Action Bent Tadpole Trike: Has anybody ridden one?

Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like
at speed?

__________ wrote:
Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it like
at speed?

....I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.

"Leif" wrote in message
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__________ wrote:
Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The
design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it
for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it
like
at speed?

...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.

How so?

"Leif" wrote in message
oups.com...
__________ wrote:
Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The
design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it
for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it
like
at speed?

...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.

It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what you're
looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the steering is
awful (again, IMO).

I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice that
it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat angle.

One concern is that the linkage looks all straight so it is not an
Ackerman steering setup.

Mark Leuck wrote:


...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.


How so?



--
Greg Nuspel

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does not own the sun. ~Ralph Nader, quoted in Linda Botts, ed., Loose
Talk, 1980

__________ wrote:
"Leif" wrote in message
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__________ wrote:

Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The
design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch it
for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is it
like
at speed?

...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.


It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what you're
looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the steering is
awful (again, IMO).

I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice that
it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat angle.



I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider
Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with
these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey
Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this
point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike.
Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable
as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline
at all.
Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I
expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so
relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three
wheels with no condescending help at all!

"Larry Varney" wrote in message
...
[...]
I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online.
I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these
reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then
followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that
I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike.
Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as
I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at
all.
Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I
expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so
relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three
wheels with no condescending help at all!

Larry Varney is one of the ARBR old timers who used to be a regular poster
to ARBR. Frankly I miss him. I feel a bit guilty as I treated him rather
badly when he was last here, but I have resolved to be a better man and not
go berserk all the time just because I don't see eye to eye with my
adversary.

Larry is a good reviewer of bikes and trikes and most important he is a fair
reviewer. I hope he will grace us here with his presence once again as he
always had interesting points of view on everything. Furthermore, he knows
how to write and how to post, no small matters considering some of the other
characters this group is presently afflicted with.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Edward Dolan wrote:
"Larry Varney" wrote in message
...
[...]

I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider Online.
I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with these
reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey Hundred) then
followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this point I can say that
I have been favorably impressed with the AB trike.
Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable as
I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable recline at
all.
Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I
expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so
relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own three
wheels with no condescending help at all!


Larry Varney is one of the ARBR old timers who used to be a regular poster
to ARBR. Frankly I miss him. I feel a bit guilty as I treated him rather
badly when he was last here, but I have resolved to be a better man and not
go berserk all the time just because I don't see eye to eye with my
adversary.

Larry is a good reviewer of bikes and trikes and most important he is a fair
reviewer. I hope he will grace us here with his presence once again as he
always had interesting points of view on everything. Furthermore, he knows
how to write and how to post, no small matters considering some of the other
characters this group is presently afflicted with.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota




What's next, a pat on the back from Johnny NoCom? grin But
seriously, I do try to be fair in my reviews, and recognize when
something isn't necessarily bad, just not what I like. Or, if I like it,
it doesn't mean that everyone will. I have friends who cannot bear a
recline of more than 50 degrees, while I don't feel the need for a neck
rest until it passes 30. And then there's underseat vs. overseat
steering - I've got my preference, but that doesn't mean the opposite is
necessarily bad - just wrong! (Only kidding...) Objectivity is
difficult, but recognizing subjectivity is sometimes the best we can
hope for.
A partial excuse for my absence from this list is that I've been away
on business and other things. Bike Florida and the Florida Bicycle
Safari earlier this year, and lately I've been off to Georgetown (KY)
for the Horsey Hundred, Illinois for GITAP, and Wisconsin for Bike
Northwoods. Next month will be the BentRider Online Rally in the Finger
Lakes region of New York, of course, and September will be the Old
Kentucky Home Tour and the September TRIRI (IN). There are other rides
as well (Hope Ride and Hilly Hundred in Indiana, Horrible Hundred in
Florida), but when I start thinking about those latter ones, I get
depressed - they mean the warm weather is disappearing from my part of
the country once more.
Incidentally, if any of you are in the market for a great trike, I
have a friend who's wanting to sell his red 2004 Catrike Road - not many
of that color were made. I rode it on the Bike Northwoods tour, and can
vouch for it completely. He's asking $1650; located in southwest Ohio.

Larry Varney Wrote:
__________ wrote:
"Leif" wrote in message
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__________ wrote:

Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The
design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch
it
for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is
it
like
at speed?

...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.


It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what
you're
looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the
steering is
awful (again, IMO).

I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice
that
it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat
angle.



I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider
Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with
these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey
Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this
point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB
trike.
Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable
as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable
recline
at all.
Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I
expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so
relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own
three
wheels with no condescending help at all!

When you get a trike like this for a review,is it the same as what
anyone who is an unknown person such as myself would get?In other
words, do the people who send you items for review know beforehand what
it is you are up to?


--
nget

nget wrote:
Larry Varney Wrote:

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"Leif" wrote in message
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__________ wrote:


Does anybody here have an Action Bent tadpole trike?

http://www.actionbent.com/TWTRIKE.html

Has anybody here ridden one? I'm looking for ride impressions. The
design
looks great! For $1295 with a redesigned composite hardshell
adjustable-angle seat and disc brakes, I doubt if anything can touch

it

for
value. But how does it handle? How is the brake steer? What is

it

like
at speed?

...I don't know... the steering mechanism looks kinda lame.


It's very difficult to tell from photos, even if you know what

you're

looking for, IMO. But, conversely, looks don't matter if the

steering is

awful (again, IMO).

I'm also curious to hear how people like the seat angle. It's nice

that

it's adjustable somewhat. I wish my Catrike Speed had adjustable seat

angle.


I am currently reviewing the Action Bent tadpole for BentRider
Online. I haven't quite finished yet - I do like to be thorough with
these reviews; I rode the WizWheelz Edge on a weekend tour (Horsey
Hundred) then followed it up with the week-long GITAP - but at this
point I can say that I have been favorably impressed with the AB
trike.
Brake steer? It doesn't have any. The seat angle isn't as adjustable
as I would like - but then, many trikes don't have an adjustable
recline
at all.
Anyway, look for me to complete this review in another week or two. I
expected to cut this little trike some slack simply because it's so
relatively inexpensive, but it looks like it can stand on its own
three
wheels with no condescending help at all!


When you get a trike like this for a review,is it the same as what
anyone who is an unknown person such as myself would get?In other
words, do the people who send you items for review know beforehand what
it is you are up to?



Definitely. Otherwise, they might expect me to actually buy the bikes
or trikes they send me! But seriously, yes, they know who I am, that I'm
reviewing it for publication, etc. The bike or trike in question is the
same as what anyone else would get, though I don't know of a good way of
proving that, short of visiting other recipients and checking what
they've got, or literally buying the things under an assumed name.
Either option isn't too likely, though.