OK, it's a white elephant in so many ways - but is it OK to want?

[cantunamunch]

Rare Custom Triplet Trike Tandem

Here you have a biker dream project that was obsessed over for four years while his kids were young. Originally started as a triplet tandem, but then a 6-spd adult trike was purchased to use for the rear.

All parts were purchased: sugino tandem cranksets, honey brown Brooks-type saddles, matching velo Orange grips, seatposts, pedals, front avid vbrake, rear drum, front/rear fenders, new kenda high pressure tires, XT headset, stems, cables, 2 eccentric bottom brackets, 1 regular bottom bracket, ...and a cool vintage metal cooler to mount in the rear....too much to list.

 

[skibob]

Wow. I don't know where to begin. I expect to see a group of clowns riding in on that.

 

[scott43]

This thing goes tooling around our office every year..charity thing..

 

[Erik Timmerman]

One year when I was riding RAGBRAI there was a guy with a Santana Quad bike. He had three different women riding it with him every single day. It's OK to want that bike.

 

[Rio]

That bike would be coveted here in Bozeman.

 

[crgildart]

Needs a much bigger cooler..

 

[tch]

I was in Baker City, OR a few years back. Stayed in a motel and outside next room was a 4-person bike, with frame getting smaller and smaller towards the back wheel. Happened to see the people going in and out and engaged them in conversation. They were a couple with two boys, something like 8 & 10. The family had ridden that bike all the way across country from the East coast -- four people, panniers front and back, that's it. Took them like 2 months. I was agog.

 

[Rio]

I was in Baker City, OR a few years back. Stayed in a motel and outside next room was a 4-person bike, with frame getting smaller and smaller towards the back wheel. Happened to see the people going in and out and engaged them in conversation. They were a couple with two boys, something like 8 & 10. The family had ridden that bike all the way across country from the East coast -- four people, panniers front and back, that's it. Took them like 2 months. I was agog.

Agog by the family riding a four seater across the country or that you were in Baker City, Oregon? Both are understandable.

 

[tch]

I liked Baker City -- or what I saw of it. I grew up in the midwest and appreciate small towns in remote places.
And there was a GREAT ice cream place that stayed open late.

 

[Rio]

Baker City is in a scenic area with pleasant weather but its located in a part of the nation few people live in or visit. People passing by on I-84 are usually rushing to or from Portland & Seattle and never bat an eye.

 

[tch]

I was driving the scenic route with my family after rafting the Middle Fork of the Salmon. I had friends in Portland and wanted see the Wallowas on the way.

 

[Bad Bob]

You might consider one of these to pay for any modifications you might want to make on your 'White Elephant'.

Found this one at a street fair in a small town in Washington a few years ago, it might still be there.

 

[crgildart]

Dear Santa;

 

[cantunamunch]

I suspect you already know that ^that^ is one of the most common DIY construction videos on the sheep tube.