My First Three-Wheeler Bike

[Arran]

Re: My First Three-Wheeler Bike

Front wheel drive tricycles are a strange, and prehistoric, machine if you really think about it. In more recent years they have evolved into machines resembling pushchairs.

They only have a history in the form of photos of kids using them.

[marafx2007]

Re: My First Three-Wheeler Bike

Oh those bikes- I bought a colored three wheeler to my aughter. I remember it yet it was like 20 years ago- orange blu and pink. Quite a figure but for a toddler was like a racing car she was thrilled!

[Arran]

Re: My First Three-Wheeler Bike

Raleigh Chukka. They had one for reception class kids at my primary school. They were made around 1980.

[Richard1978]

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When exactly were stabilisers invented and when did they become popular in Britain?

In the 1990s kids used to learn to ride with stabilisers but an increasing number of kids in recent years learn to ride with balance bikes.

They were certainly around in the early 1980s.

[Arran]

Re: My First Three-Wheeler Bike

When exactly were stabilisers invented and when did they become popular in Britain?

In the 1990s kids used to learn to ride with stabilisers but an increasing number of kids in recent years learn to ride with balance bikes.

[Richard1978]

Re: My First Three-Wheeler Bike

I guess bigger rear wheel drive trikes fell out of favour when stabilisers became common.

This meant a child could learn to ride with the stabilisers then take them off, saving the cost of a new bike.

[Arran]

Re: My First Three-Wheeler Bike

Photos of kids playing in the street from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s often include rear wheel drive three wheel bikes with a chain drive. They didn't seem to exist in the 1990s and I can't recall seeing any kids with one back then. Three wheel bikes were all front wheel drive and most consumer versions were made of plastic although metal ones were available.

When exactly did rear wheel drive three wheel bikes die and what killed them off?

It's noteworthy that many of the kids from old photos look around 6 or 7 years old. An age at which they would be riding a two wheel bike in the 1990s. Modern front wheel drive three wheel bikes are designed for kids under the age of 5. So why were rear wheel drive three wheel bikes so popular when they used more metal than a two wheel bike of the same size, so would be more expensive, and they took up more space at home in an era when many houses were smaller and more cramped.

[Heather74]

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nope, raindrops were black lol.

Like the one above Tricky?

The red one is on this thread too Shiltondipper

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[Gothic]

Re: Remember this bike



Slightly different model but here is me on mine.

[culnara]

Re: Remember this bike

yup, I remember the painted bits on the front wheel

[shilton dipper]

Re: Remember this bike

i had one of those tricycles mine was red

[Powdered toast man]

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Had one of those at playgroup in the early 80s. It was the oldest, rustiest trike in the pedal car store and if you weren't quick enough to get a decent toy, such as the Kettler go-karts, you would end up with it. Or one of the Bantel trikes with a light blue frame and a red seat.

[battyrat]

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I certainly remember the younger kids with them (or something very much like them) in the early 70's.Probably passed down from their older brother or sisters. The sprayed on spokes on the front wheel certainly jogs a memory and the footplate on the back also jogs a memory.

[Richard1978]

Re: Remember this bike

I remember some were still around in the 1980s.

I've seen a picture of my ex-girlfriend's brother riding one of them.

[sixtyten]

Re: Remember this bike

Yep
I had one too