Trailer bikes, add-a-bike - for adults ?

Hi Rachael
A freind pointed me to your posting.
There is one make of adult trailerbike, that is in fact a trike (if you see what i mean) it has 2 back wheels, it's made by pashley, and is called the add one, see the details here:
http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/contemporary/add_1/splash.html

BUT, i wouldn't like to ride one, certainly not quickly, and in any event, it's not cheap!

What you NEED is a tandem.
A 2nd hand tandem might not cost as much as you think, it would be worth giving me a call or an email, i'm back in on thursday 19th feb 2004. I'll need to know how tall you each are, and how much you weigh.
Regards, Robin
www.sjscycles.com
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01278-441522

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Originally posted by Cherry Red
I can find plenty of these for children, but none for adult "behinders
!"

Let me elaborate ....

BF is / was a keen cyclist. I used to be, some years ago, but I am now blind as a bat due to a
progressive retinal degeneration. Hence, I would be a total hazard should I get on a bike of my own
even if it were not on a public road (understatement !) But I'd like to take it up again and himself
is hoping to lose the extra poundage my home cooking put on him at christmas. ;-) So - I see two
solutions. One - a tandem. Unfortunately I need to pay the mortgage every month and eat with only
the the disability benefits for income, so I don't have that sort of money. ;-) Two - a trailer bike
or similar designed to take the weight and height of a thirty-something woman.

Is there such a thing ? Where do I find it ? Searches on the web bring up plenty for kids but
nothing for adults. Most of the disabled cyclist pages I can find speak of trailers to pull
wheelchairs or adaptations where the passenger does not need to use their legs, which obviously
isn't a problem for me cos my legs are in fine fettle - I just cannae see where I'm going !

Any advice or pointers or other solutions would be very much appreciated. Thankyou.

Rachael

"Cherry Red" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I can find plenty of these for children, but none for adult "behinders
!"

Let me elaborate ....

BF is / was a keen cyclist. I used to be, some years ago, but I am now blind as a bat due to a
progressive retinal degeneration. Hence, I would be a total hazard should I get on a bike of my
own even if it were not on a public road (understatement !) But I'd like to take it up again and
himself is hoping to lose the extra poundage my home cooking put on him at christmas. ;-) So - I
see two solutions. One - a tandem. Unfortunately I need to pay the mortgage every month and eat
with only the the disability benefits for income, so I don't have that sort of money. ;-) Two - a
trailer bike or similar designed to take the weight and height of a thirty-something woman.

Is there such a thing ? Where do I find it ? Searches on the web bring up plenty for kids but
nothing for adults. Most of the disabled cyclist pages I can find speak of trailers to pull
wheelchairs or adaptations where the passenger does not need to use their legs, which obviously
isn't a problem for me cos my legs are in fine fettle - I just cannae see where I'm going !

Any advice or pointers or other solutions would be very much appreciated. Thankyou.

Yes, there is such a thing. I saw two riders doing the London-Brighton a few years ago on two MTB's
where the front forks of the rear bike (without its wheel) were fixed to the rear stays of the front
bike via a flexible linkage, making a 3 wheel tandem in effect. The part in question looked shiny
and manufactured rather than home made. I have never seen one since and have no idea where it came
from, but if you could get one it would probably be what you need ;-)

"Cherry Red" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I can find plenty of these for children, but none for adult "behinders
!"

Let me elaborate ....

BF is / was a keen cyclist. I used to be, some years ago, but I am now blind as a bat due to a
progressive retinal degeneration. Hence, I would be a total hazard should I get on a bike of my
own even if it were not on a public road (understatement !)

Ms Nex???

You do pop up in odd places....

E

In article said:

Cherry Red said:

at christmas. ;-) So - I see two solutions. One - a tandem. Unfortunately I need to pay the
mortgage every month and eat with only the the disability benefits for income, so I don't have
that sort of money. ;-) Two - a trailer bike or similar designed to take the weight and height
of a thirty-something woman.

A friend of mine did recently find his thirty-something wife is below the weight limit for the
trailer bike they bought for their daughter, but she is a smaller than average woman.

