Re: [CR]George Longstaff Farmes at NAHBS 2006

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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:57:25 -0800
From: "Dan Kehew" <dan.kehew@gmail.com>
To: "Nic Henderson" <nic.henderson@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]George Longstaff Farmes at NAHBS 2006
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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.

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."

Dan Kehew
Davis, CA