h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Tricycles - A962831
Author: OmegaD - U215337

Looking through the guide i found no articles on tricycles, one of the classic children's toys. I had a tricycle when i was but a young whipper-snapper.

I don't know. Nothing in the article really catches my attention or makes me want to read more. I don't know quite what you could do. You obviously know a bit about tricycles...

Don't forget that there are bigger tricycles as well. My mum often uses one when she visits Holland.

Oh, the entry's been Moderated. Probably because of a broken link. You'll get an e-mail explaining why.

I have a friend who has a lower limb problem and he was advised to get a tricycle. Apparently they're also used for people with epilepsy, so there is stuff that you could add on adult tricycles.

I'll work on that adult tricycle thing. Also, the company names have been removed in favor of generic descriptions of these companies.

Hi,

You could explain a bit more about the differences between the child's and the adult's. The adult version is usually driven by (one) back wheel, via a chain. The child's as you said, by a crank directly on the front wheel's axle (no gears).

You could link to this if you think it's relavant A593291

Awu.

I suppose you've got two choices - change the title to 'Childrens Tricycles' and continue along your present theme, or expand it to include adult tricycles which, as mentioned above, are a far more serious proposition - somewhere in between a bike and a pedal-powered road vehicle.

Some organic fruit & veg companies in London deliver using tricycles, taking advantage of their relative stability by fitting a big box on the back and attaching a trailer to them. Also, rickshaw taxis here started operating in Soho and although I can't remember precisely right now, I think those are also tricycular in design - rider sits upfront steering a single front wheel and the passengers sit between the rear wheels.

Refer to 'trikes'

I am working out the adult trike angle, and am researching other uses than play.

These links might help - London-based rickshaw/pedicab etc stuff, most of which are tricycular...

http://www.bugbugs.co.uk/
http://www.londonpedicabs.com/
http://www.londonbicycle.com/rickshaws.html

It might be interesting to add that tricycles are one way that disabled people are able to cycle. I was looking for suggestions for a friend with a mobility problem and getting a trike was suggested. They're also used by people with epilepsy, I gather.

The entry's quite short atm, but there's lots of suggestions above on adding things. One thing I would say as a <./>subeditor</.> is that I would either remove the first heading or move it further down to give an introductory paragraph at the top of the article

spelugx

Are you planning to do any more on this one, OmegaD? It could really do with expanding a bit if you'd like it to be an all-encompassing entry on Tricycles... although if you changed it to 'Children's Tricycles' and took out the Adult part you'd be a lot closer to the finished article.

I agree, by the way, that you could afford to lose the 'What are they' heading at the top...

Looks like the author has gone and abandoned this, last posting back on the 20th of Feb, so in a few days this'll get moved over to the flea market if any one wants to pick it up.

spelugx

Me! Me! Me!

Pleeeeease!!!

Great!

All you need to do is visit <./>test962831</.> and copy the guideml/plaintext into a new article which you can then submit to peerreview. You (or me) can then write into the scouts forum with a move back to entry of this thread. It's also polite to give a reference to the new article here and on the author's PS so that they can track it down if they do return.

spelugx -- <./>scout</.>

Thanks - will do, although not immediately!

Is it OK to do this without going through Flea Market? I'm not quite sure of all the procedural whatnot...

It's fine doing this without going through the flea market, since it mainly acts as a repository of entries, and not a place with conversation.

spelugx

Flea Market. This and Tank Tops.

http://www.totallyabsurd.com/tricyclelawnmower.htm