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Action Bent Tadpole Trike: Has anybody ridden one?
Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?
http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? |
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Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike? http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? ....I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. |
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"Leif" wrote in message oups.com... __________ wrote: Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike? http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? ...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. How so? |
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"Leif" wrote in message oups.com... __________ wrote: Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike? http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? ...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what you're looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the steering is awful (again, IMO). I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice that it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat angle. |
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One concern is that the linkage looks all straight so it is not an
Ackerman steering setup. Mark Leuck wrote: ...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. How so? -- Greg Nuspel The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. ~Ralph Nader, quoted in Linda Botts, ed., Loose Talk, 1980 |
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__________ wrote:
"Leif" wrote in message oups.com... __________ wrote: Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike? http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? ...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what you're looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the steering is awful (again, IMO). I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice that it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat angle. I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike. Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at all. Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three wheels with no condescending help at all! |
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"Larry Varney" wrote in message ... [...] I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike. Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at all. Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three wheels with no condescending help at all! Larry Varney is one of the ARBR old timers who used to be a regular poster to ARBR. Frankly I miss him. I feel a bit guilty as I treated him rather badly when he was last here, but I have resolved to be a better man and not go berserk all the time just because I don't see eye to eye with my adversary. Larry is a good reviewer of bikes and trikes and most important he is a fair reviewer. I hope he will grace us here with his presence once again as he always had interesting points of view on everything. Furthermore, he knows how to write and how to post, no small matters considering some of the other characters this group is presently afflicted with. Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota |
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Edward Dolan wrote:
"Larry Varney" wrote in message ... [...] I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike. Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at all. Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three wheels with no condescending help at all! Larry Varney is one of the ARBR old timers who used to be a regular poster to ARBR. Frankly I miss him. I feel a bit guilty as I treated him rather badly when he was last here, but I have resolved to be a better man and not go berserk all the time just because I don't see eye to eye with my adversary. Larry is a good reviewer of bikes and trikes and most important he is a fair reviewer. I hope he will grace us here with his presence once again as he always had interesting points of view on everything. Furthermore, he knows how to write and how to post, no small matters considering some of the other characters this group is presently afflicted with. Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota What's next, a pat on the back from Johnny NoCom? grin But seriously, I do try to be fair in my reviews, and recognize when something isn't necessarily bad, just not what I like. Or, if I like it, it doesn't mean that everyone will. I have friends who cannot bear a recline of more than 50 degrees, while I don't feel the need for a neck rest until it passes 30. And then there's underseat vs. overseat steering - I've got my preference, but that doesn't mean the opposite is necessarily bad - just wrong! (Only kidding...) Objectivity is difficult, but recognizing subjectivity is sometimes the best we can hope for. A partial excuse for my absence from this list is that I've been away on business and other things. Bike Florida and the Florida Bicycle Safari earlier this year, and lately I've been off to Georgetown (KY) for the Horsey Hundred, Illinois for GITAP, and Wisconsin for Bike Northwoods. Next month will be the BentRider Online Rally in the Finger Lakes region of New York, of course, and September will be the Old Kentucky Home Tour and the September TRIRI (IN). There are other rides as well (Hope Ride and Hilly Hundred in Indiana, Horrible Hundred in Florida), but when I start thinking about those latter ones, I get depressed - they mean the warm weather is disappearing from my part of the country once more. Incidentally, if any of you are in the market for a great trike, I have a friend who's wanting to sell his red 2004 Catrike Road - not many of that color were made. I rode it on the Bike Northwoods tour, and can vouch for it completely. He's asking $1650; located in southwest Ohio. |
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Larry Varney Wrote: __________ wrote: "Leif" wrote in message oups.com... __________ wrote: Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike? http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? ...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what you're looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the steering is awful (again, IMO). I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice that it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat angle. I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike. Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at all. Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three wheels with no condescending help at all! When you get a trike like this for a review,is it the same as what anyone who is an unknown person such as myself would get?In other words, do the people who send you items for review know beforehand what it is you are up to? -- nget |
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nget wrote:
Larry Varney Wrote: __________ wrote: "Leif" wrote in message egroups.com... __________ wrote: Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike? http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like at speed? ...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame. It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what you're looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the steering is awful (again, IMO). I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice that it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat angle. I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike. Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at all. Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three wheels with no condescending help at all! When you get a trike like this for a review,is it the same as what anyone who is an unknown person such as myself would get?In other words, do the people who send you items for review know beforehand what it is you are up to? Definitely. Otherwise, they might expect me to actually buy the bikes or trikes they send me! But seriously, yes, they know who I am, that I'm reviewing it for publication, etc. The bike or trike in question is the same as what anyone else would get, though I don't know of a good way of proving that, short of visiting other recipients and checking what they've got, or literally buying the things under an assumed name. Either option isn't too likely, though. |
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