BlackPanther
Hyper-Fast Recumbent Riding Member.
- Location
- Doncaster.
Woo-Hoo. One of us, one of us.
WOOHOO !!!
Still grinning ?
How long before you stop grinning from riding a trike? I ask because I've been riding/grinning for 4 years now.
Windcheetah and a few questions about recumbents in general.
- Thread starter Pumpkin the robot
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Woo-Hoo. One of us, one of us.
How long before you stop grinning from riding a trike? I ask because I've been riding/grinning for 4 years now.
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
I rode 6 miles on my bent today and was grinning most of the way. It really is such fun, and a bit bonkers...Woo-Hoo. One of us, one of us.
How long before you stop grinning from riding a trike? I ask because I've been riding/grinning for 4 years now.
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Numbnuts, what a cute avatar you have now!
My 'bent has dynamo lights and it's quite nice in the dark - the front light is rather low to the ground so it lights the road nicely but doesn't point a long way ahead. Which is fine by me as I don't hare along!
classic33
Leg End Member
"It was OK". Is that the best you can come up with?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I could have said my ride was enlighten
OP
OP
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I am wondering if I need to move the seat forward a little. I have had to slow my cadence down as if I spin like I do on a bike, it moves the recumbent all over the road.
voyager
E- tadpole Triker
bum bounce is the main problem with a high cadence as the body moves and this is transmitted into the steering , once you can establish that this is the cause you can adjust to counteract it , I can get about 120 rpm without it happening but it has taken a while to adjust my position and reduce " bum bounce "
or Brilliant maybe
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regards emma
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
That will settle down when you learn to relax from the hips upwards. What you have encountered is called pedal steer but really has the cause of too tense steering.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
When I went out for my first ride I was gripping the bars really tightly and I was all over the show I think it was out fear, but when I started to relax and loosen my grip it all became fine.
OP
OP
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
It does it even when I am not holding the steering stem
Tigerbiten
Guru
You can steer a bent trike no handed.
BUT ...........
If you lean left, the trike will go right and vice versa.
So if you're rocking a little due to at a high cadence, your CoG moves and the trike snakes.
It's the main reason I don't like going over 100 rpm at speed.
BUT ...........
If you lean left, the trike will go right and vice versa.
So if you're rocking a little due to at a high cadence, your CoG moves and the trike snakes.
It's the main reason I don't like going over 100 rpm at speed.
voyager
E- tadpole Triker
The grin is part of the natural reaction to riding , cold and wet weatherHow long before you stop grinning from riding a trike? I ask because I've been riding/grinning for 4 years now.
will put a dampener on it 
for a short while or a snood can be used to mask it but if you enjoy it , why hide it?......
Tigerbiten
Guru
I've been riding an ICE trike a year longer than you and I'm still grinning.How long before you stop grinning from riding a trike? I ask because I've been riding/grinning for 4 years now.
So you can make that a +5 year
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Still here at 9years of recumbent riding, 2 on a bike and the rest on three wheels, thegrin got wider when I got the first trike!
