Author Topic: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted  (Read 2352 times)

Pedaldog.

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tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« on: 14 August, 2014, 01:34:58 am »
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terrifying tandems!
got one like this but in need of many fettles,

managed just over a half mile on the front today and I may, eventually, stop shaking!
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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #1 on: 14 August, 2014, 10:20:12 am »
That's a cool machine!
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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #2 on: 14 August, 2014, 10:34:09 am »
Is that one of Peter Taylor's 'Victorian' trikes?

I met him at a Mildenhall rally several years ago - Peter, Mike Burrows and George Longstaff were chatting near to the Dtek stand when a 'CTC type' gent walked up, obviously not knowing who they were, and asked a few silly bike related questions. Not liking the answers he got, he left, shaking his head and muttering "They know nothing".  ;D
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clarion

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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #3 on: 14 August, 2014, 02:47:19 pm »
Yes, a very old basic design.  Makes for a compact machine, doesn't it?
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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #4 on: 14 August, 2014, 03:20:32 pm »
That's bonkers!  I want a go!

Pedaldog.

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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #5 on: 14 August, 2014, 09:46:00 pm »
Is that one of Peter Taylor's 'Victorian' trikes?

That's it. It's been mistreated over the recent years and has been fitted with the cheapest, bent metal level, parts, steel rims and there is a tracking problem but it is the base for a project that might just mean I stay remotely sane.
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tiermat

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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #6 on: 15 August, 2014, 11:22:11 am »
Is that one of Peter Taylor's 'Victorian' trikes?

That's it. It's been mistreated over the recent years and has been fitted with the cheapest, bent metal level, parts, steel rims and there is a tracking problem but it is the base for a project that might just mean I stay remotely sane.

Let me know if you are short of parts (about the only thing I know for certain I won't be able to help you with are the front wheels) and I will have a root around in the shed and garage.
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Pedaldog.

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Re: tandem trike for one legged stoker adapted
« Reply #7 on: 15 August, 2014, 02:28:18 pm »
Cheers. I'll not get a chance topoke at it until the weekend but I'm hoping I have most, if not all, the parts I'll need. Hardest part will be that a few things need bending and maybe a little bit of welding.
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