January 31, 200818 yr A few years back I thought I would not be riding on two wheels again and I looked at trikes. I never could feel that I would enjoy recumbents, but I always liked the look of this continental model the Trisalu. What a suitable frame it would be for conversion to a Panasonic driven electrotrike. What do you all think? http://www.axst45.dsl.pipex.com/temp/trisalu.jpg
January 31, 200818 yr Author Fascinating, Capn_Phil68. I had never heard of this before. There are definitely things to be said for three wheels. And against of course!
January 31, 200818 yr I'd considered mounting an old Panasonic unit onto the front of the boom of a recumbent trike, but dropped the idea as the old unit wasn't powerful enough. Even with the newer unit with the high power mode, I don't think it's really up to it, given trike weight. The battery would need to be shifted rearwards, not because it would get in the way, but for nose weight reasons. The chain drive Cyclone has been underslung on recumbent trikes. Just seen your bike photo Tony. I don't like this kind of trike since they are inherently unstable, more than most since the large wheels put the weight too high for safe cornering, and the steering on the wheel pair instead of a front wheel on a conventional trike also upsets the stability, the geometry change on turning affecting two of the three wheels. Good for helmet testing. . Edited January 31, 200818 yr by flecc
February 1, 200818 yr Author trikes illogical but . . . All you say is so true, Flecc. Cornering is a real problem. Here in Felixstowe many older roads have a heavy camber which is a sod on a trike. The tires scrub and wear quickly. You will gather that I rode one for a while. It was an ancient tatty affair with the one wheel in front and it took me a while to unlearn learning to ride a bike! And yet . . . For an inveterate potterer about the byways such as myself there is a quite unique sense of being at one with the road and the fields. Any speed or complete standstill. Look around with perfect confidence. It's hard to quantify but, although I didn't, I could have fallen in love. I never did get on a bent trike but feel confident I wouldn't have liked being down there. I like to see over hedges too much.
February 1, 200818 yr hi helkama bikes in finland make a trike just like your picture using panasonic drive plus panasonic make their own trike but two wheels at back more conventional jim
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