Our bike rack design utilizes a platform (bike platform) that has one angular degree of freedom. This allows one end of the product to touch the ground, and the user to simply walk their bike atop the platform to be secured. For our prototype, we have decided to replicate the bearing that allows the platform to rotate when being loaded. The prototype will mainly consist of the rod that sits underneath the horizontal support platform, as well as the bearing that allows for the rotational freedom. We do not need the entire rod length, but rather just enough to display the theorized tilting mechanism. Therefore, the beta-prototype will consist of necessary lengths of each connection rod, as well as the embedded bearing. A schematic of the proposed prototype can be found below.

Update- 4/13/19

Through the use of the machine shop, we have manufactured all of our parts necessary for our prototype. The next step comes in the assembly of the parts.