Weld free ebike construction method for UK manufacture

自行车车架依赖于管状零件(尤其是铝合金)的传统焊接，这使得在英国制造自行车和将部件集成到车架上都很困难。该项目旨在开发一种新的电动自行车制造方法，这种方法不依赖于焊接，而是允许以非永久性的方式组装电动自行车车架，使其能够很容易地组装和拆卸，以便维修或重复使用部件。这反过来将使这种电动自行车适合租赁而不是直接购买，从而提高电动自行车的负担能力，并使其能够在焊接成本较高但组装更实惠的英国制造。

A reliance on traditional welding of tubular parts (particularly aluminium) to create a bicycle frame, has made it difficult to both manufacture bikes in the UK, and to integrate components into the frame. This project aims to develop a new construction method for an electric bicycle which does not rely on on welding, but rather allows for the assembly of an ebike frame in a non-permanent way, such that it can be easily assembled and disassembled for servicing or reuse of parts. This in turn will make such an ebike suitable for leasing rather than outright purchase, thereby improving the affordability of ebikes, and also allow it to be manufactured in the UK, where welding costs are high, but assembly is more affordable.