Earth Cycles Dragonflyer Pictures

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"Tom Sherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... <snip>

> The seat pad [1] is an industrial hemp cover with a Sunfoam [TM] interior. It is not legal to
> cultivate industrial hemp in the US
>
> Apparently the person who manufactured the seat mesh does not wish to repair or replace the mesh,
> so a substitute would need to be found. I suspect that a sling mesh from Greenspeed, Rotator or
> another manufacturer would work on the Earth Cycles seat frame.
>

I'm thinking if your Earth Cycles seat should come apart the best solution would be to smoke it and
find a legal sling mesh replacement.

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[Bentbiker]

Tom, mark at poweroncycling will do a custom cover for that, pretty reasonably.

Tom Sherman wrote:
> Ben Fox wrote:
>
>>Nice trike Tom,where do you hang the 10 gals of water that you always carry? I like the looks of
>>the seat ,do you have a source for new seat material when needed? The back looks like the new RANS
>>seat back.
>
>
> Ben,
>
> In addition to the Dragonflyer specific pannier racks, a seat post trunk rack can be mounted (I
> have a Delta Rack) on the tube that sticks up behind the seat. There is also a built-in trailer
> hitch mounting point at the end of the left chainstay.
>
> The seat pad [1] is an industrial hemp cover with a Sunfoam [TM] interior. It is not legal to
> cultivate industrial hemp in the US, but the processed fibers may be imported, so getting a custom
> sewn replacement would be possible.
>
> Apparently the person who manufactured the seat mesh does not wish to repair or replace the mesh,
> so a substitute would need to be found. I suspect that a sling mesh from Greenspeed, Rotator or
> another manufacturer would work on the Earth Cycles seat frame.
>
> [1] Some Earth Cycles owners just sit on the sling mesh directly.
>
> Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

 

[Rorschandt]

Tom Sherman <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>

>
> Apparently the person who manufactured the seat mesh does not wish to repair or replace the mesh,
> so a substitute would need to be found. I suspect that a sling mesh from Greenspeed, Rotator or
> another manufacturer would work on the Earth Cycles seat frame.
>
> [1] Some Earth Cycles owners just sit on the sling mesh directly.
>
> Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

The seat mesh is available (sew it yourself) from http://www.owfinc.com/Fabrics/mesh&netting.asp

* 54" MESHBLKF Heavy Mesh (LIKE Leno Lock): Use in same applications as Leno. 100% Nylon 7.6oz/sq yd
Black (U$)11.48 *

A very satisfied OWF customer. rorschandt
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