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Christopher Jordan said:

Time magazine online mentioned "new" inventions this year. First
image I saw was a tadpole style comfort recumbent. New? No wonder
all the flurry of Monster Nation, motorcycle customizing and being
just a lttle different puts a person on TV or in a magazine.
Interesting, but not exactly new.

This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
<http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>

--
Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois
Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever.

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Christopher Jordan said:

Time magazine online mentioned "new" inventions this year. First
image I saw was a tadpole style comfort recumbent. New? No wonder
all the flurry of Monster Nation, motorcycle customizing and being
just a lttle different puts a person on TV or in a magazine.
Interesting, but not exactly new.

This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
<http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>

--
Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois
Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever.

Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

$kip

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:05:46 -0600

Tom Sherman said:

$kip said:

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This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
<http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>

Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉

I want to know how it is that there's an oil spot under it 🙂

And plans. 'cause I want to build a tadpole next summer, and i'm
collecting ideas.

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$kip said:

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This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
<http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>

Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉

--

I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't annoy
him further by asking him to ID this particular trike.

Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in the
URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped up on
eBay before others had a chance to bid on it?

It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost
impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated greatly
over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of money now. It
must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly and yet is such a
pleasure to own.

$kip

$kip said:

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This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
<http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>

Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉

--
Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois
Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever.

$kip said:

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$kip said:

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
><http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>

Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉

--

I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't annoy
him further by asking him to ID this particular trike.

Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in the
URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped up on
eBay before others had a chance to bid on it?

This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap
during an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option.
The winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day.

Quoted message said:

It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost
impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated greatly
over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of money now. It
must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly and yet is such a
pleasure to own.

I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production,
but I believe around 170 were built.

I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very
reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or
twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality
from Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US.

--
Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois
Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever.

Tom Sherman said:

$kip said:

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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$kip wrote:

> "Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
>
>
>> This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
>> <http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>
>
>
> Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉

--

I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't
annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike.

Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in
the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you
snapped up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it?

This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap
during an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option.
The winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day.

Quoted message said:

It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost
impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated
greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of
money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly
and yet is such a pleasure to own.

I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production,
but I believe around 170 were built.

I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very
reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or
twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality
from Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US.

"Snapped up"? How about STOLEN practically right out of my quivering hands!
My first introduction to trikes was a couple of weeks on a borrowed
Dragonflyer, and I couldn't believe my luck when that one came up on eBay.
So when it was "snapped up" right when I was getting into the bidding
process, I was dismayed, devastated, destroyed. All I could think of was, I
hoped that it hadn't fallen into the greedy clutches of some smirking moron.
But seriously, had I bought that trike then, chances are that it would have
been sold already - I do have a penchant for wheeling-and-dealing, though not
to the extent of that guy in Toledo - and I have had some good trikes along the
way to console myself with.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

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Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

$kip

A prototype of the Sun tadpole was made earlier, and Easy Racers is
using it as a velomobile base. It has skinnier tires and a red color
(apparently the main color is bright yelllow; I do not know how mine
got by!), so this is not a spy photo!

Chris Jordan
Santa Cruz, CA.

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Tom Sherman said:

$kip said:

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> $kip wrote:
>
>
>> "Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
>> news:[email hidden]...
>>
>>
>>> This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
>>> <http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>
>>
>>
>> Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?
>
>
> Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉
>
> --

I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't
annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike.

Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in
the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped
up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it?

This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap during
an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option. The
winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day.

Quoted message said:

It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost
impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated
greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of
money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly
and yet is such a pleasure to own.

I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production,
but I believe around 170 were built.

I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very
reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or
twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality from
Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US.

"Snapped up"? How about STOLEN practically right out of my quivering
hands! My first introduction to trikes was a couple of weeks on a borrowed
Dragonflyer, and I couldn't believe my luck when that one came up on eBay.
So when it was "snapped up" right when I was getting into the bidding
process, I was dismayed, devastated, destroyed. All I could think of was,
I hoped that it hadn't fallen into the greedy clutches of some smirking
moron.
But seriously, had I bought that trike then, chances are that it would
have been sold already - I do have a penchant for wheeling-and-dealing,
though not to the extent of that guy in Toledo - and I have had some good
trikes along the way to console myself with.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

I saw a photo of Tom with his head sticking out of a socked Tailwind. He
appeared to be smirking to me. Must have been right after he arranged to buy
the Dragonflyer through that convoluted deal he set up.

