So...whatever happened to Tricycling in the UK? Here in the US, I still have the kit I bought from Ken G. Rogers in 1978. It is currently the back end of my 1965 Peugeot PX-10, and the whole vehicle rides on three sew-ups. My interest was piqued in the 1970s due to a magazine article...and I'd since seen (in the '80s) a copy of Bicycle Action magazine with a feature on Tricycle racing. Maybe it was all old geezers and they're now in rest homes, but I hope not! Always a blast to ride, always get double takes from passersby. Sooo...anyone else still doing this?
Always a blast to ride, always get double takes from passersby. Sooo...anyone else still doing this?
Oh yes, tricycles are a regualr sight here in Norfolk - at time trials and at the Bungay Mayday races, there was a special tricycle event. Yes, a lot of "more mature" people ride them, but what the heck - they look brilliant fun to ride fast round corners ;-)
I still see the odd "serious" upright trike, usually decked out for touring. Things like Pashley Loadtrikes are still in use all over the place.
Rather more emphasis on recumbent ones these days. A recumbent trike holds the Land's End to John a' Groats record at 41 hours 4 minutes. AIUI 'bent trikes are a very solid corner of the market.
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So...whatever happened to Tricycling in the UK? Here in the US, I still have the kit I bought from Ken G. Rogers in 1978. It is currently the back end of my 1965 Peugeot PX-10, and the whole vehicle rides on three sew-ups. My interest was piqued in the 1970s due to a magazine article...and I'd since seen (in the '80s) a copy of Bicycle Action magazine with a feature on Tricycle racing. Maybe it was all old geezers and they're now in rest homes, but I hope not! Always a blast to ride, always get double takes from passersby. Sooo...anyone else still doing this?
Still a few of us trundling our "barrows" around the old country - Ken is still in business producing conversions/trikes/tandem trikes etc from his place at the end of the runway at Heathrow - or so it seems when watching the planes and counting the nuts and bolts on the landing gear as they skim past his roof. The "TA" holds events - social/racing throughout the year and even organises a "world championship" race in France every summer. It does seem to be populated by grey bearded types(ladies accepted of course) but after all the trike men seem to fall into the experienced type seeking even more thrills controlling, paradoxically, a highly unstable machine at speed. Take a look at some of the photos on the following sites :-
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Oh yes, tricycles are a regualr sight here in Norfolk - at time trials and at the Bungay Mayday races, there was a special tricycle event. Yes, a lot of "more mature" people ride them, but what the heck - they look brilliant fun to ride fast round corners ;-)
But a bummer to ride down those quaint single track country lanes with grass growing up the middle. Riders tell me you can never get all three wheels on the smooth bits.
"All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer
Thanks for all the responses, people. It is good to know I'm not the only one. Whenever I'm not on the Cinelli "normal" bike, there I'll be on the PX-10 conversion trike. All it really needs is a TA Cyclotourist triple crank--42/23 is the limit of the current setup, so it is best on the flats. There is a recumbent fanatic right down the street, and he has a tandem, but not a trike yet. He's tried to convert me to recumbents, perhaps I should try to convert him to Trikes! (recumbent ones, of course.)
