e Trike pls Help

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Ernest Hofmann

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I bought a new Lectric step thru 3.0 long range,comfort bundle, bike a year ago and stil have not used it. I'm 97 and can't get my balance. it has less than a mile on it and no scratches It cost me $1,300 plus $700 assories I am now looking to buy a e=trike, but can only about $700.00. Maybe stretch it to $800. $900 would realy make me skimp on everything the rest of my life. I need a lot of advise and help; . How much to get for the e=bike, Suggestions about make and model of e=trike. New or used. Waiting till I sell the e=bike and combinning the money I get with the $600 I have. Ineed a 750 W motor, atleast 45 Mi range, and folding would be nice. I live in N J and need your help. Thank you. Ernie
 
Ernie, congratulations on making it to 97! It;s great that you still want to ride a trike.

The first thing you should do is test ride a trike. Etrikes, in particular, do not handle the same as ebikes, of course. They also do not handle as you might expect. Many etrikes only power one of the two rear wheels; some have a differential, some don't. There might even be some that have a hub motor in the front wheel, and pull the trike along. Each configuration will have a different, slightly weird, handling characteristic. Many etrikes, for example, will pull towards the low side of the road, and you have to learn to compensate for that by steering slightly in the opposite direction.

Most roads have camber, i.e. in cross-section they rise at the middle and shed water towards the sides, where the gutters are. This affects the hanfdling of trikes.

There are other issues, of course, and each maker of etrikes addresses them in their own particular way. There is the size and power of the motor, how smooth it is, the size of wheels and the width of tires, etc. There is no substitute for a test ride to figure out whether a particular etrike is for you.
 
I've watched our kids, and later their kids, learn with training wheels. They sort of work when you're short and on small wheels, harder to tip over. Nonetheless, that rear wheel will lift off the ground when the kids turn the handlebars. Would get worse with a full size bike. Unless you ride really slow, fixed training wheels seem to me like they're too unstable for an adult bike.

I couldn't see anything special about the Swinging Wheel. Maybe it has suspension to allow the bike to tilt, keeping the rear wheel on the ground. That's what is needed.

I agree with an etrike, but don't think Ernest needs 750W on a trike either. You really can't go that fast and be stable on a trike. Many of them are speed limited to 15 mph anyway.

Maybe the best option is to find a Lectric dealership and try to get a trade-in on the two wheeler toward a Lectric trike.
 
harryS said:
I couldn't see anything special about the Swinging Wheel. Maybe it has suspension to allow the bike to tilt, keeping the rear wheel on the ground.
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Yeah, It Does !!!,..

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It's kinda 😎 actually..
 
that was why I was thinking in that direction, with these wheels the bike almost rides like a normal bike but is hard to tip over. Easier and cheaper to get installed than for example https://www.tworby.nl/
 
I would expect the Dutch to understand how to do training wheels, as in the second link.

As for the Swing Wheels, the install looks it needs a good mechanical guy who can put some tapped holes in the rear frame, if needed.
 
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