I got to ride a terra trike today

I got a email from a fellow that had visited my webshots photo page.
Turns out that he is newly bent. He is a proud owner of a new Whiz
Wheels terra trike. I had been hearing from the guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh? Anyway I hooked up with the trike owner and
his wife today and got the chance to take the trike out for a spin. My
impressions? Nice trike. Candy apple red, deore mechanical disk
brakes and 20" tires all around. I always wondered if the tadpoles
were rough riding and now I know they are not.lots of fun to ride and
comfy too. I also found out that they are not for me. Way to low to
the ground and for me the tad poles are to hard to get in and out of.
Guess I'm just a RANS LWB kind of guy:-)

"Bill B" wrote in message
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I got a email from a fellow that had visited my
webshots photo page.
Turns out that he is newly bent. He is a proud
owner of a new Whiz
Wheels terra trike. I had been hearing from the
guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a
bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that
emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh? Anyway I hooked up
with the trike owner and
his wife today and got the chance to take the
trike out for a spin. My
impressions? Nice trike. Candy apple red, deore
mechanical disk
brakes and 20" tires all around. I always
wondered if the tadpoles
were rough riding and now I know they are
not.lots of fun to ride and
comfy too. I also found out that they are not
for me. Way to low to
the ground and for me the tad poles are to hard
to get in and out of.
Guess I'm just a RANS LWB kind of guy:-)


Before you completely write off trikes. I have a
Penninger Voyager. It's great. I also have a
RANS Tailwind. But I live in Bloomington, IN
(home of the Hilly Hundred). The Voyager is
much - much nicer on hills. On the RANS Tailwind,
I sometimes think I walk more then I ride because
of the grade and number of hills. The Penninger
also rides a lot higher then a tadpole
configuration trike, and is considerably easier to
get on instead of feeling like you are crawling
into a tadpole configuration.

Jim

"Bill B" wrote in message
om...
I got a email from a fellow that had visited my
webshots photo page.
Turns out that he is newly bent. He is a proud
owner of a new Whiz
Wheels terra trike. I had been hearing from the
guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a
bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that
emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh? Anyway I hooked up
with the trike owner and
his wife today and got the chance to take the
trike out for a spin. My
impressions? Nice trike. Candy apple red, deore
mechanical disk
brakes and 20" tires all around. I always
wondered if the tadpoles
were rough riding and now I know they are
not.lots of fun to ride and
comfy too. I also found out that they are not
for me. Way to low to
the ground and for me the tad poles are to hard
to get in and out of.
Guess I'm just a RANS LWB kind of guy:-)


Before you completely write off trikes. I have a
Penninger Voyager. It's great. I also have a
RANS Tailwind. But I live in Bloomington, IN
(home of the Hilly Hundred). The Voyager is
much - much nicer on hills. On the RANS Tailwind,
I sometimes think I walk more then I ride because
of the grade and number of hills. The Penninger
also rides a lot higher then a tadpole
configuration trike, and is considerably easier to
get on instead of feeling like you are crawling
into a tadpole configuration.

Jim

I also rode my TerraTrike today; to a little thing called BikeFest.
Very pleasing to see Greenspeed, Optima, S&B, Penninger alongside
Haluzak, EZ-3, Raven, and who knows what else.

My TT has become my erector set, and getting in the cockpit (overhead
fairing) is a real chore. But normally, it is very easy to sit in
for me.

The TT is too low?!?!? RANS must be pretty high!

Chris Jordan
Santa Cruz, CA.

(Bill B) wrote in message . com...
I got a email from a fellow that had visited my webshots photo page.
Turns out that he is newly bent. He is a proud owner of a new Whiz
Wheels terra trike. I had been hearing from the guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh? Anyway I hooked up with the trike owner and
his wife today and got the chance to take the trike out for a spin. My
impressions? Nice trike. Candy apple red, deore mechanical disk
brakes and 20" tires all around. I always wondered if the tadpoles
were rough riding and now I know they are not.lots of fun to ride and
comfy too. I also found out that they are not for me. Way to low to
the ground and for me the tad poles are to hard to get in and out of.
Guess I'm just a RANS LWB kind of guy:-)

I also rode my TerraTrike today; to a little thing called BikeFest.
Very pleasing to see Greenspeed, Optima, S&B, Penninger alongside
Haluzak, EZ-3, Raven, and who knows what else.

My TT has become my erector set, and getting in the cockpit (overhead
fairing) is a real chore. But normally, it is very easy to sit in
for me.

The TT is too low?!?!? RANS must be pretty high!

Chris Jordan
Santa Cruz, CA.

(Bill B) wrote in message . com...
I got a email from a fellow that had visited my webshots photo page.
Turns out that he is newly bent. He is a proud owner of a new Whiz
Wheels terra trike. I had been hearing from the guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh? Anyway I hooked up with the trike owner and
his wife today and got the chance to take the trike out for a spin. My
impressions? Nice trike. Candy apple red, deore mechanical disk
brakes and 20" tires all around. I always wondered if the tadpoles
were rough riding and now I know they are not.lots of fun to ride and
comfy too. I also found out that they are not for me. Way to low to
the ground and for me the tad poles are to hard to get in and out of.
Guess I'm just a RANS LWB kind of guy:-)

(Bill B) wrote in message . com...
He is a proud owner of a new Wiz
Wheelz Terra Trike. I had been hearing from the guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh?

Bill:
I'm glad you found out what you wanted to know. It was a pleasure
to meet you. C'ya on the Mississippi River Trail sometime.
Grins,
Art in Memphis

Also:
Anyone else in the area who wishes to test ride a TerraTrike 3.4 can
email me at minus the NOTSPAM. We usually
ride the MSR Trail and then the bluffs and have brunch and a European
"sports drink" (-:beer:-) at Gordon Biersch on Sundays around noon.
Grins,
Art in Memphis

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(Bill B) wrote in message . com...
He is a proud owner of a new Wiz
Wheelz Terra Trike. I had been hearing from the guys that hang around
the country store that they had been seeing a bike like mine except
that it had three wheels. Well the guy that emailed me is the guy they
had seen. Small world Huh?

Bill:
I'm glad you found out what you wanted to know. It was a pleasure
to meet you. C'ya on the Mississippi River Trail sometime.
Grins,
Art in Memphis

Also:
Anyone else in the area who wishes to test ride a TerraTrike 3.4 can
email me at minus the NOTSPAM. We usually
ride the MSR Trail and then the bluffs and have brunch and a European
"sports drink" (-:beer:-) at Gordon Biersch on Sundays around noon.
Grins,
Art in Memphis

- -
www.deanforamerica.com/community_veterans