Hello all,
I've been away from the 'pooter for a few days and have just picked up the discussion about trike riding and current builders...
So sorry if this input is a bit late or has been covered in the interim - but one the UK's finest builders of trike frames - and indeed all the mechanicals; is my old chum Geoff Booker, based near Oxford.
Definitely 'KOF', he does virtually only trike fabrication - but can of course build you a 'standard' bike frame.
As a toolmaker by trade Geoff's work is meticulous and he can fabricate virtually anything out of metal - for instance take a look at his hubs - brilliant...
Geoff knows that when I have the funds available he'll be getting an order from me - in the meantime I'm riding / racing my trusty old pre-war Claud Butler lugless (bike) frame that Lynton Threadgold of Manchester brazed a Holdsworth rear axle onto for me about 10 years ago...
Anyone with an interest in trikes and trike racing will do well to look here: http://www.tricycleassociation.org.uk/
and here: http://www.3wielweb.be/
We have our own UCI-sanctioned World Championships (run in Belgium in 2008 and France this year) which, as it happens, Geoff Booker is the organiser for in October 2010 - at Blenheim Palace as part of the Bike Festival.
Ian Briggs
Luton, Bedfordshire, UK.