Rogers tricycle

[PMarkey]

Latest addition to the stable , not to sure of the age but possibly mid to late 80's and possibly a Record rather than a Clubman but not to sure about that as their isn't to much information out there .

 

[classic33]

http://classiccycleus.com/home/ken-rogers-trike/

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/RogersK_main.htm

 

[midlife]

Love it . Have you ridden a trike?

 

[classic33]

Love it . Have you ridden a trike?

Think he's gone up Windy Bank(local incline) a few times on a converted bike.

 

[raleighnut]

Nice.

 

[Pale Rider]

Love it . Have you ridden a trike?

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/first-time-trial-on-a-trike.254183/#post-5765231

 

[tom73]

 

[Ian H]

I once had to visit Ken Rogers to collect a pair of hubs. He 'finished' them while I was there, turning the drilled centre hole into a hex by drawing a bolt-head through it with a hydraulic press. Later I had to file the corners to make it fit the axle.
His house was right under the end of a Heathrow runway, and conversation had to pause every minute or two as a plane roared over.
A lot of his trikes were converted bikes. He also made bolt-on trike conversions. Never had quite the same cachet as Longstaff or Higgins, but perfectly serviceable.

 

[PMarkey]

The frame number on this is KGR-T 28679 no other numbers on the frame and the steerer tube is stamped the same so I am hopeful that this is one of his trike builds rather than as you say one of his stock frame builds actually in hindsight I should measure the bottom bracket height that should give me a fair idea.

 

[PMarkey]

http://classiccycleus.com/home/ken-rogers-trike/

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/RogersK_main.htm

Mine differs slightly from the Clubman shown on these two sites ,the axle bearing housings are turned down to a lip that the lock ring goes against and the lugs are different, the brochure for the Record says they were built with Haden Concorde lugs but I’m not having much luck finding a picture of them online to compare with.

 

[biggs682]

Love it . Have you ridden a trike?

I want to try one , and if i had the room i would get one

 

[Ian H]

http://classiccycleus.com/home/ken-rogers-trike/

Whoever wrote that has a tenuous knowledge of trikes: "the right side differential was designed for riding on the left side of British roads ".
Erm.. it's a one-wheel drive machine. There is no differential (as some older trikes had, Higgins and James for example).

 

[PMarkey]

A quick search on the on3wheels site suggests 9 1/2 inch bottom bracket height means built as a trike and 10 1/2 inch or more means bike with an axle brazed on and mine measure 9 1/2 inch

 

[Sharky]

I once had to visit Ken Rogers to collect a pair of hubs. He 'finished' them while I was there, turning the drilled centre hole into a hex by drawing a bolt-head through it with a hydraulic press. Later I had to file the corners to make it fit the axle.
His house was right under the end of a Heathrow runway, and conversation had to pause every minute or two as a plane roared over.
A lot of his trikes were converted bikes. He also made bolt-on trike conversions. Never had quite the same cachet as Longstaff or Higgins, but perfectly serviceable.

I visited his house as well, when I took my tandem trike to have a new cassette (was a freewheel block really). He did a splendid job.
Must say the house and garden were "unique".

 

[PMarkey]

Finally got round to finishing the Rogers and rebuilt to mid 80's spec which was mainly Shimano 600 though went for bar end shifters rather than downtube.