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Utah Trikes in the US (yes, a bit far away from the UK) do conversions of recumbent trikes. The Greenspeed Anura delta style recumbent is also available as a quad - Westcountry Recumbents in the UK are Greenspeed importers. One of the potential issues is that unlike the stable tripod form of a trike...

brynpoeth wrote:Might be worth learning on grass or in a sports hall with a soft floor

In practice (on grass) I’ve found that pretty difficult... it’s harder to get the wheel moving so you are more likely to be coming off. Hard surfaces give you a chance to learn some finesse.

I gave in to temptation last year (riding three and two wheelers, one wheels seemed a natural complementary activity), along with an complete set of wrist, elbow and knee guards, plus my lid. You will fall off. Mostly I’ve managed to land on my feet, head contact (touch wood) seems rare. The wrist g...

Can you remind us have much you were looking for them?

I have used a turbo intermittently over the years with varying degrees of success and perseverance. Mostly it gets used when my legs get itchy and tell me i have to do something. Most of the time that’s meant go out for a run (all weathers, all times of the day/night possible) but latterly I have fe...

hercule, why the VTX AND a QNT? Are they really so radically different? For me, yes... a bit like a touring bike and a race bike. The QNT is the workhorse, full suspension, rear rack, ultra wide gearing (IGH + 9 speed cassette + triple chainset. It’s the one I use on mucky days and for more adventu...

A couple of years ago I was trying to decide between selling my Trice QNT and buying a velo (probably a Mango or a Quest), or spending the extra cash to add a ICE VTX to the fleet In the end I got a really good price on a hardly used VTX and took that option. I used to wonder why anyone would buy a ...

I find my Fuego is much more manageable at low speed with OC bars. The only real disadvantage is that I have to have the seat as far upright as possible as my wee short arms can’t reach the bars otherwise! The tiller certainly feels better at speed - perhaps because of the larger steering inputs req...

Just the sort of thing I’d like but unfortunately my legs are too short... My Pashley PDQ had me on tiptoes.

How does it compare weight wise with the Fuego? Plus the stem... is it the standard Nazca version? It looks steeper than the one on my Fuego, which I could do with to clear my knees.

Dear Sir, I am 60+ Czech cyclist looking for new toy - Trike. Last two years I drive Haibike Allmountain ebike with Yamaha PV-S engine unit. I am interested to buy trike, not neccesary quite new, Please can you give me information which used trikes are available in your stock ? Do you own any eshop...

Done it a few times, used to work over there and sometimes arranged an afternoon off just for the purpose. I don’t recall finding it very hard, just long. In those days before the NC500 I only saw one or two cars. I did it on my Moulton AM but it was in a pre-digital age so no photos easily posted. ...

I used to use a fixed wheel on my bike each and every winter to save the expensive geared transmission from the corrosive grime of winter roads. I used a 54” gear because of a desire to get up some pretty steep hills without falling off; it taught me how to spin which is probably how I can still kee...

I got very frustrated with Panda after buying a kit a couple of years ago, mismatched connectors, a battery that was entirely unsuited to my application (which I had discussed extensively by email beforehand), and the charger stopped working shortly after purchase. They were very prompt in replying ...

Looking at options for motor assist on a tadpole recumbent trike, I had dismissed crank drive as I would lose the gear range I currently enjoy. However I was looking at the Bafang motors which seem to have a square taper interface just like any other square taper bottom bracket. What’s to stop me fi...

Did you ever find an answer to this?

My inherited Agattu (belt drive) has the same (or similar) issue, reading up on it suggests it’s the gears in the motor. I could replace the motor, which is apparently a reasonably easy job, but it’s not cheap!