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General Category => Freewheeling => Topic started by: phillip on 13 September, 2021, 07:27:20 pm

Title: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: phillip on 13 September, 2021, 07:27:20 pm
Got a road bike that I am looking to convert to a trike
who makes/sells them nowadays ?
ps: found nowt of much use after a search
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 13 September, 2021, 07:34:54 pm
Trike conversion kits are mostly secondhand. Good ones are Higgins (very old), Ken Rogers (pretty old) and Longstaff (not too old, comparatively). The only good new ones are by Trykit http://trykit.com/

Stake out https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/on3wheels/ the Tricycle Association’s forum. They scan eBay and discuss which ones are good value.
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: nuttycyclist on 13 September, 2021, 08:23:17 pm
I have a secondhand axle somewhere that I never got around to fitting.   One of the hub flanges has been slightly bent (been dropped?) and as a result it's gone further down my list of things to sort out.

PM me if interested.
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: drossall on 14 September, 2021, 07:07:17 pm
Upright sports trikes (as opposed to recumbents and utility models) don't sell for what they are worth, owing to a limited market. Depending on budget, you could watch out for one.
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: phillip on 20 September, 2021, 05:04:29 am
thanks for your replies
will be having a very merry christmas
conversion kit on order from Trykit, disc version
due mid to end December
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: tatanab on 20 September, 2021, 07:30:47 am
Quote from: phillip on 20 September, 2021, 05:04:29 am
due mid to end December
That's the way to do it, no dithering.  I will be off to Trykit tomorrow to collect a Longstaff he has been repairing for me.

You will of course be joining the Tricycle Association, wont you?  £10 a year which barely covers the quarterly magazine.  Join after the end of September and you will get the rest of this year thrown in.  See what your TA region has in the way of meets, plus of course national meetings.  You will also find a few of us at BHPC events which we use for our criterium championship.  https://tricycleassociation.org.uk/ (https://tricycleassociation.org.uk/)
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: phillip on 04 October, 2021, 11:01:19 pm
TA membership all in hand. just had e-mail to say I should be getting stuff by or shortly after next weekend.
Thanks tatanab
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: phillip on 28 November, 2021, 08:57:56 pm
Found Trykit through these pages and duly ordered a conversion kit

Conversion kit arrived a month earlier than advised.  ;D

Thanks Geoff Booker/Trykit  :thumbsup:

Went on the Ribble road bike with no problems, all pretty straight forward.
Got an ICE recumbent just over a year ago. It got me out, Pathetic uphill, bloody terrifying downhill.
 It will be for sale in the near future
So, looking forward to first ride in an upright(ish) posture for several years
 don`t watch this space.

I`m going outside and may be som time ::-)
Title: Re: road bike to 3 wheels conversion kit
Post by: drossall on 28 November, 2021, 09:01:21 pm
Good luch :P If you don't come back, we'll come and check the local hedges.