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Tricycles
My old Pashley Picador and my new Di Blasi R32.
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Pashley Picador
This is my old trike - a Pashley Picador, probably about 25 years old. Still in good working order though the seat's not very comfortable.
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Picador - handlebars.
You can see the "crappy" Sturmey-Archer 3 speed gear changer in this picture. How I hate that thing.
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Picador - hub
This shows the hub gears - you can see why they slip so easily compared to a modern derailleur gear system.
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Picador - basket
The basket is huge! Enough space for just about all the creatures we own! (or 4 totally-full carrier bags of shopping).
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Di Blasi folding tricycle
Unfolded and ready to ride. dino is there as a size reference point.
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Tricycle - unfolded
The Di Blasi web site says the maximum width is 69.5cm. It's basically "standard" adult tricycle width.
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Unfolded - back wheels.
Another shot of the back wheels with the trike in its ready-to-ride configuration.
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Tricycle - folded position 1.
This shows how you start to fold the tricycle - you pull up the lock on the seat and push the seat forward. The wheels start to pull inwards...
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Tricycle - folded position 1.
The width of the trike is decreasing as the wheels pull in.
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Tricycle - folded position 1.
The wheels pull in just like a music stand! This was the same idea I'd had for how it would be possible to reduce the width of a tricycle - I don't know why it was so hard to explain to cycle frame builders.
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Tricycle - folded position 2.
You can see how the wheels pull upwards as they come in.
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Tricycle - folded position 2.
The width of the trike is rapidly decreasing.
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Tricycle - folded position 3.
The back is now at the minimum width of 28cm.
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Tricycle - folded position 4.
Now the front unclips and the handlebars push down.
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Zoom in on the handlebars.
Again, they pull in like a music stand.
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Tricycle - folded position 5.
As the handlebars go downwards, so the front wheel folds in.
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Tricycle - folded position 5.
Another shot of the handlebars.
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Tricycle - fully folded.
I left this picture un-zoomed in to give you some idea about the reduction in space when it's folded.
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Tricycle - fully folded.
The Di Blasi website gives the dimensions as 68 x 28 x 62.5 cm.
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dino acts as a width gauge.
You can see how narrow the folded trike is from the fact it's barely wider than dino.
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Fully folded - with dino for good measure.
Although with a weight of 21.4kg, I'm not likely to be carrying it about much :)
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Kaput.
I don't know what this is supposed to look like, but common sense suggests the chain is supposed to go round the spokey bit, not cut across the middle of it... :/
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Chain no turny.
Pedalling achieves bugger all.
2006-09-27
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Bit more zoomed out.
Blah.
2006-09-27
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Why tricycles are better than bicycles.
I'd like to see a bike rider get their new vacuum cleaner home that way :P
2007-06-09, 15:01
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How can a person without a car take all this junk to recycle?
2007-08-11
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By tricycle!
2007-08-11
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Overloaded tricycle!
I should probably point out that the Di Blasi claims a maximum weight limit of 90 kg. I thought that was rubbish - except a few months after these photos were taken, the main bolt broke.
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