Now that's a proper trike - !
When my balance starts going south, that'll be my next purchase - !
First time I rode one I went straight on at the first corner.
Why is it that the racer boy types hate recumbents and trikes so much
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First time I rode one I went straight on at the first corner.
Indeed. There is a small element of bikers who look down their noses at anyone riding a slick road bike worth less than 5k. - !
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
As a recumbent rider I look up to other riders.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I get a crick in my neck...
Indeed. There is a small element of bikers who look down their noses at anyone riding a slick road bike worth less than 5k. - !
Well over 50 years of cycling and I have never come across them, must be a very small element only noticeable by a minority of cyclist.
grldtnr
Über Member
Now that's a proper trike - !
When my balance starts going south, that'll be my next purchase - !
For a proper 'upwrong' barrow. It has to be a Longstaffe or Higgins, sadly not made anymore.
But be very aware ,they are notoriously difficult to ride, far easier to ride a low down, laid back recumbent, ....from a layabout tricyclist...
matticus
Guru
Is this a wind-up?? So much weird schoot on wheels these days, you never know ...
mrandmrspoves
Middle aged bald git.
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Now that's a proper trike - !
When my balance starts going south, that'll be my next purchase - !
They are actually VERY difficult to balance - or more correctly, they are incredibly easy to unbalance. (You will be better off on a recumbent)
grldtnr
Über Member
I wholly concur !
Cyclist subconsciously automatically balance 2 wheels, the 'gyro' effect keeps it balanced and moving forward.
The 3 rd wheel upsets this autonomic response, with the centre of gravity up high perched on the saddle.
Bring that down and sit within the footprint of a recumbent ,then you have a far more stable machine.
But even then ,you can upset a recumbent trike, I 've done that twice in 30+ yrs, once at high speed, and once amusingly at low speed, on a and new trike.
Even recumbent trikes ,you my never master the art of riding 3 wheels, always the trike will try and throw you off.
Cyclist subconsciously automatically balance 2 wheels, the 'gyro' effect keeps it balanced and moving forward.
The 3 rd wheel upsets this autonomic response, with the centre of gravity up high perched on the saddle.
Bring that down and sit within the footprint of a recumbent ,then you have a far more stable machine.
But even then ,you can upset a recumbent trike, I 've done that twice in 30+ yrs, once at high speed, and once amusingly at low speed, on a and new trike.
Even recumbent trikes ,you my never master the art of riding 3 wheels, always the trike will try and throw you off.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
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- Loch side.
You don't balance because of the gyro effect. It is a completely different mechanism that keeps you balanced.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Yoiu've obviously never been to a recumbenty wheely championship either then, have you?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Hate what?
Never heard of 'em.
Never heard of 'em.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You know, kids in Golf GTIs aka hot hatches
matticus
Guru
well .. sort of ... It takes hours of practice before it becomes subconscious!
I've no doubt that peeps can learn to ride another way, but I do fear that if I take it up when I'm 60+ it will be quite a slow process
(15 years ago I tried ride a trike round a car park. I stayed upright, but rode into a bush.)
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