Folding Adult Trike - 1970s Vista 3-Wheel Bicycle - NIDA - BikemanforU Bike Check
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A folding adult trike with wing nuts the size of dragon flies arrives in the bike shop for a quick fix. Free shipping http://www.bikemanforu.com on bike parts, tires, tools, and cycle accessories. The disco era Vista tricycle shakes loose the cobwebs in this bike check from YouTube's award-winning guru of bicycle repair and maintenance. Turns out the owner hauled the three-wheeled bicycle with the two-piece frame out of a barn. Everything works except one tire was flat. Contest alert - let us know if you know what N.P.D.A stands for. We have a guess but what do you say? Learn how to fix and maintain any bicycle. Subscribing's free for new videos plus the LIVE Show, streaming Saturdays 10am eastern. Social Media google + http://bit.ly/1eJU6fR @bikemanforu Twitter / Instagram Like http://www.facebook.com/bikemanforu and http://www.instagram.com/bikemanforu Join tech happy hour BikemanforU Fridays at 5:15 pm eastern http://www.younow.com #BikemanforU
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Nice bike, I would like to see the work station for the wheeler.
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My sister has a Schwinn trike at her house. First thing I do when I get there is jump on it and go for a 5 mile ride at a blistering five mile-per-hour pace. I love it. Then I go home and ride my Schwinn speedster that I bought after watching the speedster rebuild. I love that too. I love you bikeman. Thank you for all you do. bikebutt
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N.I.D.A stands for National Independent Distributor Associates---it was made by Columbia or some same another name for the bike company. I believe the company was sold in late 70's to a Japanese company and they continued to make Vista Bikes for a few years.---TheBicycleLady--DellaPhil
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Nice couch on it! Makes my Brooks look like a racing saddle.
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As a possible solution to the ice and snow problem with bicycles in the winter, I have looked into tricycles, which with three wheels you would think would be less inclined to fall over when you slip on the ice. However, some people say that in fact tricycles are very inclined to tip over when you slide on ice. They first lift up on two wheels as you slide sideways, and then tip over.
If you do any turning at all, tricycles are actually more difficult to control and more dangerous than bicycles. One of the wheels tends to lift off the ground at the slightest deviation from straight ahead of the steering. To avoid this you have to learn to lean and shift your weight forcefully. Mostly only one of the rear wheels is driven, because the rear wheels have to move independently in order to avoid breaking an axle while turning. (Automobiles do it with a rather complicated and expensive differential. Differentials were invented before automobiles, for tricycles and quadracycles.) But if the drive wheel lifts up when you steer, which very often happens before you learn your lesson, you will hurt yourself, or even fall off, when the pedals suddenly have no resistance. -
Bought an ezip electric trike. Sounded cool, used it for a month and brought it back to Walmart for a full return. It literally fell to pieces in thirty days!
I guess your not suppose to off road them and ride them through the creek. $800.00 + tax? Guesse it would have been a good deal for a geezer who just road on the street. Lol -
I can't complain that this will not carry a decent load of groceries. OTOH I don't see why, with so much ability, they don't like to use the full area available for a carrying platform on these trikes.
Since this is from the '70's I imagine the idea behind this bike was to support an alternative life style. A certain percentage of the hippies wanted to go back to a simpler, more earth-friendly life style, with less consumerism and corporatism, so you would work shorter hours and live on less money, and spend your time on the important things in life, like a lot of heavy duty sex and drugs, not to mention rock and roll. A trike probably cost less than a VW beetle. -
AYEEEE da old lady could haul me aroun on dat take me to da store for da possum balls!!!
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Found this out. 'Vista Bicycles by the National Independent Distributor Associates (NIDA)' Produced by Columbia. Westfield Manufacturing Company.
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WOW what a find .....needs a motor :P
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