Not sure why the 'Donkey bike' never caught on

[Kell]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v76DaBrqfR0

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzcaLW3Vf1g

 

[TissoT]

This you would expect to see at billy smarts circus.
The Raleigh chopper was dangerous enough to ride

 

[raleighnut]

Just the thing for our potholed roads.

 

[steveindenmark]

Nothing changes.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ViPB9CQ9RjU

 

[steveindenmark]

I am searching hard to find more details of the Donkey bike without success.

Maybe someone else can search from a different angle. I would love to know more about it.

 

[palinurus]

I thought this thread was going to be about this, turned out more interesting

 

[Alex H]

I am searching hard to find more details of the Donkey bike without success.

Maybe someone else can search from a different angle. I would love to know more about it.

Seems to have been 'stolen' from a previous design

http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/childrens/1980s-junior-velocino-bye-bike-boy/

Haven't found anything on Emil Friedman though.

 

[Venod]

Seem to be as rare as RHS, as well as Raleigh looks like Union Strano made a similar design.

 

[steveindenmark]

Alex are thing most bikes are stolen from a previous design. But this one is very unusual. I think this goes on my wish list along with a Cliff Pratt bike

Afnug, do you have a link for the top photo? I cannot find it on the internet. They do seem to be very rare indeed. finding one of these for sale is going to have to be my new years resolution for the next few years i think.

Now this is an End 2 End bike that could keep its record for a few years.

 

[Venod]

Afnug, do you have a link for the top photo?

I copied it from this page which has a lot of the same stuff as the link posted by Alex H.

https://raleighbicycles.wordpress.com/1960s-raleigh-velocino-semi-recumbent/

 

[steveindenmark]

I have found you can find more out if you search for Velocino.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=velocino&FORM=HDRSC2

 

[RMurphy195]

They had to use quite a big car to get it into the boot of!

 

[roundthebendbromcycle]

retro funky! I can see how the style wouldn't be everyone's cup of coffee, but they would be great to hire out.

 

[Alex H]

I have found you can find more out if you search for Velocino.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=velocino&FORM=HDRSC2

Just found these pics on the Tandem Club website - taken from the U.K. National Rally, Kettering, August 2012.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Funky thing. Like a unicycle with stabilisers