"Tēm ShermĒnT °_°" " wrote in
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On 4/18/2011 11:37 PM, Kerry Montgomery wrote:
Hi all,
Am in the market for a trike, for balance reasons. All I see are
recumbents,
but don't know what the (dis)advantages are of tadpoles and deltas are.
Tadpoles are better for long rides and fast cornering. Deltas are better
for shorter trips around town. (As a general rule)
Velomobiles are heavy and expensive, but very fast under the right
conditions and offer good to excellent weather protection.
Or,
for that matter, if there are brands that are well regarded.
ICE (Inspired Cycle Engineering), Greenspeed, Trisled, AVD (Windcheetah),
Big Cat HPV (Catrike), HP Velotechnik, Optima, Wizwheelz, Organic Engines
come to mind off the top of my head as brands I would feel confident in
buying.
Sun also makes trikes at a lower price range, and as a division of J&B,
they can be ordered by any LBS that has a J&B account.
Tell us where you are at (general vicinity) and we may be able to suggest
a dealer near you.
Also your price range and expected use would be helpful. Unfortunately,
due to greater complexity and economies of scale, a $2,000 trike will have
a frame quality and component level of a $800 road bike. 
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Tēm ShermĒn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.
Hi all,
Thanks for the many thoughts. As Tēm surmised, I am recumbent ignorant, but
know that I don't want a Worksman, or equivalent, trike. I don't think my
cornering skill level ever was good enough for an upright racing trike -
have seen videos of them going around turns at high rates of speed with the
rider WAY over on the inside.
A tadpole may be the right kind of thing for me - did a little shopping at
Coventry Cycles today (very nice folks here in Portland, OR). One of my
problems is with changing from a sitting to a standing position, so a
relatively high seat may be valuable. The AnthroTech that Andre mentioned
might be good in that regard, haven't yet done much research into
availability, weight, cost, etc.
Desired price range would be about $2,000, but may have to re-evaluate that
upward based on what I've seen so far.
In an ideal world, it would fit in the back of a Subaru Impreza wagon that
has the back seats folded down. Otherwise, am looking for some sort of rack
(other than a roof rack).
Use will mostly be exercise on bike trails and paths. It'd be good if it had
low enough gears to get me up at least railroad grades on rails-to-trails,
and some sort of tire compromise that would let me try some gravel road in
the woods stuff.
Thanks again,
Kerry