Steering mechanism

Another decision was how to rig the steering when your technical skills are limited. Most Tadpole Trikes (two front wheels) use a design where the crossbar of the frame heads out toward the axle, then has a hinge. This is clearly the superior design, but I don't know how to find such a hing. I don't think door hinges will work. So my thought was to take the front end of a pair of kid's bikes, and have the crossbar connect to the cylinder.

• Use a bike with a small front tire, say 16", so your bike doesn't look like this:

The downside is this involves a bamboo-metal connection, but we'll deal with that in a bit.