Suggestions for trikes that would fit through a standard door please.
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IanSmithCSE
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Good morning
The idea is that one wheel won't be off the ground. The wheels pivot as you turn, like 3 wheeled mopeds.
There is a thread on here somewhere about the poor chap who had a life changing accident riding his Planet X bike off a kerb that he thought was safe to so do.
This got me thinking about how I ride off kerbs, rarely, but these are within a few hundred metres of home.
Bye
Ian
The idea is that one wheel won't be off the ground. The wheels pivot as you turn, like 3 wheeled mopeds.
There is a thread on here somewhere about the poor chap who had a life changing accident riding his Planet X bike off a kerb that he thought was safe to so do.
This got me thinking about how I ride off kerbs, rarely, but these are within a few hundred metres of home.
Bye
Ian
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grldtnr
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I urge the OP's friend to try a recumbent trike, but then I am biased!
The problem tho ' is that most recumbent trikes are just that bit too wide for a standard door, one way is to source a Dutch 'bent trike, as they have to be a certain width for Dutch cycle tracks, tho' that may have changed.
Psamathe
Über Member
Some recumbents are higher than others. For some (eg ICE) you can get additional supports to help get in/out. Just because some recumbents are low does not mean they all are.
I've not ridden an upright trike but from what I've seen they are not as easy to ride as recumbent trikes - but others might have more experience.
In terms of width measure the door user will want to get it through and look at specs and/or post width of door here and people can maybe measure their own.
I've not ridden an upright trike but from what I've seen they are not as easy to ride as recumbent trikes - but others might have more experience.
In terms of width measure the door user will want to get it through and look at specs and/or post width of door here and people can maybe measure their own.
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IanSmithCSE
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Good afternoon,
Thanks.
I will pass the ideas on.
I think that when you get down to it will just fit if you are very careful and after the newness wears off it will be time for some big chunks out of the door frame.
A definite downside of converting the garage to living space,now matter now unnimble, fitting a trike into a car sized hole isn't so hard.
Bye
Ian
Thanks.
I will pass the ideas on.
I think that when you get down to it will just fit if you are very careful and after the newness wears off it will be time for some big chunks out of the door frame.
A definite downside of converting the garage to living space,now matter now unnimble, fitting a trike into a car sized hole isn't so hard.
Bye
Ian
grldtnr
Veteran
An 'upwrong' trike is a whole different kettle of fish to ride, it's a misnomer that balance isn't required, when it still is,in fact you need to counterbalance & counter steer, which perversely requires a sense of balance.
Which is where the low sense of gravity comes in with recumbent trikes it's not such a requirement, but you still need to shift your weight if cornering at speed, thin back to your days wasted tearing about on a soap box cart....it's the same feeling.
And honestly, being visible or not. Isn't a thing , believe me you are far more visible on a recumbent of any type, just because they are so unusual to see on the roads
Mikethetrike
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Pretty much any handbuilt trike, or conversion axle built by either Higgins, Ken Rogers, George Longstaff or Geoff Booker, who traded as Trykit. There was an unofficial 'standard ' over locknut width of 27", to enable access through UK front doors!
a.twiddler
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That's useful to know. As the issue with the OP's friend seems to be balance, something like the Noomad concept would probably be ruled out as despite having three wheels, it tilts and therefore would need some ability to balance it. Despite some posters pushing for a recumbent trike, due to the ease of learning to ride one, I have a feeling that the most acceptable solution for the OP's friend would be some kind of upright diamond framed conversion, if the Hetchins would accept it, or if reluctant to bodge it about, a used trike from one of the quality manufacturers, if the 27" OLN trike standard is as common as suggested.