Project | Design an accessible trail storage solution

Project Mjolnir is an adaptive mountain bike for wheelchair users, built around one rider and their riding context. Because it has no standard frame geometry, off-the-shelf accessories do not fit — and the rider stays seated and strapped in for the whole ride, so anything carried on the bike has to be found, released, used and put back one-handed from the seat.

In this project, you take the supplied Fusion dataset of the seat, backrest and hollow tube frame, decide which essential trail item matters most, and design a storage solution that holds it securely on rough ground and can be reached while riding — adding to the bike without making major modifications to it. The project runs in three units: Noel Joyce's story, the storage challenge briefing, and the challenge project itself.

For educators: The project is supported by three versions of the exercise: an individual version published with the project unit for learners who want to take it on directly, plus more in-depth secondary/K-12 (CTE, Design & Technology) and post-secondary/university versions in the teaching supplement for classroom delivery. See the teaching supplements for more.

Project learning objectives

After completing this project, you’ll be able to:

• Identify and rank a rider's needs to decide which trail item to prioritize.
• Ideate multiple solutions to a single design problem and communicate them through annotated sketches.
• Evaluate design ideas against defined design requirements and justify your final selection.
• Use Autodesk Fusion to develop a concept into a prototype that integrates with an existing product assembly.
• Communicate how a design functions using rendering and animation.
• Understand and be able to communicate why designing for a specific user and context produces a better outcome than a generic solution.

 Download the project dataset to get started.