What to do , what to do .....
07-30-20, 09:56 AM
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I'm sitting here looking at my worksman single speed foldable trike,,,, looking and thinking how can I make this bike radical ? First thing thought stretch it by extending the frame right where it folds if I undo the hinge part , now its two pieces and more pipe and now it's longer but then what ? It's got 18" wheels and a basket in the back ,,,,, but what else ????
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For Tricycles try looking at Rat Rod Bikes for inspiration. There are some mildly modified bikes and some that are wildly modified. https://www.ratrodbikes.com/
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes. My thinking on my future trike build is a pedal powered pickup truck. I don't have any details worked out yet. It may have an electric motor on it.
Please post some pictures of your Worksman.
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes. My thinking on my future trike build is a pedal powered pickup truck. I don't have any details worked out yet. It may have an electric motor on it.
Please post some pictures of your Worksman.
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Originally Posted by Velo Mule
For Tricycles try looking at Rat Rod Bikes for inspiration. There are some mildly modified bikes and some that are wildly modified. https://www.ratrodbikes.com/
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes. My thinking on my future trike build is a pedal powered pickup truck. I don't have any details worked out yet. It may have an electric motor on it.
Please post some pictures of your Worksman.
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes. My thinking on my future trike build is a pedal powered pickup truck. I don't have any details worked out yet. It may have an electric motor on it.
Please post some pictures of your Worksman.
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When I am too old to ride a bicycle reliably I (might) try a trike..................
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Originally Posted by frogman
When I am too old to ride a bicycle reliably I (might) try a trike..................
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What to do , what to do .....
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes.
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Originally Posted by Velo Mule
For Tricycles try looking at Rat Rod Bikes for inspiration. There are some mildly modified bikes and some that are wildly modified. https://www.ratrodbikes.com/
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes. My thinking on my future trike build is a pedal powered pickup truck. I don't have any details worked out yet. It may have an electric motor on it.
Please post some pictures of your Worksman.
I am saving a Schwinn exercise bike to someday make a trike. My wife said she would leave me if I were riding around on a trike. In her mind, only old folks and drunks ride trikes. My thinking on my future trike build is a pedal powered pickup truck. I don't have any details worked out yet. It may have an electric motor on it.
Please post some pictures of your Worksman.
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I used to drink at a bar that had an insane construction. It was a bike with a gear installed in the handlebars, so that if you turned them right, the wheel turned left, and vice-versa. The challenge was to be able to ride it at all. And no one ever could. So there you go: spend a week welding a monstrosity that will never be ridable, no matter how sober you are.
