#tricycles

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Kids on tricycles and others playing in front of the Alexander Lyman Holley Monument on the west side of Washington Square Park, 1940s.

Photo: Jean Polacheck via Village Preservation

#vintage New York #1940s #Jean Polacheck #children playing #tricycles #Washington Square #Washington Square Park #Greenwich Village #Alexander Lyman Holley Monument #kids playing

[bootlegpals]

A knockoff Blue Cat tricycle

Source

#knockoffs #bootlegs #kidcore #tricycles #lan mao #furbland showed me this

[adastra-sf]

MAD MAX: OUT OF GAS

It's Mad Max on tricycles! Or, what happens in the world of Mad Max when they inevitably run out of gas.

On YouTube here: X

#mad max #mad max: out of gas #dystopias #tricycles #parody #science fiction film #my screencaps

[petsincollections]

Boy on a Tricycle with Man and Dog, Preston County, W. Va.

West Virginia History OnView

#dogs #tricycles #children #west virginia history onview

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection Unidentified Virginia family photograph

#bikes #tricycles #children #play #vintage #snapshot #family photos

[kekwcomics]

MATANGO trike box

#japanese toys #japanese culture #japanese horror #matango #ishiro honda #horror #japanese horror films #japanese cinema #1960s films #william hope hodgson #kaiju #kaiji #mushroom #mushrooms #mushroom clouds #atomic horror #mutants #tricycles #toho #toho studios #trikes #japanese monsters

[pazzesco]

A couple seated on an 1886-model quadracycle for two. The South Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C., in the background.

Léon Serpollet and Adolphe Clément on an 1894 Clément quadricycle.

Adolphe Clément and his wife on one of his tricycles.

#bikes #bicycle #quadricycle #clement quadricycle #tricycles

[pixierainbows]

Pixie do whole afternoon of bicycling on special accessible bicycles.

so many different kinds for so many different disabilities !!!

for Pixie, a special kind of tricycle , very low to ground tricycle with 2 front wheels and 1 back wheel . and more good handle bars make for very easy steering . much more safe feels for the Pixie . .

#original photography #washington #seattle #specialized bicycles #tricycles #actually disabled

[papermoonloveslucy]

TOUR DE LUCY!

Lucy & Cycling

Pedal Power!  When not motorized or on foot power, Lucy biked!  Here’s a look at bikes, trikes, and other likes. 

Ben Mankiewicz’s podcast relates that Lucille Ball, as a young Hollywood hopeful, biked to work. 

Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933) ~  A bevy of costumed chorines - including an uncredited Lucille Ball, Susan Fleming and Ann Sothern - wheel around a giant nightclub stage to the tune of “When You Were a Girl on a Scooter (And I Was the Boy on the Bike)”. This was Lucille Ball’s second film. It also featured Charles Lane and Walter Winchell. 

Palm Springs Weekend (1942) ~ An RKO short in which newlyweds Lucy and Desi rent a tandem bike to tour Palm Canyon, stopping to take snapshots. 

“The Lost Pilot” (1951) ~ Pepito the Clown (Pepito Perez) was a good friend of Desi Arnaz. In the long-unaired pilot episode for “I Love Lucy” Pepito rides the world’s smallest bicycle, a routine that was part of his stage act.  

“The Audition” (1951) ~ When the unaired pilot’s script was recycled into the regular series, Pepito was replaced by Buffo the Clown (Pat Moran) who injures himself trying to do a handstand on the handlebars of a (full-sized) bicycle. Resting at the Ricardo’s apartment, he tries the stunt again and careens through the kitchen door. His replacement is Lucy as ‘The Professor’, although she doesn’t ride the bike! 

“Lucy’s Show-Biz Swan Song” (1952) ~ When the episode was running short, Desi Arnaz invited Pepito to do some of his act from the unaired pilot, including the world’s smallest bicycle routine.  

The tiny bike (one of two) is six inches wide by ten inches high, manufactured by Anderson, Melbourne, Australia, in 1928. It was at one time entered into Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Pepito was in Australia in 1928 for an extended vaudeville tour, and he must have ordered this bicycle at that time. It is now one of the artifacts in the Lucy-Desi Museum’s collection. A special case was been constructed to exhibit it.

