Tribike - Wow, never saw one of these before.

[Rambler]

Looks like center wheel extends further down as child learns how to balance. Anyone have idea what year it is from? I'm guessing maybe 1930's??? never saw one before.

https://www.auctionzip.com/Full-Image/2550910/fp1434.cgi

 

[cr250mark]

You are correct
Late 30’s trainer
Being a repaint , no grips and missing front tire
I’d say $150 bucks
Complete Og paint $400 trike
I have had several of these slow sellers
Both of mine are over the pond with Colin kirsch

I would jump on it simply for that Killer saddle !!!

thanks for posting

 

[ridingtoy]

I would jump on it simply for that Killer saddle !!!

Yes, that saddle probably predates the trike by about 20 years or more and still looks in great condition. I've seen that style saddle on Worthington trikes from the 1910s period. Here's an ad at the bottom of this post from 1911 for the Worthington Fairy w/identical saddle.

Another company also made a similar convertible trike/bike during the 1930s, it's called a Velo-Bike. Here's a couple photos of one:

Here's a TriBike photo showing original paint and pin stripes. This one is in the UK online museum ( https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1949-tribike-tricycle-tribike-co-mineola-ny/ ) and once belonged to the Dionne Quintuplets...even has the Quint's name on it. They must have each had one because that museum site also has an old postcard photo showing a few of them riding their TriBikes. So, where are the other four?

 

[Jesse McCauley]

Soooooooooo up bright and early making plans and drawing out country road maps to Rural Retreat....
I have had this nagging feeling that that auction was familiar but couldn't put my finger on why....

Spoke to the A OK auctioneer today and confirmed my suspicion, I had seen that auction before, 7 years ago when it took place.
For whatever reason the listing on auctionzip came back around but all of the gold from that auction has long since hit the block and then the road.

 

[Rambler]

Soooooooooo up bright and early making plans and drawing out country road maps to Rural Retreat....
I have had this nagging feeling that that auction was familiar but couldn't put my finger on why....

Spoke to the A OK auctioneer today and confirmed my suspicion, I had seen that auction before, 7 years ago when it took place.
For whatever reason the listing on auctionzip came back around but all of the gold from that auction has long since hit the block and then the road.

I finally figured that out as well. I have no idea why it showed up on Auction Zip as a current auction and I too called and spoke with the auctioneer and found out it took place 7 years ago. I was able to delete the other auction postings but this post for some reason the CABE will not let me edit the post to remove the auction reference even though I was the one to create the post in the first place. Not sure why the CABE will not let me edit my own post but hopefully no one else will attempt to attend the Rural Retreat auction.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

It would have been great to get that Michaux! What a rare piece of bicycling history.