joining the club

[classic33]

spent an hour out this morning, just spinning an easy gear , legs are aching a bit less and i think ive found the sweetspot regarding boom length.
I hadn't got of the estate and three people asked me about the trike, one white van passed me , pulled up and driver got out, i thought to myself eyup here we go, he walked towards me and said "i saw someone on one of them in preston yesterday, what are they like to ride" well that was the opposite of what i was expecting , after a brief chat i asked if he wanted to try it, he declined.
I really should have got a recumbent trike years ago, no back discomfort after riding , unlike my normal bike
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Just pictures of the trike and rider(actually using it) required now!

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I hadn't got of the estate and three people asked me about the trike, one white van passed me , pulled up and driver got out, i thought to myself eyup here we go, he walked towards me and said "i saw someone on one of them in preston yesterday, what are they like to ride"

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You'll get used to that, the reaction to recumbents is the polar opposite of what you get when you're on an upright.

 

[Time Waster]

- BUT ... We need pics !

Still none, before he starts tinkering with it as well.

To busy having fun on it too get photos. Sorry!

 

[voyager]

Here

is just one method of fitting mudguards , the top mount can be made using a hole to fit the threaded fork top and the lower mount could attach to the caliper mount , personally l prefer the formed bar under the guards rather than above . M5 domed nuts look best for securing the guards , eBay or Halfords .
Front lamp mounts can also be fitted to the top arms together with computer and phone mounts , just increase the thickness to avoid vibration problems.
Free free to ask any more questions .

regards Emma

 

[roadrash]

Fitted a tortec rack to the trike earlier, fixed the rear light to the rack...

 

[Time Waster]

My partner told me what the reactions i got from people I passed. I think she said the looks were of pity with a bit of "isn't it good he's able to get out!" Basically they thought I had a disability to rider a recumbent. I think if that's true then it sums up people from morecambe well totally backwards, ignorant and... Well I'll stop there because I'm leaving Lancaster on a train now and ppl from Lancaster are as bad. Let's not start with Garstang!

 

[roadrash]

Ive ridden the trike with the 26"rear wheel up to now, I'm gonna try it with the 20"rear wheel if I get chance tomorrow,

 

[voyager]

I would check the head angle it will get twitchy over 78 degrees , we played with the angles by using the rear end solid or a damper as well as 20 , 24 & 26" wheels.

 

[roadrash]

what do you mean by head angle ?

 

[voyager]

what do you mean by head angle ?

The caster angle measured between the ground and the head tube , . Too steep ( big back wheel ) will make the trike twitchy and too shallow with make it tame but can cause flop . I aimed for 70 - 78 degrees , can be checked using an app on a mobile phone.

regards Emma

 

[roadrash]

and I thought it was as simple as sticking the 20" wheel in, good job I was a butcher and not a bike builder

 

[voyager]

Last time I saw it , it had a 20" rear wheel on it.

regards Emma

 

[roadrash]

when I picked it up from saluki it had a 26" rear wheel on it but she gave me a 20" rear as well, when you had the 20"rear wheel on it did you use a damper, here it is exactly as I picked it up..

 

[voyager]

 

[roadrash]

that's the rear wheel she gave to me , I just need to put a rotor on it, I have a couple in the shed