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There is one make of adult trailerbike, that is in fact a trike (if you see what i mean) it has 2
back wheels, it's made by pashley, and is called the add one, see the details here:
pashley.co.uksplash.htmlOpen ↗

BUT, i wouldn't like to ride one, certainly not quickly, and in any event, it's not cheap!

The Hase Kettwiesel recumbent trike can have its front wheel taken off to turn it into a trailer.
More stable than the Pashley, but even less cheap. Here's a photo of one being towed by a
(recumbent) tandem: eland.uklinux.netDscn0055.jpgOpen ↗

(You'll need to make a hitch unless you use another Kettwiesel as the towing bike.)

But I suspect Robin's right and a tandem is the answer.

Cherry Red said:

So - I see two solutions. One - a tandem. Unfortunately I need to pay the mortgage every month and
eat with only the the disability benefits for income, so I don't have that sort of money. ;-)=20

As Robin has suggested, they do come up second hand for reasonable=20 prices. A pal wanted to make
his non-cycling (as in had never ridden a=20 bike, not just didn't) GF a cycling GF and thought that
a tandem would=20 be a way to do it but since they were both postgrad students at the time =

money was not in overly abundant supply. The example he eventually=20 picked up was, IIRC, not much
over =A3100 and though not exactly a premie= r=20 example of the species was quite good enough to
ride around the Hebrides =

on tour after some pretty straightforward work. Eventually sold on in=20 favour of a second hand
Galaxy twin, which was rather more expensive but =

still nowhere near the going rate for a new one.

I think he found both through a tandem mailing list. Not being a=20 tandemist I don't know
where that list lives, but Google may well know=20 or I can quiz Neil for more details if you
can't find it.

Pete. --=20 Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics,
Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden]
dundee.ac.uk~pjclinchOpen ↗

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:00:35 +0000, Cherry Red wrote: on him

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at christmas. ;-) So - I see two solutions. One - a tandem. Unfortunately I need to pay the
mortgage every month and eat with only the the disability benefits for income, so I don't have
that sort of money. ;-) Two - a trailer bike or similar designed to take the weight and height of
a thirty-something woman.

Contact the All Abilities Cycling Group of the London Cycling Campaign maybe?
lcc.org.ukindex.aspOpen ↗

At the All Abilities launch, Nigel of London Recumbents brought along a whole array of bikes for
trial. I think you can get some of the wheelchair bikes on Motability. No harm in trying to see if
Motability will let you buy a tandem. Though they will probably tell you to get lost.

London Recumbents has some ideas on funding: londonrecumbents.co.ukindex.phpOpen ↗

But as everyone else says, all you're looking for is a tandem.

I've seen the Kettweisels in a joined up configuration (at last year's Dunwich Dynamo). Looked good,
but yes pricey.

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"Cherry Red" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I can find plenty of these for children, but none for adult

"behinders

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!"

Let me elaborate ....

BF is / was a keen cyclist. I used to be, some years ago, but I am

now

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blind as a bat due to a progressive retinal degeneration. Hence, I

would

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be a total hazard should I get on a bike of my own even if it were

not

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on a public road (understatement !)

Ms Nex???

Indeed ! It was the "total hazard" bit that gave me away, wasn't it ? ;-)

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You do pop up in odd places....

E

Or my reputation preceeds me .. ;-)

Rachael

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Hi Rachael A freind pointed me to your posting. There is one make of adult trailerbike, that is in
fact a trike (if

you see what i mean) it has 2 back wheels, it's made by pashley, and is called the add one, see the
details here:

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pashley.co.uksplash.htmlOpen ↗

Very snazzy I must say. ;-)

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BUT, i wouldn't like to ride one, certainly not quickly, and in any event, it's not cheap!

I can only imagine !

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What you NEED is a tandem. A 2nd hand tandem might not cost as much as you think, it would be
worth giving me a call or an email, i'm back in on thursday 19th feb 2004. I'll need to know how
tall you each are,

and

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how much you weigh. Regards, Robin www.sjscycles.com

[email hidden]

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01278-441522

Thankyou for that - I'll drop you a mail. I have been scouring ebay and the like for second hand
tandems but I must confess I have no idea what to look for to begin with, so therefore am wary of
"bidding frenzy" situations. I'll contact you soon.

