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Cool Trike: The latest in Antarctic 'bent riding .....
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:45 am
by Kalgrm
Greenspeed, the Aussie trike makers, are tinkering again. Apparently this one is being taken down to Antarctica over the summer. Skies are fitted to the front as and when required.
Looks like fun to me!
Cheers,
Graeme
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:19 pm
by europa
Bizarre.
The Greenspeeds are very well made. I'd love to own one just for the pleasure of looking at their workmanship.
Richard
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:40 pm
by Mulger bill
All it needs is a 75mm gun and a lick of armour.
Great piece of work for the job at hand.
Shaun
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:16 pm
by Kalgrm
Shaun,
Your comments made me think this would be a great toy on the beach (armour => Iraq => sand => FUN) Chuck a pair of light-weight tracks on the front and you've got a human powered dune buggy.
Cheers,
Graeme
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:30 pm
by Hotdog
Cool
Interesting the way they've fitted brakes, a disc brake on the mid-drive.
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:31 pm
by europa
Hotdog wrote:Cool
Interesting the way they've fitted brakes, a disc brake on the mid-drive.
That's so you can chip the ice out without stopping
Richard
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:36 pm
by Kalgrm
I think it's so you can reach down and warm your hands up on the heat generated by the rotor.
Just don't have an "accident" - a hot rotor up the clacker would not be much fun - even in Antarctica!
Steering ?
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:01 am
by Recycler
G'Day Skinny front wheels, I do not think this will steer very well. Good Luck. Recycler.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:08 am
by Kalgrm
G'day Bob,
It's not a home-made jobby from one of us here - this is a prototype/one-off trike from Greenspeed. They fit skis to the front wheels for the snow. The skinny wheels don't matter.
Cheers,
Graeme