stanchions now at bike place..we'll see!
whilst Im waiting,Ive started to re design the rear seat. This is a prob which I never thought of until My daughter complained that she was sliding sideways across the seat as we went in to corners,and it was hard to hold on! Obviously a normal bike
leans,but a trike stays flat . I tried to make a grab handle each side ,but without welding to the frame and disturbing the paint etc,they look messy. What is needed is "cheeks". so now Ive now made up 2 brackets out of 40 x 5 flat,that will mount under the seat acrossways(rivetted to the u/s of the seat pan, one front one back,sticking out either side about 4". At the point they pass the edge of the seat they come upward about 45 degrees. Temporarily mounted on these will be a block of wood ,the thickness of the existing padding,each side ,which I can then reduce in height/length etc until they feel right to sit on ,then remove them and make them of thinner timber padded ,about 1 1/2" thick.Im hoping this will stop the sliding around on the seat! I have to make them "universal" ,because SWMBO has a wider
ar,er.... posterior, than my daughter ,so they have to be one size fits all!
......"overkill" you may say......... ,but I need this seat to 'work' as a) Im hoping SWMBO will be persuaded to come out for rides,and B) I intend to cruise the hell out of this thing across france next year,with a reccy to France hopefully this year.
Ive also lifted the front of the seat about 1 1/2",which is more comfortable according to ma bitches!
In the past Ive spent a lot of time with the ergonomics of car and van the seats to make them more comfortable.
