A Fylde hospice trio booked the adult Thorn for a longest-day loop that finished with a collection stall at a village fete. They wanted the machine on the road before dawn, which meant a trailer slot the evening before and a van that could swallow 3.2 metres of frame without folding the bars.

We walked them through the same kit list we use when a team is heading for a London event day: spare tube, two lights, a folding table for the tin, and enough space left in the van for three helmets that must not sit under a toolbox. Midsummer light is generous. Van space is not.

If you are sketching a similar fundraiser, start with Ride planning and the van notes on Kit moves before you print the sponsor forms.

A spring coast ride from Morecambe toward Lancaster needed the family triplet plus a crate of hi-viz bibs. April showers made a roof-rack risky, so the crew collected from Churchtown in a long-wheelbase van and kept the bike indoors overnight.

That collection day is the one we now quote when riders ask whether a short estate will do. It will not, not with wet roads and a machine that is longer than most parking bays. Phone early if your April weekend includes a ferry or a London start the next morning.

Three riders used a short November training spin on the A6 to shake down lights and wet-weather braking before a winter challenge. Daylight was thin, the road was slick, and we refused a roof-rack handover in the crosswind.

A van drop from the shed, a dry floor, and a promise to be back before dusk kept the session useful rather than heroic. November is when we remind pilots that an 11-foot bike is still a road vehicle, not a pub stunt.

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

A spectacular Air Ambulance Cycle Challenge

The event, which is not a race, saw a total of 580 cyclists turn out on the day, in what has become an annual spectacular.  564 cyclists took part in the gruelling but glorious 54 mile ride to West Bay in Dorset and a further 16 cyclists completed the shorter 11-mile route which began at Drimpton and also ended at West Bay.

This year, for the first time, the cyclists were joined by members of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance crew who also took part (pictured).  The team, who called themselves the 'COASTBUSTERS' headed up the starting line on a triplet bike.

Crews still write to us about that Coastbusters start when they plan later midsummer rides. The same 11-foot machine needs a van bay at the harbour, not a hatchback and a hope. We now send those teams the kit list on Kit moves before they book the harbour car park.

July 2015 - One of our Triplets being used on BBC Blue Peter

That Blue Peter outing still helps us brief riders who want a capital sightseeing loop. An 11-foot frame in central London is a logistics job before it is a photo job, which is why we talk through vans and timed drops as carefully as we talk through gears.

Over a pint of beer 3 friends from England, Netherlands and Germany challenged each other to join a cycle race from London to Amsterdam for charity. The charity, "Lessons for Life Foundation", aims to enable the most vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa to access quality education at primary, secondary, vocational and tertiary level.

The 3 friends realized though that the race would be more entertaining if we could attempt to challenge together as a team rather than against each other and so we set forth to find a triplet bike.

The race was divided into two stages from London to Harwich, and after an overnight ferry ride from England to Holland, from Hoek de Holland to Amsterdam. Having had no practice on the bike beforehand and dressed all in orange to accordance with our destination, we put the Dutch cycle specialist in the driving seat up front, the German into the engine room in the middle and the British to command and shout encouragements from the back seat where he could be best heard.

Day 1 proved challenging, as due to the lack of practice and a number of turns we found ourselves mostly in the back of the field. Boarding the ship from Harwich, the triplet bike was naturally the centre of attention, much to the displeasure of the 2 tandems participating in the race as well. During the second day, the plain flats of Holland proved to be advantageous terrain for a triplet. Once we reached our speed, even the well-trained cyclist with the most sophisticated equipment struggled to match the momentum of the triplet.

In total, the charity managed to raise over €500,000 from the event, with nearly €25,000 coming from the triplet team itself and complete a unique experience across the channel!

Following on from a conversation late one January evening in a pub, three Irish lads decided to cycle a lap of their country on a triplet bicycle to help raise funds in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.

Shane, Andy and Declan flew to Blackpool for a quick practice session on the bike and a few weeks later the bike was shipped to Dublin for the beginning of their 1000+ mile journey. With friends and well-wishers there to see them off, the three lads began their first day of the trip, Dublin to Belfast, under a police escort to help get them through the city safely and quickly. The next three weeks would see the three friends cycle up through Northern Ireland, then from Donegal down the west coast to Cork before making their way over to Wexford and back up to Dublin.

With the help and kindness of friends and family, strangers and bike shop owners met along the way, the boys and the bike stood up to the daily rigors of their challenge, without so much as a puncture to the triplet. Over the course of the trip, the lads were able to raise over €14,500 in aid of their charity and complete an unforgettable journey around their beautiful island.

That Dublin start still shapes how we talk about ferry crossings: crate the triplet, book the van, and do not leave the shipping plan until the week you fly. The Ireland lap is the reason Kit moves exists as a separate page.

Three intrepid riders raised more than £1,500 to buy a defibrillator for Morecambe Football Club. At first we thought this was a machine to remove the hairs from players' legs until we learned it was a machine used in emergencies, to help re-start peoples' hearts.

Over the Easter Bank Holiday, Graham Howse, MFC's Financial Controller; Dr Trevor Fleet, Club Doctor and Danny Birdsall, MFC's Strength and Conditioning Coach rode 158 miles from Morecambe to Lincoln, through rain, wind and sleet. Their average speed was well over 12 mph with some very brisk downhill runs whenever it was safe and straight.

We are reliably informed they cycled all the way up and free-wheeled down every hill on the way, only dismounting for scheduled rest breaks and two good night's kip.

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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, officially opened Travelodge's 400th hotel at Waterloo and also joined in the party to celebrate the hotel chain's 25th anniversary.

In a UK first and to celebrate the opening of London Waterloo Travelodge, the hotel company offered an exclusive complementary 'Triplet London sightseeing tour' - with tour guide, to its customers. This service allowed two customers and the tour guide to cycle around London visiting the Capital's famous landmarks.