Hi fellow bike fans,
Uncle Milt dropped off a "new" trike to be fixed or maybe set up with gears. Only name on the frame is "Vevor". Never heard of it.
"It's brand new" he says. I will say the paint is very blue and shiny. But that's it. No other good points.
He rode is across the street, and the chain broke. Pretty sure the rear end slipped on the loose main bolts, and the chain jumped
over a tooth and came apart.
Well he wanted to try it out. Might I fix it good enough for that?
So I did the few things needed to be able just to ride it 100' or so.
Changed out the drive sprocket for a 28 tooth, cut apart and rewelded the stem to raise up the handle bars and bring them in closer, and
installed a decent pair of brake levers, (it came with plastic ones that flexex).
Then tightened a few things up, and installed the "other' seat that came with it, the one with a small back rest.
Of yes, as the back rest comes, it is right up against the seat, too close.
i also cut the backrest off and re welded it back 2" farther. I guess that's 4 things.
Well a lot of good it did.
Yes, I rode it around our block, (gravel roads) and did come back alive.
But it is a Dangerous ride !!!!!!!!!
Thin metal-flexes, has a "folding frame"-flexes, very unstable !! And I have short legs, with the seat lowered.
If you ever missed and road one wheel off of a curb, it would dump you. Hit a pot hole with a rear wheel, it would dump you, turn too fast, dump you.
It nearly dumped me in the shop when I ran one wheel over a 2x4 on the floor.
Clamp on the front brake and rock back and forth, the front fork flexes like it's made of rubber.
Bad news trike, (attempted trike)
Sure has pretty blue sparkle paint.
Uncle Milt dropped off a "new" trike to be fixed or maybe set up with gears. Only name on the frame is "Vevor". Never heard of it.
"It's brand new" he says. I will say the paint is very blue and shiny. But that's it. No other good points.
He rode is across the street, and the chain broke. Pretty sure the rear end slipped on the loose main bolts, and the chain jumped
over a tooth and came apart.
Well he wanted to try it out. Might I fix it good enough for that?
So I did the few things needed to be able just to ride it 100' or so.
Changed out the drive sprocket for a 28 tooth, cut apart and rewelded the stem to raise up the handle bars and bring them in closer, and
installed a decent pair of brake levers, (it came with plastic ones that flexex).
Then tightened a few things up, and installed the "other' seat that came with it, the one with a small back rest.
Of yes, as the back rest comes, it is right up against the seat, too close.
i also cut the backrest off and re welded it back 2" farther. I guess that's 4 things.
Well a lot of good it did.
Yes, I rode it around our block, (gravel roads) and did come back alive.
But it is a Dangerous ride !!!!!!!!!
Thin metal-flexes, has a "folding frame"-flexes, very unstable !! And I have short legs, with the seat lowered.
If you ever missed and road one wheel off of a curb, it would dump you. Hit a pot hole with a rear wheel, it would dump you, turn too fast, dump you.
It nearly dumped me in the shop when I ran one wheel over a 2x4 on the floor.
Clamp on the front brake and rock back and forth, the front fork flexes like it's made of rubber.
Bad news trike, (attempted trike)
Sure has pretty blue sparkle paint.