I got a new trike! Anyone know anything about these?

[BrigmasterA]

So I picked this up from the scrap metal yard last weekend. I am retrofitting a tractor seat to fit on it(I happen to work at a tractor shop...) which turned my $20 trike into a $60 trike, but man it'll be comfy.... It has a Sturmey Archer 3 speed coaster hub AND a small drum-type brake on the front. And a badge that says TrailMate on the crazy long headstock...
Here's some picks. I need some help finding a sturmey archer cable, though. Anyone know anyhting about these things here? I'm clueless...

So there's my trike. Like I said I need help finding a Sturmey Archer cable... My LBS is as useless as teats on a boar unless I got a fancypants mountainbike or skinny-wheeled roadbike... Which I don't...

 

[MonsterMetal]

That thing is killer!! I don't know how something that ugly could be so utterly cool but there she is! I have bought Sturmey Archer cables from US choppers. I think they are about $6... I have a couple old bikes with cables but I don't know how good they would be and since a new one is so cheap that's probably a better bet.

So are those 20" rear and a 16" front? I bet the thing feels like a rocket sled when your cookin.... If you decide to sell that thing let me know...

 

[BrigmasterA]

Yeah 20"s out back and a 16 up front. The 16 is a semi-solid tire. I haven't had a chance to get it up to speed yet, just cruised it up and down the road... The old schoolhouse seat kinda likes to lean and break under my girth. Hopefully I'll have the tractor seat on it tonight. Found out that trailmate calls this the low-rider... And it is low.

 

[Markm]

cool!!

 

[BrigmasterA]

So besides posting stuff here and trying to look busy, I have my converted tractor seat ready to go on my trike as soon as I get home. :-D I probably shouldn't do this stuff at work, but oh well...

Don't worry the water was just from cooling down my welds on my "kustum fabbed" mounting brackets. I love welders and die grinders. :-D

 

[GTCOMA]

It is called the Trailmate Lowrider. Thoes things are expensive new. Something like $750 for the three speeds. I rented one once at a camp ground



http://www.trailmate.com/productLowRider.cfm

 

[BrigmasterA]

Sweet. They even had the owner's manual online there. I printed one. My 3 speed hub seems to be slipping a lot. Like a lot. Any idea about what to do? I've got a copy of a hub diagram, and there are lots of tiny parts in there...

 

[kingplinker]

man that thing IS COOL - never seen one of those before! I like the old school/classroom eat myself! NICE FIND!

 

[BrigmasterA]

Yeah, the old yellow schoolhouse seat was cool, but it was broke... And the tractor seat is comfy... I forgot my camera at home... It has new pics on it... oh well. It'll give me something to do tomorrow. :-D

 

[BrigmasterA]

Update on the slippin' 3 speed... I decided to retrofit a shimano 3ccc hub I had into the trike... Retrofitting sucks sometimes. I had to cut away metal because the sprockets were hitting, and the shifter parts don't function correctly, mainly cuz I need a new cable...And the coaster brake parts don't work... Then as I am assembling and adjusting, I find I'm running into the same problem... So I look at where the wheel goes onto the axle... and I noticed the pin that goes through the wheel and secures it to the axle was missing... So basically I tore down my wife's trike and retrofitted a hub without brakes into it for no reason... :x :x :x
So I'm gonna re-fit the sturmey archer hub, get a new shifter and cable, then tear down the shimano hub and see what's going on with that one... Live and learn I guess...

 

[BrigmasterA]

Well, here's Minerva, as my wife has dubbed her...

She's pretty crusty lookin'(the trike, not my wife :wink: ), but she cruises pretty good... I don't know how many times I've had to ask Debra to slow down a little so I didn't have to work so hard to keep up... :mrgreen: It's still running the shimano hub, I'm waiting for my new sturmey archer cable and shifter before I re-fit the Sturmey...