lazybloke
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The three greatest things trikes have going for them
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grldtnr
Veteran
Trikes have a number of rarely known attributes, it's quite common to lift a wheel on an upwrong one which is really not recommended.
The recumbent tadpole, can be quite happy to ride along on two wheels again not recommended, but you are in a safe place doing it, unless it's unplanned.
When I first got my Pete Ross Trice, shocking build quality , but man could it handle ,very chuckable for doing stunts, I remember going to the Mildenhall rally once, grass track racing , and a rally for tourist, with quite a few events and a side trade show
Any way was having a bit of fun in the carpark chasing another recumbent around ,went hammering around a corner , then found myself heading for kerb, wasn't going to avoid it, so jammed the brakes on, 2 front wheels on the Trice, promptly it lifted the rear wheel, then pirouetted on the front, slammed the rear down , and then I was shooting off away, still peddling furiosly, I really didn't know how it did it. All I know it saved me from a big off and possibly 2 very bent rims.
The other guy asked 'how did you do that ?' ....I honestly didn't know, presumably one of the brakes was out of balance, and the rest of it was shear good fortune.
These best handling trike I ever had, doing 3 wheel drifts ,and tremendous fun in snow & ice, tho ' the group I was with trying to get up a icy hill wouldn't think so when lost grip spun round and started to go backwards done the hill v, with others climbing.
Such fun!
The recumbent tadpole, can be quite happy to ride along on two wheels again not recommended, but you are in a safe place doing it, unless it's unplanned.
When I first got my Pete Ross Trice, shocking build quality , but man could it handle ,very chuckable for doing stunts, I remember going to the Mildenhall rally once, grass track racing , and a rally for tourist, with quite a few events and a side trade show
Any way was having a bit of fun in the carpark chasing another recumbent around ,went hammering around a corner , then found myself heading for kerb, wasn't going to avoid it, so jammed the brakes on, 2 front wheels on the Trice, promptly it lifted the rear wheel, then pirouetted on the front, slammed the rear down , and then I was shooting off away, still peddling furiosly, I really didn't know how it did it. All I know it saved me from a big off and possibly 2 very bent rims.
The other guy asked 'how did you do that ?' ....I honestly didn't know, presumably one of the brakes was out of balance, and the rest of it was shear good fortune.
These best handling trike I ever had, doing 3 wheel drifts ,and tremendous fun in snow & ice, tho ' the group I was with trying to get up a icy hill wouldn't think so when lost grip spun round and started to go backwards done the hill v, with others climbing.
Such fun!
Conrad_K
unindicted co-conspirator
- Location
- Little Rock, Arkansas
My tadpole's seat is only a few inches above the ground, even with the larger-than-original 20" front wheels. (the default was 16") I can stare at upright riders eyeballs-to-kneecaps.The main thing against them (for the Deltas): getting up and off when you're getting on a bit !
Bearing in mind that I'm old, fat, and arthritic, my early attempts to get out of the seat were surely Youtube-worthy.
I've since developed a method for getting out that's only a little less difficult than lifting myself up by my own bootstraps, but at least I can carry it off without bystanders reaching for their phones to record it.
