Return of the Big Wheel
08-13-04 | 08:15 AM
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Return of the Big Wheel
I saw this at the Spicer Cycles website. Perhaps this needs to be in the recumbent forum?
It looks like a fixie to me, though. If they could move the brake to the rear axle and put some Speedplay Frogs on it, I'd buy one in a second.
Enjoy,
BK
It looks like a fixie to me, though. If they could move the brake to the rear axle and put some Speedplay Frogs on it, I'd buy one in a second.
Enjoy,
BK
08-13-04 | 08:31 AM
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08-13-04 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by riderx
Sweet. But why would you move the brake to the rear? Really, you could lose the brake altogether.
BK
08-13-04 | 08:56 AM
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Brake on the axle? A hand brake on one back wheel is all you need. Well, until you wear away said back wheel.
Plus, it needs a hollow plastic front wheel so after a couple of skids you get that squared off wheel feel. That's the only way to ride a big wheel.
Plus, it needs a hollow plastic front wheel so after a couple of skids you get that squared off wheel feel. That's the only way to ride a big wheel.
08-13-04 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bombusben
Brake on the axle? A hand brake on one back wheel is all you need. Well, until you wear away said back wheel.
Plus, it needs a hollow plastic front wheel so after a couple of skids you get that squared off wheel feel. That's the only way to ride a big wheel.
Plus, it needs a hollow plastic front wheel so after a couple of skids you get that squared off wheel feel. That's the only way to ride a big wheel.
I think I would also add a frame pad.
BK
08-13-04 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
last trike I saw was free, at the airman's attic on base
08-13-04 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
08-13-04 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bombusben
Brake on the axle? A hand brake on one back wheel is all you need. Well, until you wear away said back wheel.
Plus, it needs a hollow plastic front wheel so after a couple of skids you get that squared off wheel feel. That's the only way to ride a big wheel.
Plus, it needs a hollow plastic front wheel so after a couple of skids you get that squared off wheel feel. That's the only way to ride a big wheel.
Now they have to do a Green Machine version.
08-13-04 | 12:34 PM
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this state of the art tricycle will provide families with riding memories for generations to come
08-13-04 | 12:53 PM
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08-13-04 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Serbaside
Generations? your kid is gonna grow out of it in a year...any dumbass that spends $850 on a trike should be shot
not to mention that any kid small enough to fit on a trike is probably gonna end up destroying it in a couple months by throwing it around and stuff...kids that young don't know how to really take care of Ti...unless it's really thick Ti tubing...
08-14-04 | 08:14 PM
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That is definitely one sweet ride, buddah knuckle. I especially like the ability to mount a water bottle cage.
When the rear wheel on my friend's big wheel developed a hole from braking, we discovered we could fill the wheel up with dry, dusty dirt. Then we'd ride it down the street, leaving a continuous dust cloud behind. Great fun.
Originally Posted by bombusben
A hand brake on one back wheel is all you need. Well, until you wear away said back wheel.
08-16-04 | 05:16 PM
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08-16-04 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by OneTinSloth
my friend and i used to think that was a joke. until we saw one in a shop. then we sort of hoped it was more of a promotional joke thing that the shop was sort of going along with...until we talked to the shop owner. nope. not a joke. a little piece of me died that day.
i was kind of hoping that litespeed had a sense of humor. [i'm not sure why]
fsnl
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08-16-04 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
I saw a contemporary highwheeler that had some kind of freewheel mechanism. Also a caliper brake on the front wheel. I think this was to appeal to the general public unaccustomed to fixed drive. Somehow, this seems much scarier than a old school fixed highwheeler.
One thing I've always wanted was a MONOWHEEL:
I'd settle for a human powered monowheel...
08-18-04 | 05:28 AM
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09-03-04 | 07:16 AM
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