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[Nob]

Wouldn’t want to go down any steep technical descents on that then….

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Wouldn’t want to go down any steep technical descents on that then….

I don't think that was the purpose of that particular tandemalthough who knows

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Wouldn’t want to go down any steep technical descents on that then….

It is on steel rims and those are very likely the original tires. If I have any one bike which shall never venture off smooth pavement, this is the one. I assumed that was acceptable in the road bike section.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

It is on steel rims and those are very likely the original tires. If I have any one bike which shall never venture off smooth pavement, this is the one. I assumed that was acceptable in the road bike section.

Of course, it's very, very pretty I think Nob meant a technical descent like a col in the tour or giro. Not off road.

 

[Woz]

It is on steel rims and those are very likely the original tires. If I have any one bike which shall never venture off smooth pavement, this is the one. I assumed that was acceptable in the road bike section.

Oh I don't know.

I could well see it on a wooden boardwalk* and the stoker being very involved eating an ice-cream or such like.

* new name for a flat bankless velodrome to please the house racer boys

 

[Woz]

Rear is a foot actuated coaster brake. 3 speeds and a drum, all stuffed in a cylinder the size of a soup can!
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Had the pleasure (no joke) of servicing the exact same model. Very satisfying considering how much is crammed in and how they can be serviced and working like a charm again. I opted for more loose bearings instead of caged on the NDS (left butter tray).

That is an original Fichtel & Sachs roadside / service wrench - which I didn't have and had to go rummaging in the charity store; got lucky and found an old equivalent from Motobecane. Plenty of these still in use all over the place.

 

[canny colin]

A Sachs Orbit rear hub was used on my Newton " Tadpole " trike . The hub had a brake drum , 2 speed internal gear and 6 speed Cassette . clever stuff but so heavy it had its own gravitational pull . lol

 

[Sm@alite]

View attachment 1019557 A Sachs Orbit rear hub was used on my Newton " Tadpole " trike . The hub had a brake drum , 2 speed internal gear and 6 speed Cassette . clever stuff but so heavy it had its own gravitational pull . lol

Mega !
Keep it simple

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

View attachment 1019557 A Sachs Orbit rear hub was used on my Newton " Tadpole " trike . The hub had a brake drum , 2 speed internal gear and 6 speed Cassette . clever stuff but so heavy it had its own gravitational pull . lol

Jo hated riding a tandem but a tandem trike would be cool. Don't even have to put your feet down. Tadpole or conventional

 

[Sm@alite]

Jo hated riding a tandem but a tandem trike would be cool. Don't even have to put your feet down. Tadpole or conventional

Designed to top and tale with a tricycle by a drive side obsessive photographer .