Cyril Haearn wrote:Could you let a rope down from the bedroom window and haul the trike up?
Can't remember when, but this was the vision of the bike parking space of the future, bike "trees" off lamp posts etc.
Cyril Haearn wrote:Could you let a rope down from the bedroom window and haul the trike up?
ONETAL wrote:Would it not be easer to move house to one with room for a trike.
reohn2 wrote:I've always liked the idea of a 'bent trike,but everytime I've considered one I've come out of it realising it's not a practical vehicle.
My reasons against are :-
1) Potholes on small roads that I could struggle avioding compared to a two wheeler that I simply flick around.
2)Camber,on heavily cambered roads and lanes I'd be constantly leaning to the right and steering out of the gutter.
3)Traffic jams that I can slip down the outside of on a two wheeler are far more difficult on a trike and I'd end up sitting behind someone's exhaust pipe at low level.
4) Storage is more difficult,not insurmountable but it's much easier to store a two wheeler.
5) Most cyclepaths in my neck of the woods have anti motorcycle gates that are difficult enough with a two wheeler that would be nigh on impossible on a trike.
6)Generally more limited use than a two wheeler
7)sloowwww climbing.
Reasons for are:-
1)Fast on the flat and decsents
2)comfy seating.
3)Fun!
The negatives far out weight the positives for me.
I know the diehard trike owners will attempt to poke holes in those reasons but those are the reasons why I haven't taken the plunge
meh, potholes aren’t that bad - bit of a rattle across the vast majority of them IMEreohn2 wrote:I've always liked the idea of a 'bent trike,but everytime I've considered one I've come out of it realising it's not a practical vehicle.
My reasons against are :-
1) Potholes on small roads that I could struggle avioding compared to a two wheeler that I simply flick around.
dont to that close to the gutter then - I rarely find road that have a heavy camber across that much of them.2)Camber,on heavily cambered roads and lanes I'd be constantly leaning to the right and steering out of the gutter.
Ive usually managed to go past most jams, but there is no obligation to get up close to the vehicle in front.3)Traffic jams that I can slip down the outside of on a two wheeler are far more difficult on a trike and I'd end up sitting behind someone's exhaust pipe at low level.
often, if it’s easy it’s easy, if it is t it isn’t.4) Storage is more difficult,not insurmountable but it's much easier to store a two wheeler.
a lot of those I come across are narrower at the top than the bottom, and I can get through - not guaranteed. But also fairly Reasonable to insist that they are made wheelchair accessible5) Most cyclepaths in my neck of the woods have anti motorcycle gates that are difficult enough with a two wheeler that would be nigh on impossible on a trike.
why?6)Generally more limited use than a two wheeler
get stronger legs then7)sloowwww climbing.
Reasons for are:-
1)Fast on the flat and decsents
2)comfy seating.
3)Fun!
The negatives far out weight the positives for me.
I know the diehard trike owners will attempt to poke holes in those reasons but those are the reasons why I haven't taken the plunge