Weld free ebike construction method for UK manufacture

依靠传统的管状部件（尤其是铝）焊接来制造自行车车架，这使得在英国制造自行车和将零部件集成到车架上变得困难。本项目旨在开发一种新的电动自行车的建造方法，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，这样它就可以很容易地组装和拆卸维修或重复使用零件。反过来，这将使这样的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可负担性，也允许它在英国制造，那里的焊接成本很高，但组装成本更低。

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.