Talk:Tricycle

message: http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/viewSelectedArticle.asp?strArticleId=58742&strSite=MDSite&catId=0   --CylePat 17:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As usual, a solution to a non-problem which will inhibit the learning of the very skill which they are supposed to learn.  Take off the training wheels, take off the pedals, lower the saddle.  Let them scoot until they get the idea of steering.  The  pedals on, raise the saddle and off you go.  It took 45 minutes to teach my youngest to ride a bike. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 17:34, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tricycle or bicycle? 

message: A picture of children's tricycle would be nice to add to the other forms of tricycles allready pictured since that is what I think allot of people think of when they hear the word tricycle.  --Cab88 18:17, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: is there such thing as request for photo's.  --CyclePat 02:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yah!  those who want a help out.  user:CyclePat/wikipedia:request for media 
humm...  we could decide the name... request for images (RfI isn't taken)? request for photo (RfP)?  dunno?  any hints?  --CyclePat 02:36, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have no way of getting a picture of a children's tricycle either, but I definitely think the article should have one.  There should also be mention of children's tricycles in the article.  Zweifel 18:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture of children's tricycle needed

message: I wonder, with three "other uses" at the top of the article now, should a disambig page be created? The top of this article could be made a bit less cluttered, listing instead "This is about the three-wheeled vehicle. For other uses, see Tricycle (disambiguation)." What do people think? LordAmeth 11:40, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Tricycle 

message: Should the likes of Moggie be included, since they were (technically) tricycles? Also the mod French delivery vans?  Trekphiler 09:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tricar 

message: Why is there a picture of an aurora for hand & foot trike? Is this some sort of mistake or am I just missing the relevance? --BennyD (talk) 21:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture? 

message: There are two competing pages that cover much of the same info
1. Three_wheeled_vehicle (aka three wheel car )
2. Tricycle 
While trying to clarify "tadpole" I tried to edit both items above to provide links to eachother.
I don't necessarily like the name tadpole and it is not generally understood.  My particular design for a tadpole is a tetrahedron shape with a sharp edge on the front, horizontally , a square section in the middle, and a sharp edge on the rear, vertically.  More efficient than a teardrop, and not the same "shape" as a real tadpole IMHO  WonderWheeler (talk) 09:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Competing Category 

message: it would be helpful to include (at least) a paragraph about solutions to the problems associated with two drive wheels needing to turn at different rotational speeds.  cars and motor trikes usually solve this with differentials.  
i've seen some trikes which have only one of two rear wheels driven.  are there other solutions?  do any pedal trikes use differentials?  what are the trade-offs?  
:Some (upright) trikes do have both rear wheels driven, either through a paired freewheel arrangement or a diff.  My Ken Rogers is 2WD.  Advantage is that they are less affected by the camber of the road; disadvantages include weight and complexity. Mr Larrington (talk) 17:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  differentials and gearing?  

message: I added a redirect link to the lead section to the auto rickshaw.  I understand that there was already a link in the disambiguation page, but I believe this alone is insufficient to avoid having articles concerning the public utility vehicle link here.
You see, to a person living in the Philippines, tricycles are auto rickshaws, period.  However, the term "auto rickshaw" is virtually unknown there, as is tuk-tuk.  They simply know them as tricycles.  A quick check to the What Links Here page confirmed this: There were about 50 articles concerning Filipino provinces and municipalities that simply contained links to tricycle.  Even the temple  contained such a link, as if this page should have been included in that template.
I've fixed most of these links and updated the auto rickshaw article to include tricycle as one of the aliases listed in the lead section, but unless there is also a prominent redirect in this page, this issue is likely to recur. Brog Likes Rocks (talk) 13:15, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Linking to offsite photos like that is discouraged. It's better to find a properly licensed photo and upload it to Commons. Or go to Wikipedia:Requested pictures and request an image there. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:14, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tricycles in the Philiipines 

message: I learned that threewheeler drivers did not need a driving license in Great Britain, nor did they have to pay taxes. This rule was valid from the 1930s to the 1970s. A similiar law was given in Germany from 1928 on, while I do not know how long it was valid. Does anyone know further sources and would mind to add this info? --Traut (talk) 07:26, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: UK three-wheelers were treated as motorcycles for the purposes of taxation and driver licencing.  I'm a bit hazy on the details - i think there may have been some restriction concerning reverse gear as well.  OTOH I don't think trike pilots are required to wear a helmet but ICBW. Mr Larrington (talk) 17:08, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: In the UK in the 1950s a full motor-cycle licence included the right to drive a three wheeler which did not have a functioning reverse gear.  It was possible to obtain plates which blanked off the reverse gear, at which point a car became a motor-bike.  My father held a full motor-cycle license before he married, but when his first child (me) was on the way he bought a Reliant, blanked the reverse and drove it unaccompanied and without "L" plates.  In due course he passed the car test and removed the blanking plate.  Martin of Sheffield (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  They never "became motor bikes". They became a three wheeler that you could drive on a motorbike licence. There is a difference.  They were still taxed as cars rather than bikes, for one thing. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:43, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  law 

message: I'm removing the text stating that children's tricycles should have a textured tread for improved traction.  For bicycles on pavement, a textured tread does not improve traction, and may degrade it. --Fbfree (talk) 03:02, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  tread 

message: Anybody who has been out the Far East must see the frequently hideous injuries caused by drive chains snapping and injuring riders and passengers. Any vehicle with a chain drive to only one wheel turns far tighter in one direction than the other making riding such a machine almost hazardous.
One other reason for the popularity of the Volkswagon trike conversion was the shaft drive incorporating a differential. This not only made turning in either direction a normal experience but without the chain was inherently safer.
These entries are reasonbly good descriptions but could it be made clearer which are the chain driven models and which are the much safer shaft drive vehicles.AT Kunene (talk) 16:59, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  driving the wheels 

message: Perhaps there should be a list of commercially manufactured tricycles?  In Category:Tricycle I found mentions of "Catrike", "StreetStrider", and "TerraTrike".  Some searching found "Greenspeed" (www.greenspeed.com.au), "HP Velotechnik" (www.hpvelotechnik.com), and "ICE" (www.icetrikes.co).  I imagine there are others and people could be looking for information.  74.104.188.4 (talk) 05:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia isn't a shopping guide. I know you find a lot of lists that look like shopping guides, but it's not supposed to be that way. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 06:31, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needing a list? 

message: There are two pictures of tricylces which do not belong to this article:
1) „An 19th-century tricycle in Paris, France“, which is steam-driven.
2) „HD Trike“, which is apparently a motorcycle. Dä Chronist (talk) 08:33, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is about human-powered vehicles with three wheels