Re: [CR] Proper Jack Taylor Trike

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:03:40 -0700
From: "Fred Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
To: classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <4AE3547A.7040600@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Proper Jack Taylor Trike


At least with this design, you avoid the problems that are created by having 2 rear wheels but only one rear wheel being a driving wheel.

As for the handling "at speed", I'll try to find some pictures of a 3 wheeled Morgan cycle-car for a demonstration. That is, the two-wheels-in-front design does provide more control, but in a fast corner, one wheel will still be up in the air.

Cheers Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> I like it!  I just wonder
> whether in practice the design would corner better than the
> more common variety with two rear wheels. Of course, the
> high center of gravity is much more of an issue for a trike
> than a bike, and that remains true for this design.
>
> Back in the day, a few couples had matching T shirts to die
> for. As I recall them, they said,
>
> "Jack Taylor build proper tandems.
>
> and we all joked that Jack Taylor, like most custom
> builders, were happy to construct exactly the bike they
> thought you needed.
>
> harvey sachs
> McLean va
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Michael Thompson wrote:
>
> Here's a photo of the Taylor "reverse" trike. I was in the
> process of purchasing it for Norman, when he got to the
> point he couldn't ride his regular bike. He went down so
> quickly, that we never closed the deal.
> See here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meauxtown/4037096669/
> ?
> Mike Thompson
> Monroe, Louisiana
> I'm a Jack Taylor Bicycle Man.