Doug Cimper wrote:
> Tom Sherman wrote:
>>
>> I would choose a re***bent trike if I really want to see things. The
>> riding position does not naturally have the rider looking down. Road
>> hazards that could cause the single-track [1] vehicle rider to lose
>> balance can easily be ignored, if the trike has properly wide and
>> durable tires.
>>
>> [1] Reference to the vehicle, not narrow "technical" off-road trails.
>>
>
> I've been casting long glances at the upcoming Sun delta trikes, in
> particular the $1700 X-3 AX:
>
>
http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=388&blogId=1
>
>
> However I'll have to see it in person first, or at least see one of the
> others that uses the same frame.
>
> ...Also I am curious about the width, or lack of it. I noticed with the
> current models that the rear wheels are considerably narrower than the
> front wheels of tadpole trikes. Of course tadpoles need room for their
> front wheels to turn, and on a higher-seat delta you are free to lean
> your upper body a bit in turns--but I'm wondering now--why all deltas
> seem to be built with relatively high seating and all tadpoles are built
> with relatively low seating.
> ....
> So it seems that delta trikes have the advantage of being narrower, but
> the disadvantage of not turning under power equally well both ways--as
> on most delta trikes, only one rear wheel is driven, and when turning
> hard the inside rear wheel tends to lift....
>
> --------
>
> The only "high" tadpole I can recall is the Cycle Genius Phoenix:
>
> http://www.cyclegenius.com/trx.html
>
Add the Anthrotech to the list of high seat tadpoles:
<http://www.anthrotech.de/Pages-e/index-e.html>.
> Which has been discounted 20% lately, and is a model that I don't see
> much talk about so it may not be selling very well. It doesn't look very
> agile, it'd probably get you more questions about being disabled than
> any other trike around I think.
>
> Does anyone make a lower-seat delta at all?.... Certainly running a
> chain under a low-set seat cannot be an impossible task; most of the
> tadpole trikes do it....
> ~
The "Chain Weasel" has a relatively low seat:
<http://www.hase-bikes.com/ens/kettwieselal/index.php>.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
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