“Lucy Fakes Illness” (1953) ~ To convince Ricky she is going through her second childhood, Lucy rides a tricycle through the living room! 

“The Ricardo’s Change Apartments” (1953) ~ Lucy fills the apartment to the brim with toys and baby items to convince Ricky they need a bigger apartment. Among the explosion of tot props is a tricycle and a bicycle! 

“Bon Voyage” (1956) ~ A bicycle is Lucy’s undoing when boarding the S.S. Constitution for Europe. Saying one last farewell to Little Ricky on the dock, her skirt gets caught in the chain of a messenger bike, delaying her timely boarding. She even tries to board with the bicycle!

“Lucy’s Bicycle Trip” (1956) ~ When leaving Italy for France, Lucy has her heart set on biking across the border, but meets some resistance from Ricky and the Mertzes. 

LUCY: “You wouldn’t climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower. You wouldn’t ride the ski lift in Switzerland. You won’t swim in the Mediterranean and now you don’t want to bicycle along the Italian Riviera.”

The bicycles used in the episode were provided by Arnold Schwinn and Company in return for a screen credit.

“The I Love Lucy Christmas Show” (1956) ~ Little Ricky gets a new bike for Christmas! 

“Lucy is a Kangaroo for a Day” (1962) ~ To buy her son a new bicycle for his birthday, Lucy takes a job at a law office - until things ‘unravel’.  Her knit dress becomes entangled in the spokes of the bicycle and unravels, causing her to have to wear a kangaroo costume to complete the job. 

A carefree Jerry (Jimmy Garrett) rides his new bicycle through the living room! 

A receipt from a Hollywood bicycle shop for the purchase of a bicycle basket and bike rack. Dated December 22, 1962, it was signed by Lucy. It is not known if the items turned up on screen or in what show / episode. 

“Together for Christmas” (1962) ~ Combining their family holiday traditions, Lucy holds her favorite ornament, a Santa on a three-wheeled bike. Viv’s expression betrays her feelings about the ornament. 

“Bob Hope’s Leading Ladies” (1966) ~ In the special, Lucy makes her grand entrance riding a large tricycle with her chauffeur (Jerry Colonna) on the back. 

“Lucy in London” (1966) ~ Lucy and singer / songwriter Anthony Newley tour London town on a tandem bicycle. 

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) ~ In the film, Helen (Lucille Ball) and Frank (Henry Fonda) are the parents of 19 kids!  On Christmas morning, more than a couple of them get bicycles. 

“Lucy Helps Craig Get a Drivers License” (1969) ~ Lucy tags along on Craig’s road test. Needless to say the back seat driver frustrates and angers the instructor (Jack Gilford). When he learns that her license has expired, he says that after he's through with her she'll be lucky to drive a tricycle in Griffith Park!

“Lucy and Wally Cox” (1970) ~ Wally and Lucy are security guards at a toy warehouse that is robbed at gunpoint. There is a tricycle on the shelf behind the robbers (Gil Perkins and X Brands).  

“Lucy and Lawrence Welk” (1970) ~ Lucy sends her visiting friend Viv on the  Universal Studios tour, where she is excited to have seen Doris Day’s bicycle!  All this is reported by Viv and neither Day nor her bicycle appear on screen. In real life, Doris Day was an avid bike rider. She rode to the studio on many occasions and pedaled around Beverly Hills until the police finally told her they couldn’t guarantee her safety.  

Mame (1974) ~ Auntie Mame (Lucy) and her nephew Patrick (Kirby Furlong) bike through central park in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical.  

EXERCISE BIKES

“The Charm School” (1954) ~ At Phoebe Emerson’s salon, Lucy and Ethel work out on stationary bikes. If you don’t remember this moment, it is because it was cut before broadcast. The press photos, however, survive. 

“Lucy and the Countess Lose Weight” (1965) ~ At a health farm managed by Mr. Mooney, Lucy and Rosie (Ann Sothern) pedal away the pounds! 

“Happy Anniversary and Goodbye” (1974) ~ Norma and Fay (Nanette Fabray) keep fit for their husbands in Ball’s first post-series TV special. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a masseur. 

SONG CYCLE

“Lucy and the Generation Gap” (1969) ~ Includes the song “Daisy Bell” aka “Bicycle Built for Two” written in 1892 by British songwriter Harry Dacre.  

