Invalid Trikes

credit Allen Watkin

If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember the sight and sound of the powder blue invalid tricycles that were once a common sight on our roads and at our football stadia. But do you know the story behind them? No? Well, in that case, read on… Invalid trikes have been around for a very […]

Reliant Robin

There used to be certain ‘types’ who drove Reliant Robin three-wheelers. There were huge, hairy bikers who wanted something that kept the weather out and could be driven on a motorcycle license. Then there were tiny, often toothless pensionable men with bottle glasses and flat hats, who pottered along at about 25mph. In their passenger […]

A brief history of three-wheeled vehicles

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From the Dacia Sandero to the LaFerrari, most cars have one thing in common: four wheels. But why? Sure, wheels are a fairly necessary feature of any car, but why four of them? Two-wheeled vehicles are common, obviously – so why aren’t three-wheelers more popular? The magic of a three-wheeled vehicle is that, like a […]