Sister Annie
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Hauraki Plains District, New Zealand
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Bikes: Retro Hercules adult tricycle, 1953 Hercules ladies roadster, 1950s Wearwell fixed gear 'Club' pathracer, 1980s Malvern Star 'Super Star', 1980s Healing GTX-105 Arabesque, 1980's Morrison Concorde & etc & etc.......
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It was the front axle/kingpin/steering arm assembly that worried me most about the American Speedster design. The PVC chassis frame is fine and I'm sure would be strong enough for the purpose as well as having a reasonable service life. BUT the design of the steering and kingpins is just not good enough in my opinion. To my mind the axle needs to be redesigned to use steel tubing and scrap bicycle steering head assemblies at the very least in order to be safe to use in a serious fashion.
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