$kip

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"skip" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?

$kip

A prototype of the Sun tadpole was made earlier, and Easy Racers is
using it as a velomobile base. It has skinnier tires and a red color
(apparently the main color is bright yelllow; I do not know how mine
got by!), so this is not a spy photo!

Chris Jordan
Santa Cruz, CA.

So I take it you already have your Sun tadpole. How to you like it compared
to the other trikes you have owned?

skip

skip said:

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Tom Sherman said:

$kip wrote:

>"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>
>
>>$kip wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email hidden]...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole.
>>>><http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg>
>>>
>>>
>>>Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about?
>>
>>
>>Ask Larry Varney what it is. 😉
>>
>>--
>
>
>
>I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't
>annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike.
>
>Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in
>the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped
>up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it?

This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap during
an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option. The
winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day.

>It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost
>impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated
>greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of
>money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly
>and yet is such a pleasure to own.

I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production,
but I believe around 170 were built.

I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very
reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or
twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality from
Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US.

"Snapped up"? How about STOLEN practically right out of my quivering
hands! My first introduction to trikes was a couple of weeks on a borrowed
Dragonflyer, and I couldn't believe my luck when that one came up on eBay.
So when it was "snapped up" right when I was getting into the bidding
process, I was dismayed, devastated, destroyed. All I could think of was,
I hoped that it hadn't fallen into the greedy clutches of some smirking
moron.
But seriously, had I bought that trike then, chances are that it would
have been sold already - I do have a penchant for wheeling-and-dealing,
though not to the extent of that guy in Toledo - and I have had some good
trikes along the way to console myself with.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

I saw a photo of Tom with his head sticking out of a socked Tailwind. He
appeared to be smirking to me. Must have been right after he arranged to buy
the Dragonflyer through that convoluted deal he set up.

$kip

I'm not surprised. Those Illinoiseans are like that.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

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So I take it you already have your Sun tadpole. How to you like it compared
to the other trikes you have owned?

skip

The Sun is currently at Easy Racers factory being fitted, but when it
was "unadorned" with the body, it was fairly responsive (but not TOO!)
, didn't lift at all, and compared somewhat to a heavy and taller
Catrike. I could tell right off it was more a generic- more uses-
trike: cruise one day, run errands the next, tackle downhills the
next, etc. I liked it! Especially the disc brakes.

Really NO comparison with appearance! The Cat was gorgeous to me and
so responsive! Best all out cruiser: Optima Ryder- but it was long
and heavy. Sort of between those two.

My TerraTrike has held together for a long time, but it is also pretty
generic- that is why I hung on to it- an all around worker (and darn
good pack mule)!

Chris

$kip said:

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I saw a photo of Tom with his head sticking out of a socked Tailwind. He
appeared to be smirking to me. Must have been right after he arranged to buy
the Dragonflyer through that convoluted deal he set up.

Note that this page is in the pre-2001 archive section
<http://www.ransbikes.com/Gallery/Archive/Sherman.htm >. I doubt my
Dragonflyer was even built when the picture was taken (it has a high
serial number indicating that it was one of the last ones built).

--
Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois
Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever.

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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$kip said:

...
I saw a photo of Tom with his head sticking out of a socked Tailwind. He
appeared to be smirking to me. Must have been right after he arranged to
buy the Dragonflyer through that convoluted deal he set up.

Note that this page is in the pre-2001 archive section
<http://www.ransbikes.com/Gallery/Archive/Sherman.htm >. I doubt my
Dragonflyer was even built when the picture was taken (it has a high
serial number indicating that it was one of the last ones built).

--
Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois
Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever.

Well, of course I didn't know any of this. I just saw your smirk and it
looked to me to be a "I just aced Varney of a trike" kind of smirk.

So you must have been smirking about something else. Sorry.

$kip