1939 Harding Safety Cycle tricycle
Fascinating (to me, anyway!) bit of kit.
Has one wheel drive and all three wheels are braked (more of that anon)
I blew the tyres up, had a LBS free up the rear brakes and rode this about 1/4 mile, it was great fun but very hard work. Not having ridden a tricycle before I was told they are notoriously hard to master first time out, but feel free to come and look at it and give it a go if you're seriously interested.
Tyres are (mostly) modern and hold air ok.
Rear brakes have been freed up (the rods) but they're hilariously poor, so if you attempt descending the Horseshoe pass on it, don't blame me if you 'do an Italian job' and veer off the side or fail to stop!
Genuinely think to someone with a basic idea of how these things work it should restore (i.e strip down and blast/re-paint etc) quite easily, but imho it'd lose a lot of it's charm that way.
The rear 'rack' is an afterthought by a previous owner, it'd cut off easily enough with an angle grinder if you're fussy. I did put a wicker basket on it and I'd imagine you could put a small wooden beer barrel on the back and it'd look ace.
Doubt you'll find another for sale, but it's only worth what someone's prepared to pay for it, of course. Be an absolutely brilliant marketing tool outside your shop, or better still actually ride the thing.
Very hard to price so will suggest £450.
Chester, Cheshire. Will fit in back of large hatchback with seats folded down.
Fascinating (to me, anyway!) bit of kit.
Has one wheel drive and all three wheels are braked (more of that anon)
I blew the tyres up, had a LBS free up the rear brakes and rode this about 1/4 mile, it was great fun but very hard work. Not having ridden a tricycle before I was told they are notoriously hard to master first time out, but feel free to come and look at it and give it a go if you're seriously interested.
Tyres are (mostly) modern and hold air ok.
Rear brakes have been freed up (the rods) but they're hilariously poor, so if you attempt descending the Horseshoe pass on it, don't blame me if you 'do an Italian job' and veer off the side or fail to stop!
Genuinely think to someone with a basic idea of how these things work it should restore (i.e strip down and blast/re-paint etc) quite easily, but imho it'd lose a lot of it's charm that way.
The rear 'rack' is an afterthought by a previous owner, it'd cut off easily enough with an angle grinder if you're fussy. I did put a wicker basket on it and I'd imagine you could put a small wooden beer barrel on the back and it'd look ace.
Doubt you'll find another for sale, but it's only worth what someone's prepared to pay for it, of course. Be an absolutely brilliant marketing tool outside your shop, or better still actually ride the thing.
Very hard to price so will suggest £450.
Chester, Cheshire. Will fit in back of large hatchback with seats folded down.
