Quality tandem racing tricycle on facebook

[Nibor]

Nothing to do with me but an interesting thing

https://www.facebook.com/share/1A2GwugcyX/

 

[mickle]

I remember seeing the British Human Powered Club racing with/against the Tricycle Club years ago and watching these things pile in to the first corner at Eastway in East London. One of the stokers hung off so far into the corner that the inside tyre pulled his lycra shorts down and left a tyre burn on his arse! Then, of course, he couldn't get back in the saddle with his shorts around his knees - as the captain tried to pedal out of the corner.

 

[Ian H]

It's nice, but it is OWD which might limit its appeal for general use.

 

[DCLane]

@Ian H - OWD? Not that I need another bike but I'm intrigued by it. What's the OWD bit please?

 

[biggs682]

When I look at racing tandems and trikes I always admire the people who have ridden them in the past

 

[biggs682]

@Ian H - OWD? Not that I need another bike but I'm intrigued by it. What's the OWD bit please?

One wheel drive

 

[Ian H]

One wheel drive

Thanks - I was being a lazy typist.

 

[steveindenmark]

Jannie said that the guy behind him will never overtake him. 😁😁

 

[Sharky]

Great fun to ride, once you ride in a straight line.

 

[Ian H]

When I look at racing tandems and trikes I always admire the people who have ridden them in the past

I await your admiration 😉

 

[biggs682]

I await your admiration 😉
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Full admiration which one is you ?

I can still remember my first 100 mile tandem ride with the Kidderminster section of the CTC with Neil White who's parents had a couple of touring tandems.
We rode up to Ironbridge so not a flat route at all great times

 

[DCLane]

Thanks @biggs682 and @Ian H - that was my thought.

What's the issue with one rather than two wheel drive? And how easy would it be to convert it?

 

[biggs682]

Thanks @biggs682 and @Ian H - that was my thought.

What's the issue with one rather than two wheel drive? And how easy would it be to convert it?

From what an elderly local trike rider told me the one wheel drive ones have a habit of following the contour of the road surface and can be a bit of a handful.

I should think quite a lot of work involved in converting one but no idea really.

 

[T4tomo]

I'm impressed @Ian H can tell from one photo, although I guess when you know, you know! The chain drives the rear axle, I guess its then a case of whether the axle is then connected /coupled to both wheels or just one.

 

[Sharky]

The rear wheels go at different speeds and cover different distances, especially when cornering.

If the chain tried to turn both wheels at the same time, one of the tyres would be slipping or spinning or dragging. One wheel drive solves this.

To drive both wheels, it would need a differential or some technical magic to cope with wheels turning at different speeds.