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Is there such a thing as an ideal trike?
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:20:06 -0500, "Edward Dolan"
wrote: "Bernhard Agthe" wrote in message ... [...] The only obvious drawbacks to a delta a - large turning radius (long wheelbase) Not on the Kett Wiesel. You can do a U-turn on a bike path. Presumably to avoid the embarrassment of anyone seeing you on what looks like a glorified long wheelbase wheelchair. IMHO The only trike worth considering is a tadpole. -- |
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Is there such a thing as an ideal trike?
Mike wrote:
Edward Dolan wrote: Bernhard Agthe wrote: The only obvious drawbacks to a delta a - large turning radius (long wheelbase) Not on the Kett Wiesel. You can do a U-turn on a bike path. Presumably to avoid the embarrassment of anyone seeing you on what looks like a glorified long wheelbase wheelchair. IMHO The only trike worth considering is a tadpole. Can't do this with a tadpole: http://austinbikezoo.org/sites/defau...ul.preview.JPG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5tK0CDl_0 I've had over 1600 lbs. riding on just the trike's rear axle. I can also U-turn that rig in any space as wide as the trailer is long. It turns so tightly the trailer moves backwards during part of the process. Lots of delta trikes can pivot around a stationary wheel; tadpole trikes can't. It is nice that tadpole trikes can use regular bicycle drivetrains, but that's also one of their limitations. Chalo |
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Is there such a thing as an ideal trike?
"Mike" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:20:06 -0500, "Edward Dolan" wrote: "Bernhard Agthe" wrote in message ... [...] The only obvious drawbacks to a delta a - large turning radius (long wheelbase) Not on the Kett Wiesel. You can do a U-turn on a bike path. Presumably to avoid the embarrassment of anyone seeing you on what looks like a glorified long wheelbase wheelchair. IMHO The only trike worth considering is a tadpole. Mike likes go-carts better than he does bicycles. That is why he prefers a tadpole. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Is there such a thing as an ideal trike?
Mike wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:20:06 -0500, "Edward Dolan" wrote: "Bernhard Agthe" wrote in message ... [...] The only obvious drawbacks to a delta a - large turning radius (long wheelbase) Not on the Kett Wiesel. You can do a U-turn on a bike path. Presumably to avoid the embarrassment of anyone seeing you on what looks like a glorified long wheelbase wheelchair. IMHO The only trike worth considering is a tadpole. As usual, it depends what you want to do with it. And being able to do handbrake turns on a Kett is part of why they're excellent off-road fun machines. Another reason they're great is it makes an excellent family machine as you can just daisy-chain them together. Try doing that with a Windcheetah... Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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