Ice cream / candy floss / cargo trike

[voyager]

Hi Folks
Yes I have been quiet for a while with Jadis trying to keep the UK cold I have been playing with other toys and the last project hopefully being finished this week before I can get down to doing a little spray work on the unfinished tadpoles .

A "friend asked if I could make him a cargo trike as he wanted it to sell candy floss , he did not state it had to be a vintage trike and when I appeared with a converted MTB he wasn't enamoured by it but here are the photos so far
15 speed with 2 rear brakes and fitted hand brake on both front wheels .fitted with 20" front wheels and has a near vertical head tube with a kinked seat pin to get the riding position right , Its unusual and it is not something you would want to ride at more than a walking pace but it works .

Anyway it has now had the front sprayed and is complete but requires a box to finish .
It would make a good pedlars trike I am sure.

regards emma

 

[Pat "5mph"]

You have talent!
He's right though, an old steel bike would have looked more the part.
Bet this one works fine though.

 

[voyager]

Thanks Pat

The use of a standard DF frame would have meant butchery on the head tube to achieve a near vertical position , this is NECESSARY to reduce the effect of the opposite lean when cornering - this type of trike steers by leaning the wrong way . and the main braking is on the rear wheels to stop brake steer , most of the trikes on sale now only have a rear parking brake as they are not intended for road use only as a sale prop !
The MTB was chosen as the geometry could be adjusted to make it ridable , and yes I agree a standard frame might be better BUT l was not going to butcher an old frame up in a way that might over weaken it , the advantage of the mtb head tube assembly is it wont break as easy as the welds and fish mouths make the joint much stronger . The sprung rear end is also a bonus . The trike is dismantable by removing the front end ( 3 nuts ) and the hand brake ( gear lever ) from the stem .

regards emma

 

[classic33]

Can you go faster than 15mph without it fishtailing?

 

[voyager]

NO !!!!!!!

about 10 mph was where I stopped but then who can sell candy floss at that speed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy me and stop one or have I got my knickers in a twist !

Bump steer and brake steer are the main problems with a trike like this , hence 2 rear brakes and wide handlebars .

A load/weight on the front will make it more stable but it is a little lively as it is and can be persuaded onto two wheels with a little effort !

regards

 

[classic33]

NO !!!!!!!

about 10 mph was where I stopped but then who can sell candy floss at that speed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy me and stop one or have I got my knickers in a twist !

Bump steer and brake steer are the main problems with a trike like this , hence 2 rear brakes and wide handlebars .

regards

12mph hour it got twitchy, 15 and it became uncontrolable.

 

[voyager]

Sounds like normal characteristics for this type of trike then

regards emma

 

[classic33]

Sounds like normal characteristics for this type of trike then

regards emma

Wait whilst you load the front up!

 

[bianchi1]

Hi Folks
Yes I have been quiet for a while with Jadis trying to keep the UK cold I have been playing with other toys and the last project hopefully being finished this week before I can get down to doing a little spray work on the unfinished tadpoles .

A "friend asked if I could make him a cargo trike as he wanted it to sell candy floss , he did not state it had to be a vintage trike and when I appeared with a converted MTB he wasn't enamoured by it but here are the photos so far
15 speed with 2 rear brakes and fitted hand brake on both front wheels .fitted with 20" front wheels and has a near vertical head tube with a kinked seat pin to get the riding position right , Its unusual and it is not something you would want to ride at more than a walking pace but it works .

Anyway it has now had the front sprayed and is complete but requires a box to finish .
It would make a good pedlars trike I am sure.
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regards emma

I used to own/run a pashley Ice cream trike. Great fun and I really miss it but family commitments forced me to sell. It still runs where I used to park up and when I see the queue in the summer I feel sad....and poor!

The only issue I ever had was the need for running water and a sink to comply with food regs. I (well my dad) made one from a small caravan sink and a insulated tank that I filled before I rode out. It drained into a container. It might be something else you have to think about...handling cash and food is always complex.

Looks great tho

 

[bianchi1]

Wait whilst you load the front up!

A member of staff clipped a front wheel with 80 litres of ice-cream on the front of mine. It flipped him over the top and caused about 300 quids worth of damage!

 

[classic33]

A member of staff clipped a front wheel with 80 litres of ice-cream on the front of mine. It flipped him over the top and caused about 300 quids worth of damage!

The box had to come off to get it serviced. Brought from Hartshead Services via Brighouse & Hipperholme into Halifax at rushour.

 

[classic33]

I used to own/run a pashley Ice cream trike. Great fun and I really miss it but family commitments forced me to sell. It still runs where I used to park up and when I see the queue in the summer I feel sad....and poor!

The only issue I ever had was the need for running water and a sink to comply with food regs. I (well my dad) made one from a small caravan sink and a insulated tank that I filled before I rode out. It drained into a container. It might be something else you have to think about...handling cash and food is always complex.

Looks great tho

The blue one is a Pashley Classic 33. One of two owned at the time.

 

[voyager]

If I was to make another ( which I AM NOT ) i would build it on a 40mm tube spine and fit a cross beam like I would build a tadpole trike and have real steering but then at what this guy wanted to pay he was lucky to get someone to build it with a mtb rear end .-

Thanks Bianchi

I have no use for the trike , as it was a commission build for a friend , a rack on the rear could be used for the" hygiene stuff " required by food standards
once painted and reassembled. it will be open to offers . until then it will sit in the garage unless the angle grinder decides to alter the front cage into another project .

I suppose it would make a good cargo trike without the need for any other additions

 

[bianchi1]

The box had to come off to get it serviced. Brought from Hartshead Services via Brighouse & Hipperholme into Halifax at rushour.

I used to ride mine 4 miles a day and could get 120 litres of ice cream on, 3 boxes of cones a bucket and all my scoops and cleaning stuff. Not to mention the 6 freezer plates that must have weighed 5 kg each. The more I sold the easier the ride home.

I also ended up having to fit a (sneeze) screen, a perspex cover thing to stop folk sticking there fingers in my ice cream. Why people though it was OK to have a quick taste before they purchased I never worked out, especially by gouging out great lumps with filthy fingers.

Are you going to run it?

 

[classic33]

If I was to make another ( which I AM NOT ) i would build it on a 40mm tube spine and fit a cross beam like I would build a tadpole trike and have real steering but then at what this guy wanted to pay he was lucky to get someone to build it with a mtb rear end .-

Thanks Bianchi

I have no use for the trike , as it was a commission build for a friend , a rack on the rear could be used for the" hygiene stuff " required by food standards
once painted and reassembled. it will be open to offers . until then it will sit in the garage unless the angle grinder decides to alter the front cage into another project .

I suppose it would make a good cargo trike without the need for any other additions

Only the painting to do now!