Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => The Dark Side => Topic started by: chillmoister on 31 March, 2008, 03:59:32 pm
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Hi ....a few weeks ago ...cycling home from work I saw the unusual sight of a tandem tricycle heading north out of Portsmouth with two riders of a 'certain age'. i really had to pinch myself that i had seen it! are tandem trikes really that unusual ?
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They come up on eBay every so often. I can't say that I haven't been tempted.
You'll see one or two on the Mersey Roads and at other TTs.
But they're very, very specialist things. Quite terrifying to ride, I'd have thought.
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Quite terrifying to ride, I'd have thought.
But aren't you tempted? :evil:
You tend to see a few at York.
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
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Mr Brooking and Ms Ramsdale (of Brindisi 7 fame) are known to have done some terrifying things with one of those contraptions...
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
What about 3rds? ;D :P 8)
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I remember about 3 years ago seeing a couple ( Mid 60's age) on a Tandem Trice recumbent. They were the parents of one of the guys at I.C.E. and were just testing it out for a few weeks. It looked abolustely stunning!
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Mr Brooking and Ms Ramsdale (of Brindisi 7 fame) are known to have done some terrifying things with one of those contraptions...
Mr B has in fact done it with several partners of both sexes.
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
*perks ears*
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
Only if we can have bladed chariot hubs on the back an' frikkin' lasers at the front :D
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
Only if we can have bladed chariot hubs on the back an' frikkin' lasers at the front :D
You've got to learn to ride it first (http://www.anothercyclingforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=31.msg197#msg197), otherwise you just end up in an undignified heap under an awful crows nest of metal tubes and wheels (I've seen champion tandemists do exactly that).
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I have a nice pink Bob Jackson long-barrow in the garage.
It has been well-used touring much of Europe with my eldest daughter stoking with kiddie cranks and youngest daughter in child seat ...and a tent on the back.
Great fun hairing down off the Central Massif ;D
They are a bit grown up now so it may be changed to a standard configuration.
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If you ever decide to sell it, please don't tell me about it.
I may be forced to sell a kidney...
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If you ever decide to sell it, please don't tell me about it.
I may be forced to sell a kidney...
Whose?
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Not mine, obviously...
:D
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Saw one out on the Jack and Grace Cotton (Bristol) BP100 earlier in the year. Geoff Booker (Trykit) had one through his hands recently. Trykit conversions of a tandem bike are not uncommon for stokers with some particular disability.
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
What about 3rds? ;D :P 8)
I think you guys would need stilts for the captain if we can fid one to fit. If it's a bit small we'll point it your way.
Now the minor technicality of finding such a beast at a price that is acceptable for soemthing that would merely be a toy.
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I paid 350 quid for mine about 5 years ago. Bob Jackson, fairly old, small adult/large child back back.
I think it was somewhat of a bargain.
I sold it for the same amount last year.
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I really must get fettling soon.
Current Contents of Garage:
Tandem.
Trike conversion kit for Tandem.
Tools.
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I really must get fettling soon.
Current Contents of Garage:
Tandem.
Trike conversion kit for Tandem.
Tools.
Cue "The A Team" theme tune!!!
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If there's an injury that your local casualty team haven't yet seen, maybe you can call...
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Tell you what Charlotte - fancy going halves on one?
The tandem crews we captain can switch bikes with remarkably little hassle.
What about 3rds? ;D :P 8)
I think you guys would need stilts for the captain if we can fid one to fit. If it's a bit small we'll point it your way.
Now the minor technicality of finding such a beast at a price that is acceptable for soemthing that would merely be a toy.
He'll be fine - he rides the same size as Charlotte, and I'm sure he'd look lovely in platform heels anyway. ;D
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They were Mrs and Mr Mike Edwards of the local C.T.C.
I cut their hedge from time to time.
Mike has always been of a certain age!
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He'll be fine - he rides the same size as Charlotte, and I'm sure he'd look lovely in platform heels anyway. ;D
Yup - Charlotte & I have compared our inside legs... ;)
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Oh dear. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-converted-tandem-trike-Keep-your-feet-off-the-ground_W0QQitemZ280213552571QQihZ018QQcategoryZ33503QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Step AWAY from the eBay!
;D
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Oh dear. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-converted-tandem-trike-Keep-your-feet-off-the-ground_W0QQitemZ280213552571QQihZ018QQcategoryZ33503QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Step AWAY from the eBay!
;D
Thank G*d
It's too big for me.
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'Oh dear' is right, that is really horrible. it would be very uncomfortable for the stoker as well - all the wibble-wobble of a trike coupled with the harshness of having the wheel right underneath. Original frame looks rather like a Peugeot.
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That is a "Newton" conversion, I would guess from Roman Road Cycles.
I have an old Tandem Trike ( Jack Taylor conversion) that is a real *&^&&* to ride - the slightest movement from the stoker requires compensation.
The Newton conversions are not as prone to camber or steering as a conventional tandem trike!
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Hi ....a few weeks ago ...cycling home from work I saw the unusual sight of a tandem tricycle heading north out of Portsmouth with two riders of a 'certain age'. i really had to pinch myself that i had seen it! are tandem trikes really that unusual ?
We had a Ken Rogers tandem trike, whipped like a pig downhill under braking (disc on one side at back) which encouraged the brave/foolhardy not to brake, after one trip back to Oxford from Londinium (Stokenchurch Hill) my wife refused to speak to me for several days and the first words she eventually uttered are unrepeatable in ANY company
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Well our Longstaff TT is a very nice ride indeed. It's a new model, 2021 and full marathon frame tho'