This begs a question about the trike frames Longstaff offers. Is there any inherent advantage to a two-wheel drive version that would cancel out the added complexity, expense and maintenance?
Dan Kehew wrote:
>And let's not forget Longstaff's ability and willingness to produce trike
>conversion kits, both braze-on and bolt-on. Although I didn't see this on
>their website, I spoke with the Longstaff crew about this at NAHBS (it's a
>strong possibility for an on-topic frameset now in hand, just for the fun o
>f
>it). They also had an example on hand.
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>This ties in with one of the other groups of comments in the KOF strings
>lately: What about riders who are getting older? I was talking about the
>NAHBS weekend with my 60-something boss on Monday, a fellow who rides about
>10 mostly-paved miles once or twice a week. He really enjoys it, but he's
>facing the fact that a fall will cause more problems than ever before. He
>was delighted to find that he could convert the bike he enjoys now into a
>trike and not look like a dork riding a "shopper trike."
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>Dan Kehew
>Davis, CA
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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee