'Bent trike - Tadpole or Delta?

[zoxed]

I have never seen a machine that can be converted from trike to bike.

Then you have not seen all the Zoxes !! Front wheel drive and you can "plug-in" different "backends": 2 wheels or 1: see Zox Trike.

 

[byegad]

As for rider saftey, the higher the seat, the more insecure I feel.
a low seat you sit in the trike and not on it.

I'd vouch for that. I sit on my Kettwiesel and in my QNT. That's how it feels and that's how I find myself describing it.

The Kettwiesel is a one of in my opinion for Deltas. The inward sloping rear wheels add a huge amount of stability. I spoke to someone who tried another type delta and they said they felt it was less stable than their Trice. I'd say both my QNT and Kett' are equally stable.

 

[henshaw11]

"My concern (on a lowish trike) would be more about drivers spotting you when approaching from behind,

Yo,
theory suggests that a driver can easily spot and avoid a brick on the road.

To clarify - the context was filtering, where *I'm* approaching from behind, not the driver...I'm quite aware of drivers being able to see me when *they're* approaching from behind, I've been riding one for long enough

I agree re 'one of each' ..I did start off wanting a human-powered go-kart - but that'll have to sit in line behind other wants/commitments, not to mention the n of n+1 has become a little too large already...