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tadpole trike with seat higher than bottom bracket?
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Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. JonB |
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"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message ... Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. You have got that right Jon. Presently it seems that all tadpole trikes have got the crank higher than the seat. This will cause numb feet in a fair proportion of folks. The damn SWB recumbents are influencing everything these days. In the old days they had these things figured out right. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Edward Dolan wrote:
"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message ... Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. You have got that right Jon. Presently it seems that all tadpole trikes have got the crank higher than the seat. This will cause numb feet in a fair proportion of folks. The damn SWB recumbents are influencing everything these days. In the old days they had these things figured out right. I heard that some bike shows can also cause numb feet because the pedal presses right into a nerve, through the shoe. Not much, but it does. But maybe thats just hearsay. JonB |
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"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message ... Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. JonB Jon, I think that the Trice T has the seat near or above the BB height. I sat on one a couple of years ago and the seat was higher than my Trice Q...it felt much higher which is only a subjective opinion. Visit the Trice web site and you will find specs for the different models. gotbent aka FRVT rider |
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"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message ... Edward Dolan wrote: "Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message ... Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. You have got that right Jon. Presently it seems that all tadpole trikes have got the crank higher than the seat. This will cause numb feet in a fair proportion of folks. The damn SWB recumbents are influencing everything these days. In the old days they had these things figured out right. I heard that some bike shows can also cause numb feet because the pedal presses right into a nerve, through the shoe. Not much, but it does. Others are always blaming numb feet on everything under the sun except that which causes it - too high a bottom bracket. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. AnthroTech: http://www.anthrotech.de/Pages-e/index-e.html. You will likely have to take the train to Deutschland to try one out. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken / She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.” |
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Jon Bendtsen wrote: Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. JonB Hi, Here are three other possibilities: Steintrikes CT http://www.steintrikes.com/ Cycle Genius Phoenix http://www.cyclegenius.com/trx.html Rotator Comport 3 http://www.rotatorrecumbent.com/comfort3.html Other than seeing pictures of them and reading their description, I cannot tell you more. Regards, Chris |
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On Aug 15, 12:08*pm, Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. JonB My Mom has a Sun EZ-Tadpole and it's not too high. See it here http://www.sunbicycles.com/sun/index.html Darby makes one similar to the Cyclegenius Phoenix. Called the Nomad. http://www.billdarbydesign.com/trikes.html The Sun is arguably the cheapest of all of them and offers good value. It's a bit heavy, has a horrendous turning circle (can be remedied with the mod shown here http://www.madwulf.com/Tadpole4.htm) and is a bit noisy due to the chain tubes. The disc braking and steering setup is very stable. I've had it up on two wheels and it just wants to come right back down again. Brakes straight and hard with little tendency to pull even when using just one side. Has a parking brake arrangement on at least one of the levers to avoid roll- aways. I've heard that early model frames had a tendency to crack at the cross-tube under the weight of a heavy rider and hard use but the newer ones (as of 3 years ago at least) have a reinforcement gusset added there. Mom got hers in Washington State for about $1100 (CrMo model). Keith |
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Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. Thanks for all your answers, now i know it is possible. |
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On Aug 15, 3:08 pm, Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Hi Is there a tadpole trike with a seat higher than the bottom bracket? because i dont like to sit with my feet higher than my butt. JonB Have a look at this rider, he can't even reach the pedals . . . http://www.cyclegenius.com/cgrgaller...es/richdog.jpg |
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