Svoboda

Can any of you folks help me idenfity this frame (I am not a bike guru) or similar frames? I'm an alum of a fraternity that participates in a yearly trike race and both of our bikes need replaced (one stolen, one frame snapped) so we're trying to provide our active chapter with a couple new trikes.

Example: https://isuphoto.smugmug.com/photos/2...81_Vw62Q-M.jpg

Any assistance would be awesome!

kpug505

They sell conversion kits here:
https://www.aztlanbicycle.com/lowrider-trikes.html
And here:
https://www.lovelylowrider.com/

Just google lowrider trike conversion. I've found them for as low as $80.
Most bike shops can order them too.......

treebound 

The rear of it looks a little like the Sun line of trikes with a different front end bolted on


(imagelinked from https://www.janddbicycles.com/bikes/s...onal-trike.jpg )

kpug505

I'm pretty sure it just a conversion kit installed on a cheap Schwinn Stingray type frame with a BMX fork up front.
Here is a pic of the kit:


This kit is from: https://www.bicycledesigner.com/

kpug505

BTW........If you wanna kick some ass you guys need to move up to big boy bikes like this Jack Taylor:

Svoboda

You have to hand the bike off each lap, so I don't know how well that would go over.

Svoboda

Also, I don't think these are the lowrider conversion kits as the ones on our bike seemed much more compact and the front end does not extend that far out.

Here is a link to a gallery with more photos.

https://isuphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/...8_JTTmr#P-1-15

kpug505

I guarantee it is indeed a "conversion kit". Notice in the pic below how the chrome kit bolts to the dropouts where a normal bikes rear wheel would go......


The frame of that bike is basically a Schwinn Stingray like this:



It has a BMX fork mounted in the front like this:


Do you know if there are rules on what type of frame you have to use? What size tires? Just wondering 'cause you would be much faster using an adult sized bike.....The smaller tires do help in cornering though.

kpug505

You're are just looking for this piece:


Here is another source: https://www.choppersus.com/store/prod...vy-Duty-BLACK/

I typed in "bicycle trike conversion" to google and voila! Might try tricycle conversion too.....

Citoyen du Monde

I have done time trials with my racing trike, returning respectable times of around 21 minutes for an out and back 10 miler. I have also ice-raced it over the winter. As long as the laps are even of a half decent length, I can't imagine any small wheeled conversion kit being even close to competitive with a full size, full-blown trike like below.

You should however also be aware that I have never seen any bike give experienced cyclists more trouble than a trike. Riding it well requires the cyclist almost to unlearn everything that they have ever learned before regarding bike handling. I have seen more than my share of experienced cyclist take my various trikes out for a spin and crash and/or have disastrous results on their first outings. Watching a trike handle at speed is a thing of wonderment, actually doing it yourself even more thrilling yet...

kpug505

They certainly do handle strangely....I have a conversion on a Schwinn type 26" wheeled frame and it is weird to corner at speed without a wheel coming off of the ground. I learned you have to shift your body in a way that feels unnatural and put weight on the pedals opposite of what you normally would.
Citoyen du Monde......What brand is yours? It's obviously not a conversion. I've only seen one in person like that. I think it was a Bates. Those racing trikes are pretty much an English thing are they not?

Citoyen du Monde

I have owned a succession of trikes, spanning the range from home built to conversion kit to the present purpose-built George Longstaff. Prior to his untimely death George was considered by many to be the trike builder in the world (I must agree that it is the best trike that I have ever ridden).

When you can get a trike to do a three wheel drift through a corner, you have reached absolute bliss!

madox

Guys anyone seen Drift trikes?
This must be hell of a fun
https://drifttrikemag.com/news/barefoot-drift-triking

Velognome 

I've want'd one of these for sooooo long.

puchfinnland

the only reason I can think of wanting a trike is a very heavy load or winter driving...

Captain Blight

I've been wondering who I could talk to about getting a Longstaff! (Shut up, Peanut Gallery!) Specifically, the conversion axles. How solid is the conversion, and how reliable is the 2-wheel-drive system?