Tigerbiten
Guru
Trikes are only hard work if you expect to go uphill fast.
As long as you have low enough gears then because you've no stall speed going uphill is easy.
My first gear (9.6") at 70 rpm is only 2 mph, not fast but 20% slopes are easy in that gear .......
Then again my top gear at 70 rpm is only 37 mph which makes 6% downhill runs "fun" .........
So it's more getting the correct gears for what you want to do than just trikes are hard work uphill.
You don't need to be that much fitter to ride a bent vs a DF.
But because you use your leg muscles slightly differently on a bent, it' a trained fitness.
So it may take you ~1,000 miles to build up your bent legs.
Plus on a 2 wheel bent, the faster you go the more advantages a bent gives you due to lower air resistance.
Just wait until you're in a good working chain gang of bents easily doing ~30 mph on the flat.
I've only done that once and had to work very hard on my trike to stay with it .....
As long as you have low enough gears then because you've no stall speed going uphill is easy.
My first gear (9.6") at 70 rpm is only 2 mph, not fast but 20% slopes are easy in that gear .......
Then again my top gear at 70 rpm is only 37 mph which makes 6% downhill runs "fun" .........
So it's more getting the correct gears for what you want to do than just trikes are hard work uphill.
You don't need to be that much fitter to ride a bent vs a DF.
But because you use your leg muscles slightly differently on a bent, it' a trained fitness.
So it may take you ~1,000 miles to build up your bent legs.
Plus on a 2 wheel bent, the faster you go the more advantages a bent gives you due to lower air resistance.
Just wait until you're in a good working chain gang of bents easily doing ~30 mph on the flat.
I've only done that once and had to work very hard on my trike to stay with it .....
