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Tadpole for a "fat guy"
"Don Boring" wrote in message
... On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:00:43 -0400, "Jeff Grippe" wrote: Check out the Tricruiser. www.americruiser.com That is a hot looking trike for the money for my needs but how about the fact that it looks like it is 'bolted' together. It is bolted together. Sid's (the builder) experience was with building hang gliders. He builds the way he knows how to build. Does the frame need to be continually checked before each ride to make sure it won't fall apart on you while you are riding? Seriously. It needs to be checked periodically but not before each ride. I have not had a problem with loosening although I do check it on a regular basis. I would say I check some things monthly and most things every couple of months. How does it compare with riding say an EZ-1 Sun Supercruiser as far as speed and handling? The components on that bike are fine for my needs. I have never riden an EZ-1 but I have owned an EZ-3. I like it better than the EZ-3. My experience with trikes leads me to believe that none of them are particularly safe above 30 MPH. This trike is not built for speed. It handles fine but you shouldn't expect it to handle like a bike. And isn't the tadpole design more dangerous than a Delta trike? I don't know the answer to that. Ed Dolan would say yes but the deltas I've riden I didn't like. The only one that I think would be interesting is the new one by Hase that uses a differential to supply power to both wheels. I know some other Hase owners who love them but they also own tadpoles and love them too. Most tadpoles are much lower to the ground then the tricruiser. The tricruiser is as high off the ground as most deltas. This makes it easy to get into and out of but it probably makes it less stable. I enjoy riding it. Looks hot and I may inquire about one. I need something I can take to the market that will hold a weeks worth of groceries and the price is right! It is built like that. The rear rack that Sid sells is this big heavy thing that can hold a lot. During the summer I put two folding chairs (the kind that fold into a bag) and a big cooler on the back and rode it to our local swimming pool. It was a great pack rat. I only weight 175 lbs. Do you think I would wear it out in 10 years? How about durability? You These two questions are really the same. I don't know about the ten year life. Sid does not use premium components so I am changing some things now after only one year but I am making these changes because I want better performance and not because they need to be changed. I don't think Sid has been building them for 10 years yet. He is in San Diego and he'd be happy to have you come visit and try one out. You can see it and then decide for yourself. I plan to use mine for riding to and from the train station. For longer tours I use a different trike. Don Boring Glendora, CA. USA Easy Racer EZ1-SC http://www.easyracers.com/ez_1_sc.htm Lightning Thunderbolt http://www.lightningbikes.com/thunderbolt.htm |
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Tadpole for a "fat guy"
Edward Dolan wrote: ... I wonder myself what is going to happen to all my many bikes (both uprights and recumbents) after I cease to honor this world with my lordly presence. I have a vision of a big truck pulling up to the house and taking all of my bikes out to the local dump where they will henceforth reside for all eternity. This is something for the rest of you to think on too if you are planning to spend $2000. or more on a bike. Ask yourself if your city dump deserves such an expensive bike.... If there is no will and no obvious heirs, the State of Minnesota would likely take possession and auction everything off. Depending on who attended the auction [1], the bikes could go for much less than they are worth. I know someone who obtained an almost new HPV in this manner for much less than its market value. [1] Government auctions tend to be poorly advertised and held in obscure locations so only the "right" people will show up - similar to a kickback scheme in many ways. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley |
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Jeff Grippe wrote: Check out the Tricruiser. www.americruiser.com ... It looks like the dog would drool on the head of all but the tallest riders. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley |
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"Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic" wrote in message oups.com... Edward Dolan wrote: ... I wonder myself what is going to happen to all my many bikes (both uprights and recumbents) after I cease to honor this world with my lordly presence. I have a vision of a big truck pulling up to the house and taking all of my bikes out to the local dump where they will henceforth reside for all eternity. This is something for the rest of you to think on too if you are planning to spend $2000. or more on a bike. Ask yourself if your city dump deserves such an expensive bike.... If there is no will and no obvious heirs, the State of Minnesota would likely take possession and auction everything off. Depending on who attended the auction [1], the bikes could go for much less than they are worth. I know someone who obtained an almost new HPV in this manner for much less than its market value. [1] Government auctions tend to be poorly advertised and held in obscure locations so only the "right" people will show up - similar to a kickback scheme in many ways. -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley Well, there are heirs (nephews and nieces), but what they know and like about bikes you could put in a thimble with room to spare. However, I will try to impress on them that my bikes are worth something. They are all money grubbers, so that should make them sit up and take notice. Basically, I would like my bikes to find good homes when I am no longer here to take care of them. I feel about my many bikes the same way I feel about my many cats. -- Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Tadpole for a "fat guy"
"R.D.S." wrote in message ... [...] After the accident's I've had, that have caused me to become the "spud" I am today, I need some motivation to get out there and walking won't do it. I walk a couple miles a day normally when working and when I get home walking isn't real high on my list of things to do. I've always loved riding and have a road bike and a mountain bike but like I said, the accidents were debilitating and I became unable to ride, then depression set in and that's more debiltating than the physical injuries. The one thing I could still do was feed my face. Anyway thanks for the input. Sorry, but you need to walk more than anything else. That is what we humans were designed to do by our evolution as walking primates. By choosing not to walk, you have elcted death. I encourage you to elect life and to get walking. You may want to start out with water walking in a swimming pool, but eventually if you want to live you will have to walk. there is simply no susbstitute for it. When winter sets in here in Minnesota, I forget about my bikes and I walk for a couple of hours every day. Hey, if I can do it, so can you. We wil al be dead soon enough,so let's live as long as possible. |
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Tadpole for a "fat guy"
If you get the sun tadpole sx you will want to upgrade the tires to the
Kenda Kwest 100psi. They will handle the weight much better than the tires that come standard. |
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