alas no welder and no knowledge how to weld (it looks like one of those easy to do hard to master things) and paying someone else would bring me right back to "too expensive" land. :-)
that is a pretty slick trike you built !!! I have that site now bookmarked you can bet I will keep it in mind and may even start to look for a welder. while its not an option right now I can work toward that. the only real flaw in my dream 21 is its too slow. while I don't have the stamina yet foe sustained high speed I do have the legs for it and the dream tops out comfortably at 12mph or so I can pull 15-16mph but the RPM on my legs is really high. building a trike later that can go faster would rock.
I also plan to snag a trailer. figure use it for grocery shopping so I am going to get one of those dual trailer stroller deals. tow it to the store detach go shopping reattached tow home :-) gives me another excuse to ride the bike !