In article , Jeff Grippe
wrote:

Nope,

I don't like deltas. It is one of two tadpoles (that I know of ) that are
high off the ground. Here is a link to a picture of me with the trike from
June.


http://groups.msn.com/GrippesPhotos/...snw?action=Sho
wPhoto&PhotoID=481

the builder's web site is

http://www.americruiser.com

I bought this trike because I have bad knees and didn't want to have to
climb in and out of trikes like the Greenspeed or Wizwheelz.

My first trike (now sold) as a Sun which was a delta. I didn't like riding
it at all. I'm much happier with the cruiser.

Jeff

Nice trike Jeff. Whats going on in the back there?
Is that a trunk of some sort?
I bet the Cycle Genius trike comes up that high.
High seated tadpoles are few and far between, thats for damn sure.




"Slugger" wrote in message
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In article , Jeff Grippe
jeff@door7 wrote:

There are a few trikes that are much higher up. My commuting trike is the
TriCruiser and it is as high off the ground as any bike. I think the
experience related here is a result of bad drivers and not bad trikes.

Jeff

That must be a delta trike because very few tadpoles come up that if
any at all.

"Slugger" wrote in message
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In article , Chuck
wrote:

At 5:45 am this morning I was hit from the rear by a car on Charlotte
Pike. My trike is toast. I'm Ok physically except for a little scrape
and some bruising. I can no longer accept that I must share the road
with talking monkeys operating heavy machinery.

So now I'm thinking to hell with civilization; where can I live and
ride
where there are no other vehicles?

I'm just crushed. I loved my trike and I love tooling around in it but
as a clerk in C store and as a daily commuter (for about two years now
on the trike) I know how stupid these assholes in their cars and
trucks
are. They are not to be trusted. Trust that eventually some insect on
a
cell phone will come along and destroy your customized labor of love.

Never mind your lit up like a fire truck and flashing anti-collision
lights and watching and using your rear view mirrors. Never mind your
following all the rules.

Bam, my trike is toast; rear axle bent, left rear wheel destroyed,
derailer bent all to hell, assorted other damage.


The guy was insured. I didn't shoot him and we both walked away but
.....


I DIDN'T SEE HIM

was his excuse.

Chuck Trotter
Nashville, TN



No offence to the trike people but I would be scared ****less riding
around so low. Especially up against a bigger truck or SUV, on some
trikes you wouldn't even come up as high as the wheel. As much as I
hate cars " I didn't see him" is a valid excuse against a trike I
recon.

Did you have a flag on your trike? Better to look like a cripple than
to be a cripple. Lights don't do a whole lot of good in the day time.