Rachael

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Cherry Red said:

at christmas. ;-) So - I see two solutions. One - a tandem. Unfortunately I need to pay the
mortgage every month and eat with

only

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the the disability benefits for income, so I don't have that sort

of

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money. ;-) Two - a trailer bike or similar designed to take the

weight

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and height of a thirty-something woman.

A friend of mine did recently find his thirty-something wife is below the weight limit for the
trailer bike they bought for their daughter, but she is a smaller than average woman.

I'd love to think that could be a possibility but I fear too many dumplings and pasties would make
that a non starter !

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There is one make of adult trailerbike, that is in fact a trike (if

you see what i mean) it has 2 back wheels, it's made by pashley, and is called the add one, see the
details here:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

pashley.co.uksplash.htmlOpen ↗

BUT, i wouldn't like to ride one, certainly not quickly, and in any event, it's not cheap!

The Hase Kettwiesel recumbent trike can have its front wheel taken off to turn it into a trailer.
More stable than the Pashley, but even less cheap. Here's a photo of one being towed by a
(recumbent) tandem: eland.uklinux.netDscn0055.jpgOpen ↗

(You'll need to make a hitch unless you use another Kettwiesel as the towing bike.)

But I suspect Robin's right and a tandem is the answer.

I reckon so - I don't fancy a trike though the bf is quite intrigued. Though that could be because
my balance is actually far better than his, even with the dodgy eyes !

Thankyou to all who replied, I think I'll give Robin an email, see if he (she ? don't want to get it
wrong) can come up with something.

Rachael

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Red said:

I have been scouring ebay and the like for second hand tandems but I must confess I have no idea
what to look for to begin with, so therefore am wary of "bidding frenzy" situations.

I sold a second hand Orbita tandem in reasonable condition for £50 last autumn. I haven't been in
the shop for a while so I don't know what the weans have been up to - I'll look when I get back to
work and email you.

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A T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village millport.netmillport.netOpen ↗

"Cherry Red" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:40323c85$0$21299$

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Ms Nex???

Indeed ! It was the "total hazard" bit that gave me away, wasn't it ? ;-)

Well yes, and that...................

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You do pop up in odd places....

E

Or my reputation preceeds me .. ;-)

Nah, you just leave fond memories.

I hope you do get yourself kitted out with suitable wheels - pop back and let us know.

E

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In article <[email hidden]>, Cherry Red

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I have been scouring ebay and the like for second hand tandems but I must confess I have no idea
what to look for to begin with, so therefore am wary of "bidding frenzy" situations.

I sold a second hand Orbita tandem in reasonable condition for £50 last autumn. I haven't been in
the shop for a while so I don't know what the weans have been up to - I'll look when I get back to
work and email you.

Thankyou. Try cyberwitch at badrats dot co dot uk as my usenet email in the headers is
obviously fake.

Rachael

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"Cherry Red" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Ms Nex???

Indeed ! It was the "total hazard" bit that gave me away, wasn't it

?

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;-)

Well yes, and that...................

Quoted message said:

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You do pop up in odd places....

E

Or my reputation preceeds me .. ;-)

Nah, you just leave fond memories.

I have fond memories of "that other place" but it was in t r o ll disarray last time I went
there. ;-(

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I hope you do get yourself kitted out with suitable wheels - pop back

and

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let us know.

I'll do that. Thanks for the help, you guys. It really does seem, from the posts, that a second hand
tandem isn't as expensive as I thought afterall. It has also occured to me that it's even less
expensive if I make the bf go halves ! ;-)

Rachael

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I'll do that. Thanks for the help, you guys. It really does seem, from the posts, that a second
hand tandem isn't as expensive as I thought afterall. It has also occured to me that it's even
less expensive if I make the bf go halves ! ;-)

So he should if he wants to ride with you. :-)

--
Dave...