voyager
E- tadpole Triker
Hi Folks
In search of a near perfect E-Trike
The voyager e-trike is just coming up to a year old , This was my first real attempt in building and designing my own trike after nursing the gravel rash from the voyageur recumbent bike I built . The Voyageur a 20" front 26" rear long wheelbase recumbent had a few problems being 9 ft long it had the turning circle of an ocean going liner and the awkwardness of an extended ladder to move around the workshop , The bike rode nicely but it had to go
The seat angle was changed and to make the trike more stable the plan was to get the seat under 12 " off the ground with a shorter wheelbase and wider track to give good stability at speed , this coupled with direct drive ehub and front disc brakes gave a trike with excellent handling and good stopping power .
This was one of the first Photos of the trike on the first of the test rides down to Shoreham Beach . .
The trike is unusual as the cross boom has been dropped and the whole trike lowered by 2 inches as previously stated to get the centre of gravity as low as practical , so much so that we had to incline the front boom to eliminate heel strike with a 34" track and a 45 " wheelbase its handling can only be described as excellent
We went a little overboard on the gearing using a Thun quad chainset on the front and a 14-28 7 speed on the rear this gave us gears from 22" up to 90" and it is pedalable up to 30 mph .
The Trike was sprayed red with black trim and black seat and the original voyageur decals that I had ordered were adjusted to read voyager .
Less than a week after this photo the trike was winterised with mudguards and lights and bigger panniers..
The trike was a great success from the start but had a few niggles which were sorted along the way more of which I will describe in later posts .
So a year on the trike is still my daily local transport
more to follow
regards emma
In search of a near perfect E-Trike
The voyager e-trike is just coming up to a year old , This was my first real attempt in building and designing my own trike after nursing the gravel rash from the voyageur recumbent bike I built . The Voyageur a 20" front 26" rear long wheelbase recumbent had a few problems being 9 ft long it had the turning circle of an ocean going liner and the awkwardness of an extended ladder to move around the workshop , The bike rode nicely but it had to go
The seat angle was changed and to make the trike more stable the plan was to get the seat under 12 " off the ground with a shorter wheelbase and wider track to give good stability at speed , this coupled with direct drive ehub and front disc brakes gave a trike with excellent handling and good stopping power .
This was one of the first Photos of the trike on the first of the test rides down to Shoreham Beach . .
The trike is unusual as the cross boom has been dropped and the whole trike lowered by 2 inches as previously stated to get the centre of gravity as low as practical , so much so that we had to incline the front boom to eliminate heel strike with a 34" track and a 45 " wheelbase its handling can only be described as excellent
We went a little overboard on the gearing using a Thun quad chainset on the front and a 14-28 7 speed on the rear this gave us gears from 22" up to 90" and it is pedalable up to 30 mph .
The Trike was sprayed red with black trim and black seat and the original voyageur decals that I had ordered were adjusted to read voyager .
Less than a week after this photo the trike was winterised with mudguards and lights and bigger panniers..
The trike was a great success from the start but had a few niggles which were sorted along the way more of which I will describe in later posts .
So a year on the trike is still my daily local transport
more to follow
regards emma