The song is heard again in “Lucy’s Lucky Day” (1971). 

You’ll look sweet Upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two!

CALL ME MR. BIKE

“Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (1954) ~ featured Richard Reeves as Ernie’s old pal Lester Bike, host of “Milliken’s Chicken Mash Hour”.  “Lucy Saves Milton Berle” (1964) ~ featured Milton Frome as Jerry Bike, Berle’s agent. The agent’s name is never spoken aloud, but is listed in the end credits. 

A Lucille Ball impersonator takes a carefree trike ride at Disney Studios. [photo by Lori Mundy].  

#Lucille Ball #Bicycles #Bike #Bikes #Tricycle #Tricycles #Tandem Bikes #Bicycle Built for Two #I Love Lucy #The Lucy Show #Here's Lucy #Vivian Vance #Desi Arnaz #Richard Reeves #Milton Frome #Gale Gordon #Lucie Arnaz #Nanette Fabray #Ann Sothern #Kirby Furlong #Mame #Doris Day #Anthony Newley #Bob Hope #Jerry Colonna #Jimmy Garrett #Pepito Perez #Broadway Thru a Keyhole

[stone-cold-groove]

Go ahead give him the keys - it’s Mattel’s Vrroom!

#mattel #mattel toys #vintage toys #vintage bicycles #vrroom! #mattel's vrroom! #tricycles

[gasbikeusa]

The Ultimate Guide to Adult Tricycles: Features, Specifications, and Comparisons

Cycling is an excellent way for many folks to be healthy and active while taking advantage of nature. On the other hand, balancing on two wheels can be difficult, particularly for elderly people or people who have balance problems. Adult tricycles can help with that. With three wheels, they provide a safe and comfortable ride, making riding available to practically everyone. This article will examine adult tricycles, including their characteristics, attributes, and comparisons.

People of all ages can stay active while enjoying the outdoors by riding tricycles. They offer a safe and pleasant ride, making them the perfect option for older people or people who have balance problems. Everybody's needs can be met by the tricycles that have a variety of features and specifications.

Benefits of Adult Tricycles

Provides a low-impact cardiovascular workout

Improves balance and coordination

Reduces stress on joints and muscles

Allows for comfortable and safe cycling for those with physical limitations

Features of Adult Tricycles

Three-wheeled Frame: Adult tricycles feature a sturdy and stable three-wheeled frame. The frame is typically made from steel or aluminium, providing durability and support.

Comfortable Seat: Adult tricycles have a large and comfortable seat that offers proper back support. This helps prevent back pain and discomfort during long rides.

Handlebars: Tricycles have upright handlebars that allow riders to sit comfortably, reducing the strain on the back and neck.

Brakes: Adult tricycles feature either coaster brakes or hand brakes. Coaster brakes are operated by pedaling backwards, while hand levers use hand brakes.

Gears: Some adult tricycles come with gears that allow riders to adjust the resistance and speed of the ride.

Tires: Adult tricycles have wide tires that provide stability and traction on various terrains.

Basket: Adult tricycles have a large basket for carrying groceries, bags, or personal belongings.

Specifications of Adult Tricycles

Frame Material: Adult tricycles are typically made from steel or aluminium. Steel frames provide durability and support, while aluminium frames are lightweight and corrosion-resistant.

Wheels: Adult tricycles usually come with three wheels, with the rear wheels more significant than the front wheel. The size of the wheels can vary, but most adult tricycles have 24-inch or 26-inch wheels.

Gears: Some adult tricycles come with multiple gears, which can help riders tackle hills and varying terrain. The number of gears can range from 1 to 7, with 3 being the most common.

Brakes: Adult tricycles typically come with one of two types of brakes: coaster brakes or hand brakes. Coaster brakes are operated by pedaling backwards, while hand brakes are operated by squeezing a lever on the handlebars.

Seat: Adult tricycles usually have ample, comfortable seats designed to support riders for extended periods. Some tricycles also come with backrests to provide additional support.

Basket: Many adult tricycles come with a basket or rear rack, which can be used to carry groceries, bags, or other items.

Foldability: Some adult tricycles, like the Kent Adult Westport Folding Tricycle, are designed to be foldable for easy storage and transport.

Weight Capacity: Adult tricycles typically have weight capacities of 250-350 pounds, depending on the specific model. 

