First time on a trike today.

[raleighnut]

I'd love a racing trike, mine is fun but the lightweight ones are seriously quick,

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Seen today on Twitter, here's my old clubmate who I borrowed the trike off for my 25.

Here's the link
http://www.cyclinguk.org/blog/lucyw...-little-still-enjoys-50-mile-cycle-every-week

 

[Ian H]

It's a good number of years since I rode one. I did ride a fixed-wheel trike for a year. It was a Ken Rogers conversion, so not exactly top notch.

 

[Banjo]

Never ridden a trike but once had a go on an old butchers delivery bike.

It had a big basket on the front that didnt turn with the handlebars.This made you oversteer until you fell off until you got the hang of it.Really weird sensation.

 

[raleighnut]

Never ridden a trike but once had a go on an old butchers delivery bike.

It had a big basket on the front that didnt turn with the handlebars.This made you oversteer until you fell off until you got the hang of it.Really weird sensation.

The trick is to just look ahead, forget about the basket (Co-op delivery boy 1974-76)

 

[Milkfloat]

I was under the impression that a trike was ideal for people with balance problems and now I find out it is harder to balance than a 'normal' bike. My world is shattered.

 

[raleighnut]

I was under the impression that a trike was ideal for people with balance problems and now I find out it is harder to balance than a 'normal' bike. My world is shattered.

The trick on an 'upwrong' is to let them move underneath you, don't fight them. Cornering though

 

[Ian H]

The trick on an 'upwrong' is to let them move underneath you, don't fight them. Cornering though

The fixed-wheel was an interesting experience. Downhill hairpins were the worst. I developed double-jointed knees and hugely enlarged my vocabulary of swearwords.

 

[Tigerbiten]

I was under the impression that a trike was ideal for people with balance problems and now I find out it is harder to balance than a 'normal' bike. My world is shattered.

Anybody who hasn't ridden a bike much finds a trike easy as there are no balance problems.
It's those who've ridden a lot who have problems because you need to relearn how to turn corners.
On a bike you learn to lean into a corner then steer a bike through the turn to keep your balance.
But on a trike you have to steer through the corner then lean into the turn to keep your balance.
It's a subtle difference but does make a difference on how well you can corner and non-riders do it naturally and rider don't.
Once you've learnt the trick then trikes are "easy" ......

 

[PMarkey]

I can safely say never,ever brake whilst cornering on a trike I overcooked a right hand bend on a decent on a Audax at the end of April on my Longstaff conversion,tried to scrub off a bit of speed whilst turning in and the inside wheel promptly lifted tried to sort myself out and clipped the kerb with the outside wheel and was thrown into a lamp post breaking a shoulder . Not put me off though , hopefully picking up a longstaff trike this weekend

Paul