Mikado, our triplet. A Thorn Trident of June 2000 vintage. She is 22/20/17 inch (44/51/57 cm) frame size.
©Stephen Dee
16 May 2004 ID P5166367
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Mikado Our Triplet |
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Mikado our triplet is a Thorn Trident with the following modifications:
We have even been cycle camping on Mikado, using front and rear panniers, plus a BOB YAK which we call Yasmine. See photo from our Quorn trip last year in the photo review of 2003. We took two tents (Hilleberg Stalon GT and Nallo 2), plus 3 collapsible chairs!.
In order to carry Mikado we firstly modified a Pendle front wheel out tandem carrier, but found that had limitations so we designed and built our own see our carrier page. See the St John Street Cycles website for more background details on Thorn range of cycles. |
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Transmission/Gears |
Shimano LX rear, controlled from Shimano STX RC shifter Suntour XC Comp front changer controlled from Suntour power shifter. Front chain rings: 46, 36, 24 Rear 8 speed cassette: 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 28, 32 Thorn crossover cranks with crank lengths, 175mm, 165mm, 155mm Crossover drive rings 36 teeth |
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Brakes |
Front: Dual Shimano LX V brakes operated from a single lever Rear: Shimano LX V brake and Aria drum brake with quick release, controlled from a Suntour power shift lever, located under front gear changer. |
| Wheels | Shimano XT tandem hubs with Sun Rhyno rims, 48 spokes, fitted with Panaracer Hi-Road S, 26 x 1.75 (note these tyres do not show the correct ISO designation of tyre size). |
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Saddles |
Front: Brookes Conquest with matching red springs Middle: SelleRoyal Soft Ride Rear: SelleRoyal Freedom Gel |
| Handlebars |
Front: SJS Comfort bars Stoker (both): SJS Stoker bars |
| Headset | Orbit XL II |
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Principle dimensions: |
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Stand over height |
Front: 815mm Middle: 775mm Rear: 730mm |
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Top Tube Length: |
Front: 575mm Middle: 615mm Rear: 620mm |
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Total Wheelbase |
2360mm |
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Centre to Centres |
Front wheel - front bottom bracket: 655mm Front to middle bottom bracket: 640mm Middle to rear bottom bracket: 640mm Rear Bottom bracket to rear wheel: 435mm |
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Tube diameters (outside nominal painted) |
Boom tube: 44mm Down tube: 36mm Top tube and laterals: 32mm |
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Total Length |
3000mm (3020mm with mudguards) |
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Mikado, our triplet. A Thorn Trident of June 2000 vintage. She is 22/20/17 inch (44/51/57 cm) frame size. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166367 |
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View from the front and rear ends. Note the
Rough Stuff Fellowship sticker on the rear mudguard. Mikado has
done a few gentle tracks. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166379 (L) 16 May 2004 ID P5166381 (R)
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Dual front brakes, with separate cables from the single lever. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166368 |
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Dual front brakes, with separate cables from the
single lever.
©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166372 |
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Front forks showing brakes, and braze on for front carrier. Dual front brakes, with separate cables from the single lever. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166380 |
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Front handlebars with extensions added. The
lower lever on the left is to control the Arai hub brake. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166376 |
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Detail of the dual brake lever conversion from a single lever. this has the advantage that both brake cables can be adjusted separately. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166371 |
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The Shimano STX RC rear gear changer. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166377 |
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Left side of the handlebar showing the brake lever with the two Suntour power shifters. The upper one is the front gear changer and the lower one is the Arai brake lever. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166378 |
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Rear end view showing SJS Thorn expedition rack,
mudguard, V brake and Arai drum brake.
©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166370 |
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Rear end view showing SJS Thorn expedition rack, mudguard, V brake and Shimano LX rear changer and chain rings. The rear Thorn cranks are 155mm long. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166386 |
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Rear end view showing SJS Thorn expedition rack,
mudguard, V brake and Arai drum brake. Note the "X" bridge. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166385 |
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Rear end detail showing rack fitting and "X" bridge with mudguard fixed to the bridge. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166369 |
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Middle handlebars with fixed length stem and SJS
stoker bars. Front Brookes leather Conquest saddle. Note
matching red springs. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166373 |
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Rear handlebars with adjustable length stem and SJS stoker bars. The saddle is a SelleRoyal Soft Ride. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166374 |
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Thorn front crank with crossover drive on the
right. Crank length is 175mm. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166383 |
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Middle Thorn crank, with the crossover drive for the middle on the left. Crank length is 165mm. ©Stephen Dee 16 May 2004 ID P5166384 |
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