Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

<frkrygow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> The riding position makes me feel pretty much like a turtle on its
> back.  My feet are way high in front of me, so I'm kind of peering
> around them at times.  I can put considerable pressure on the pedals,
> and that makes it scoot, but spinning seems awkward.  Handling is
> twitchy - one has to concentrate on not oversteering.  Even riding a
> straight line takes some concentration.

It is interesting to get feedback on re***bent trikes from one who is not 
committed to them. Frank is quite right about tadpoles being hard to steer

at speed. A long delta trike does not have this problem nearly so much.

> The most unusual feature is the steering linkage.  I've never seen
> anything like it.  The two joysticks actually act on the _rear_ wheel,
> banking it left or right.  The intent is to prevent side loading of
> the rear wheel.  Other linkages go from there to the tie rods and
> activate the front wheels.
>
> Much of that is adjustable.  I gave some thought to tuning out the
> twitchiness, but a) I'm buried in much more im****tant projects, and b)
> I really have no desire to ride this thing very much.

The twitchiness of tadpoles is an eternal problem, but it takes someone
like 
Frank to point it out to the rest of us.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota