Good call Tim. Patrick, we like you alive and crazy! Rene
Sent from my iPhone 4 On Aug 29, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > For a delta trike a fixed gear is just dangerous. You at least need to be > able to coast through the corners because you have to push your weight far to > the inside to keep from lifting the wheel and flipping the trike. > > http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/bottom-bracket-height.html > > > > On Aug 29, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Lyle Bogart wrote: > >> Surely this is a descent into madness, Patrick, but the descent will be made >> on a fixed gear trike and THAT's just awesome :) >> >> lyle >> >> On 29 August 2011 13:12, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat I bought a Workman folding utility trike to use as a grocery >> runabout; I've always hankered after a British racing trike, and this >> was a cheap ($200) way to get some of the fun, combine it with >> outstanding short distance carrying utility (3-paper-sack rear backet) >> and try out tricycling. I need to raise the gear to 60 or 65" from the >> current 40" (have a bb converter for the OPC bb from Harris on order), >> and I figured this was as close as I'd get to a racing trike for a >> long while. I've been riding it and having great fun. >> >> But this morning I talked to Dave Porter about my Herse (generator >> modifications) and Citroen (restoration) and he told me he could >> convert a bicycle frame to a right hand drive trike. Now I've got a >> wonderful, 1999 Joe Starck 650C fixed gofast hanging on the wall not >> being ridden much (the newer but very similar Riv, now with the Kojaks >> and with racks and, soon, Civia flat alum fenders gets much more use). >> I've put not quite 11K miles on the '99 since it was delivered in >> April, 1999. >> >> So: I am seriously thinking of having Dave do a top quality trike >> conversion job with the '99. It will be a fixed gear or ss for >> simplicity and because I enjoy that sort of riding, and will have >> provision for an easy on/off bag platform or basket. I'd use a front >> fender. I'd also use what I can of the very nice 650c wheels, since I >> have an extra 571 Sun rim or two. >> >> What do y'all think? Eccentricity, or a descent into madness? >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW >> patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com >> >> A billion stars go spinning through the night >> Blazing high above your head; >> But in you is the Presence that will be >> When all the stars are dead. >> (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> lyle f bogart dpt >> >> 156 bradford rd >> wiscasset, me 04578 >> 207.882.6494 >> 206.794.6937 >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