Overall, adult tricycles are an excellent option for people who want a stable and comfortable ride, whether for leisure or transportation. With a range of features and specifications to choose from, there is a tricycle out there for just about anyone.

Choosing the Right Adult Tricycle

Overall, using adult tricycles may be a lot of fun and useful for getting around town or for enjoying the outdoors. Everyone can find tricycles they like because of the variety of designs, features, and price ranges available.

Take into account your riding objectives, financial situation, and unique requirements while selecting an adult tricycle. Choose a vehicle with a strong frame, plush seats, and easy handling. For people with limited storage space or who want to carry their tricycle with them everywhere they go, folding models like the Kent Adult Westport Folding Tricycle can be incredibly useful.

In the end, an adult tricycle might be a terrific option whether you're searching for a relaxing ride or a dependable form of transportation. You may locate the ideal tricycle to meet your needs and let you to take advantage of the great outdoors with a little thought and research.

#tricycles #Adult Tricycles

[sprocketblog]

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#england #email #tricycle #tricycles #threewheeler

[bootlegpals]

A tricycle with flashing lights playing “Just About Enough” by Sarina Paris 

I don’t know what the instrumental after that is. 

I’m guessing that these tricycles play two instrumentals and two songs. There’s a tricycle that plays the same instrumental as the one in this video, but it also plays a remix of “What Does the Fox Say?” and another instrumental that I can’t identify.

YouTube

#tricycles #bootlegs #knockoffs #kidcore #flashing

[aguccifoxx]

normalize riding tricycles!!!!

#tricycles #zerobalance

[xaviergalatis]

#tricycle #tricycles

[winningblog]

Tricycles - More than Child's Play, a Sustainable Transportation Solution

Tricycles have transcended their traditional image as mere child's playthings, evolving into a novel and sustainable transportation solution that holds immense promise for various communities. While tricycles have long been associated with childhood adventures and whimsical rides around the neighborhood, they are now gaining recognition as a viable alternative for short-distance travel, particularly in urban and densely populated areas.

One of the key advantages of tricycles as a sustainable transportation solution lies in their eco-friendly nature. Unlike conventional vehicles that run on fossil fuels, tricycles can be human-powered or equipped with electric assistance, greatly reducing carbon emissions and contributing to cleaner air quality. This environmentally conscious approach addresses the growing concerns of air pollution and global warming, aligning with the broader shift towards greener mobility options.

Tricycles also offer a remarkable solution to the problem of congested roads and limited parking spaces in urban landscapes. With their compact design and maneuverability, tricycles can navigate through traffic more efficiently and require significantly less parking space compared to cars. This feature not only reduces traffic congestion but also promotes a more organized and accessible urban environment. Furthermore, tricycles can serve as a crucial link in the first and last mile of transportation, bridging the gap between public transit stations and final destinations.

In addition to their practical benefits, tricycle contribute to social and economic development by creating job opportunities for local communities. In many regions, tricycle manufacturing, repair, and maintenance can generate employment, supporting the growth of small businesses and local economies. Moreover, tricycles can be used for various purposes beyond personal transportation, such as cargo delivery and mobile vending, further enhancing their utility and income-generating potential.

As cities and societies aim to transition towards more sustainable modes of transportation, tricycles offer a versatile solution that is accessible to a wide range of demographics. From students commuting to school to adults traveling to work or running errands, tricycles provide a flexible means of getting around that promotes physical activity and reduces reliance on traditional automobiles. This is particularly relevant in the context of rising health concerns related to sedentary lifestyles and obesity.

However, the integration of tricycles into transportation systems does come with its own set of challenges. Infrastructure development, road safety measures, and public awareness campaigns are essential components of ensuring a smooth transition to tricycle-based transportation. Adequate bike lanes, charging stations for electric tricycles and education for both riders and motorists are vital to creating a harmonious coexistence on the roads.

In conclusion, tricycles have evolved beyond their initial role as children's toys to emerge as a viable and sustainable transportation solution. Their eco-friendly nature, ability to alleviate traffic congestion, job creation potential, and positive impact on public health make them a compelling option for modern transportation systems. By embracing tricycles as a legitimate mode of travel, societies can take a significant step towards building more livable, environmentally-conscious, and inclusive communities.

#Tricycles