I'm sure Brian could custom make one for you. Sterling... how about one with curley stays..axels
>>Brian & gang,
>
>Last year I was looking at & considered buying a Bob Jackson trike much
>like
>the one Brian rode. Tried to work a swap for one of my Moultons, but we
>couldn't quite make it happen.
>
>If I remember correctly the single wheel drive is set up in consideration
>of
>the normal road camber - in the UK. Maybe some came to the States w/ the
>drive side reversed. Does any one in the US build them or does any one
>build them with the drive side set up for the US?
>
>I'm sure which ever side drives, it is still a beast. I'd still like to
>have one. Anyone have one they would like to part with?
>
>Hmmm... it would be a bit harder to sneak in the back door.
>
>Dale, maybe we should have one at the Cirque that people could test ride -
>very carefully.
>
>Mike Self
>Cincinnati
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Baylis" <rocklube@adnc.com>
>To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:49 PM
>Subject: [CR]Comments from the peanut gallery/SD Vintage ride 10-28
>
>
> > High Gang,
> >
> > Just thought I'd file a report on one of the more unique San Diego
> > Vintage rides we've had so far. We enjoyed the out-of-town company of
> > Mark Petry who joined us thanks to a loaned bike from Charles Andrews.
> > Chuck Schmidt joined us as well and the "usual crowd" was almost
> > complete. One new person I'd never met was there and recent list joiner
> > Howard LaGrange appeared for the first time. Howard rode his Ron
> > Kitching bike in accordance with the British theme. Howard has some VERY
> > cool bikes; most of which he purchased new "back in the good old days"
> > and still has them! Wait until he brings out some more of his stuff,
> > you'll all be impressed.
> >
> > Thanks to Sterlings "taunting", I did indeed bring my 1990 Bob Jackson
> > racing trike (don't call it a tricycle within earshot of me if you know
> > wat's good for you) to ride for the first time in a few years. Due to
> > the hills on our route, I opted to fit a triple crankset (28-39-53
> > rings) and a 7 spd. FW with a 12-30 combination. I've only ridden this
> > comtraption on flat time trials and a few short flat rides in the past.
> > I've never taken her out on the open road with difficult terrain.
> > Everybody on the ride was anxious to watch me plunge down thru the steep
> > hairpin turns in Presidio Park; everyone riding BEHIND me so as to get a
> > prime view as I sailed off the road and got bisected by the guardrail
> > halfway down the hill. Never having done this before I proceeded with
> > due caution, you know, large chainring and small cog like a bat out of
> > hell. Apparently it was scary to watch as my rear wheels flexed in every
> > imaginal direction and my front wheel shimmied as if having a siezure as
> > I hung my ass off the bike in an effort to get the beast to co-operate
> > with my plan to live to see the bottom of the decent; hoping that when I
> > got there the feeble (two front) brakes labored to comlpy. In the middle
> > of the decent there is a switchback that requires that you first hang
> > off to the left side then immediately swith and hang off the right side.
> > The problem (I realized in mid attempt to shift my weight) is that
> > inertia is resisting this manuver and that the higher you are over the
> > bike the more likely one is to tip over at speed. I learned instantly to
> > stay low and pray to (pick Diety of choice) or kiss you ass goodbye. I
> > didn't even have to change my shorts afterwards, although I came close
> > for an instant. After surviving that, I felt confident I could make the
> > turn on the downhill run back from the lighthouse with no problem; which
> > was indeed the case. Chuck and I blasted down the hill; Chuck flailing
> > his 88" fixed gear for all he was worth (just short of the legs
> > seperating from the hip joint and swinging wildly from the crankarms)
> > and me sucking his wheel in 53-13 on my trike. Must have been an odd
> > scene for anyone watching this reenactment of the Keystone Kops. By the
> > time we made it to Anthonys' for lunch I was completely whipped. Forcing
> > that pig up the climb to the lighthouse was brutal, although I never got
> > to the 28T chainring I did use the 39-30 gear at some point. Sterling
> > bought me lunch as promised. Man, am I stupid. By the time I got home I
> > felt as if I had been mauled my baboons and treated like a Samsonite
> > suitcase! I was almost too whipped to keep my eyes open long enough for
> > the Chargers to barely squeek a win out against Buffalo (big rival thing
> > with the quarterback or something). Too tired to eat. Riding sideways
> > most of the time to counteract the crown of the road, being tossed back
> > and forth due to having outboard wheels, and towing the weight of a
> > tandem bike with no one to help from behind all make for a pleasant
> > outing. Thanks a lot, STERLING. I will get even; my ass feels like I
> > ride a barrel catus for 25 miles! You just wait.
> >
> > There's a pretty good chance I'll be attending the Rose Bowl Vintage
> > ride next week. I just have to solve one small problem and I'll be free
> > to go. Anyway, had a great time this past Sunday and I hope anyone who
> > is in San Diego during one of our rides can join us as Mark did; or if
> > you're within reasonable driving distance that you hook up with us
> > whenever you can. You will not find a friendlier crowd to hop nob old
> > bikes with than this crew. We even have a class clown!
> >
> > Brian Baylis
> > Sore Ass in La Mesa, CA