Electric tricycle?

[Kizza]

My dear old mum is thinking of buying an electric TRICYCLE.

Recommendations and suggestions welcomed.

I'd expect she'd like to test ride one, so retailers in south west London/Surrey would be helpful.

Thanks

 

[Eagle]

Kizza,

Try these links:

Mission:

https://missioncycles.co.uk/product/e-mission/

Tricycle Sales (currently out of stock):

http://www.tricyclesales.co.uk/Item/Electric_Trikes/E_MISSION_Electric_Tricycle.aspx

Further afield at Quest88 in Shrewsbury:

https://www.quest88.com/intelligent-search/trike-for-adult.html

EDIT

Powabyke Cruiser:

https://powabyke.com/product/987/

Powabyke dealers:

https://powabyke.com/dealers/

 

[brindledog]

My dear old mum is thinking of buying an electric TRICYCLE.

Recommendations and suggestions welcomed.

I'd expect she'd like to test ride one, so retailers in south west London/Surrey would be helpful.

Thanks

J has a trike. A few years ago, she suddenly lost all hearing in her left ear. Her sense of balance was destroyed at the same time, and her cycling career ended. She had cycled for fifty years and was devastated by this lose. She bought a trike and has had the greatest difficulty adapting to 3 wheels. Steering was the main problem; I wonder if, having biked for so long, where steering is largely done by balance, the conversion is so difficult? Following a fall off the trike, which happened during a sharp left turn, she gave up for twelve miserable months. Today we tried again - a long way from other traffic - with mixed results. Hope your mum has fewer difficulties - best wishes.
Tom

 

[RobF]

Upright trikes are famously unstable, needing more balancing skills when cornering than a bicycle.

An etrike with plenty of weight on the rear axle might be a bit more stable.

 

[Kizza]

Upright trikes are famously unstable, needing more balancing skills when cornering than a bicycle.

An etrike with plenty of weight on the rear axle might be a bit more stable.

Great thanks.

I've suggested strongly she test ride one first. Doesn't sound that safe to me.

 

[RobF]

Great thanks.

I've suggested strongly she test ride one first. Doesn't sound that safe to me.

Me neither, but people do ride them.

Probably not ideal for a beginner.

 

[anotherkiwi]

There was the noomad conversion kit but the company went under: https://www.google.fr/search?q=noomad+trike+conversion+kit

It was a little overpriced in my opinion. There is another company that presented a clone at the last Spezi.

 

[pn_day]

Another alternative if you want stability is a tadpole style recumbent trike. ICE in the UK make good ones http://www.icetrikes.co, and there are many other manufacturers out there who also make good options.

The advantage of a tadpole trike is stability during steering - 2 wheels at the front do the steering.

 

[Jonah]

Absolutely a tadpole trike is the best solution.

 

[Nefarious]

recumbents are stable but I know of a few 'dear old mums' who would be very uncomfortable being so low to the ground

 

[daveboy]

Two wheels at the front and one at the back would be much more stable.