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Departure for the prologue of the Sun Trip 2018

Départ du Sun Trip 2018 de la place des Terreaux, Lyon

🇫🇷 🇨🇳 45 aventurières et aventuriers sont partis de Lyon pour 12 000 km à vélo solaire jusqu’à Guangzhou en Chine, pour The Sun Trip 2018 ! 🚵🏽‍♂️ Ils vont parcourir les historiques routes de la soie, sans assistance extérieure, en moins de 50 jours.🇫🇷 🇨🇳 45 adventurers left Lyon for 12,000 km by solar bike to Guangzhou in China, for The Sun Trip 2018!🚵🏻‍♀️ They will travel the historic Silk Roads, without outside assistance, in less than 50 days.

Publiée par Lyon sur vendredi 15 juin 2018

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➡️ 📺 #SunTripTV ☀ LIVE DÉPART 🚴 OFFICIEL #TheSunTrip2018 🇫🇷 Lyon-Guangzhou 🇨🇳

Publiée par The Sun Trip sur vendredi 15 juin 2018

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It was place des Terreaux in Lyon, I was there very early, before the arrival of the suntripeurs. My folding bike and its mini solar trailer have nothing to do with solar bicycles/vehicles that will face the 12 000 km to China!

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The Sun Trip seen by Nicolas Hulot, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition

The Sun Trip 2018

😯 Des vélos solaires sur la route du soleil levant 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Top départ pour The Sun Trip !☀️ De Lyon à Guangzhou, plus de 12.000 km attendent les aventuriers : https://bit.ly/2taAnBd

Publiée par Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire sur vendredi 15 juin 2018

Solar bikes will travel from France to China in less than 3 months and cover 12,000km. A beautiful symbol of our determination to invent and share mobility without emissions, pollution and a 100% renewable future! Congratulations and have a good trip.

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Thierry Rassat’s solar bike

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Evolution of my solar bike in 2018

This summer, my plan is to travel to Europe with my solar bike, but I wanted to be able to take the train either to leave or to return. How to do ? I had to completely rethink the solar vehicle with which I participated last year on the Sun Trip Tour 2017.

1) I chose my folding bike to which I added electric assistance.

2) I built a new trailer, much lower than the one in 2017 for added strength. But I kept its simple principle: in a few seconds, the solar panels can go from a horizontal position to a vertical position and thus the trailer does not take up more space than a bicycle. In the train, all that remains is to hope for a benevolent look from the controllers for this extraordinary equipment.

I tested this trailer when we accompanied the participants of the Sun Trip 2018 during their prologue from Lyon to Chamonix.

On the road, it behaved very well, in descents (very stable) as in climbs (light = 10 kg without luggage).

On the return TER train, the trailer was accepted without problem by the controllers. To be tested on other occasions, in other countries …

People interested in this self-construction (DIY) can contact me at this email address:

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