.
The bike can load equipment/gear readily.

Decomposition

Areas in shaded [////] are build-on sites of the bike.
There is the frameset, the handle bar, a mudguard frame, and base-holder where I can place my prototype concepts.

Concept Sketches

Concepts: (Because my iphone camera makes my writing hard to read)

A - Clip In
Using a hard-but flexible pastic pincer, the ipod can be attached be clipping to a frameset.
B - Hang On
Using plastic hooks with safety-lock fastners and chain tags a ipod case can be dangled below a frameset.
C -  Magnets
Using 4-6 fridge magnets, glued to a ipod case, the case can be mounted to a base-liner or the mud flap.
D - Velcro
Using a 2-sided strip of velcro the ipod can be attached to the frameset, base-liner, or mud flap.
E - Turn Hole
Using a swisted mount cut from plastic and slide-turn into place and the ipod can be inserted into the plastic mount, held onto a frameset.
F- Rings
Using shower curtain rings and material a pouch is crafted, and the rings attached by drilling holes into the backset of the bike.
G- Screw Piece
Using a screw-fastner attachtment a plastic base can be attached to the handle bars, from which a ipod case frame can be mounted.
H - Elastics
Using thick elastics the ipod can be placed on the base-liner and held in place by elastic knots.
I - Push-In Slot
By cutting a insert into the frameset of the bike the ipod can be insert into bike itself with relative ease.
J - Make Shift
By drilling a screw hole into the baseline and a plastic ipod case, both can be mounted to the bottom of the bike and allow the ipod to be mounted.