The shift pattern is backward for my taste. Like any sequential in a car it should be back to shift up and forward to shift down. I'd simply move the rod pivot on the bike trans to the other side, then make that lever for your hand stand upright instead of horizontal towards you.
Hi. You've put your finger on something that vexed me during the design. It's not a back and fwd pull but up and down. A down movement on the lever gives a down change. My logic (ha) is that I'll be chopping the car down from high speed into tight corners. As set up I can do this with my wrist pushing down on the gear lever, without letting go of the steering wheel. However, this may be one of those things to iron out once the car is a runner. Nb I haven't got a lot of room at the pivot end to flip things around.
Great job once again
Thank you. It's starting to look real. Cheers Stu
The shift pattern is backward for my taste. Like any sequential in a car it should be back to shift up and forward to shift down. I'd simply move the rod pivot on the bike trans to the other side, then make that lever for your hand stand upright instead of horizontal towards you.
Hi. You've put your finger on something that vexed me during the design. It's not a back and fwd pull but up and down. A down movement on the lever gives a down change. My logic (ha) is that I'll be chopping the car down from high speed into tight corners. As set up I can do this with my wrist pushing down on the gear lever, without letting go of the steering wheel. However, this may be one of those things to iron out once the car is a runner. Nb I haven't got a lot of room at the pivot end to flip things
around.