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"New" WizWheelz
Well folks, I did it.
After reading all the posts replying to my question about pedal steer, I called someone who had a tadpole and asked him about his impressions after having ridden it for a while. I also had the idea of wheedling a test ride out of him. He said he liked it but hadn't used it much. In fact he was thinking of selling it. So I tried it out and bought it the next day. I think I got a real good deal: Terra Trike 3.4 100 PSI tires Rack, Lotsa lights, Mirrors, Air horn, Fairing, Doorbell (Bing-Bong !) Computer 18 months old, 105 miles $900 Pedal steer was no problem for me, but after putting about 15 miles on it I thought "This thing is a @#$% dog! I didn't expect it to be real fast, but this is ridiculous!" Anyway, the left disk brake started "singing". I felt the disks and both were hot. The brakes were dragging all this time! It was like riding uphill all the time. Adjusting them made a huge difference. Afterwards, it wasn't *too* hard getting up into the 20+ MPH range. I also removed the fairing. It seemed to interfere with the "trike experience". It also made it kind of a challenge for an old fart like me to get in & out of the seat. I'm not that fast a rider anyway--somewhere close to Ed Dolan's 10-11 MPH average--at least in an urban area. Speaking of Mr. Dolan..You were right about multiple bents. Between my wife and I we now have three of 'em. Jerry |
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