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There's no thread yet about the wonderful Pedersen design, so here it is.
This frame design was invented by one Mikael Pedersen, a Danish man living in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1886, making this the 125th anniversary year. It is an unusual design with a kind of cantilevered fork, a suspended saddle, and paired thin tubes combined with tensioned cables in a vaguely pyramidal form.
Models have been made for racing, touring, doubles & triples, some out of 531. Like recumbents and other unusual designs of HPV, it appears to have a hard core of devotees who collect and build them.
Sadly, Pedersen did not make his fortune with the Dursley Pedersen, but there is a Danish company devoted to building them today. Many if you will have seen one or two around London, I've seen a few locked up and spoken to one gent riding one in West London.
One day I would like to buy one. Anyone else into these badboys?