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[PCeBiker]

This looks interesting,..

I don't know what it is or if you can buy one, but swapping out your front end for something like this should cheap and easy?

EDIT: It's expensive too, and has wheels that lean and pivot.

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It is Pretty Damn Cool though!!

The "Cart" detaches to take along with you.
Perfect for hauling firewood!!

The price isn't too bad considering that it's all you need to convert your e-bike into an e-trike,..

 

[PCeBiker]

The TreGo leans the whole trike over when you're turning, and you may not like that with your balance issues?

There might be something available that simply attaches to your forks but doesn't lean?
It would be a lot simpler and should be a lot cheaper too.

All you really need is just two front wheels that attach to your forks in the same way.

Basically just a two foot long axle with a wheel on each end, and support braces connected to your lower fork tubes.

 

[PCeBiker]

All you really need is just two front wheels that attach to your forks in the same way.

Thinking about this more, if the bike doesn't lean into turns, it might snap the steerer tube off the top of the forks ?

 

[kevinmccune]

That's what I know I'd wanna do.

Quads and trikes are rare and expensive.
Starting with a new analogue quad or trike that you like is the most important thing, and you can ride it while you save up for the electrics.

Used ebikes are Super Cheap now, and some of them are even free that you can use for parts.

You could place an ad asking for a bricked ebike. (maybe say "Nothing Stolen" in the ad ?)


Picking a trike or quad that's easy to electrify helps, so I'm thinking a regular metal frame with frame tubes that are as straight as possible to help with installing everything.
(drilling, tapping and welding regular steel is cheaper and easier)

Don't mount your battery where I did unless you're done having kids.

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agree!

 

[kevinmccune]

I'm not sure why I didn't see & respond to your post earlier.

Sorry to say, at 79, I'm not far behind you with the balance issue. I've also been looking at trikes & quads for some time now. Aside from the $$, my biggest concern is loading & transporting them. I also ride trails that can be rough in places. Then there is the problem of the many different types of vehicle barriers used where I ride. In some places, the dam bollards are too close together for a 2 wheeler, let alone a trike.

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The collapsible models are a possibility. They could be easier to transport, but the idea of taking the bike apart to get through every barrier I encounter would be problematic.

Unfortunately, I'm strictly a trail rider and would rather give up the sport than switch to street riding. Mainly for safety reasons, I don't even ride my bikes short distances on road to get to local trails. Too many close calls over the years, and now even worse with texting & otherwise distracted drivers. On top of that, there is the issue of being seen on trikes built closer to the ground.

Please keep us posted with your bike search and good luck with your health issues.

I see and agree about the roads,people act stupid when they think they are going to be delayed a few seconds,back in the day( with the broken vertebra it was a bit hellish) I had stand in the road 10 hours a day and try to keep the public safe,oft times they thought they knew more about the situation then I did) nowadays with the remote crossarms and traffic lights the situation is better for the workers,rumble strips help keep the "public slowed down" never did understand why people would be running 10 minutes late for an appointment and try to make up lost time( troopers like it though)

 

[harryS]

Thinking about this more, if the bike doesn't lean into turns, it might snap the steerer tube off the top of the forks ?

It could, but more likely to unweight a wheel. Then the rest of the bike will want to spiral around the one that's still on the ground.

I like that Trego fixed, except for the €499. about $592 USD, I hope the brakes are hydraulic and proportioned so you don't get lockup.

 

[kevinmccune]

Thinking about this more, if the bike doesn't lean into turns, it might snap the steerer tube off the top of the forks ?

well anything I can cobble up probably would.

 

[kevinmccune]

The TreGo leans the whole trike over when you're turning, and you may not like that with your balance issues?

There might be something available that simply attaches to your forks but doesn't lean?
It would be a lot simpler and should be a lot cheaper too.

All you really need is just two front wheels that attach to your forks in the same way.

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Basically just a two foot long axle with a wheel on each end, and support braces connected to your lower fork tubes.

gonna check this out have the perfect donor for a setup like this.

 

[kevinmccune]

The TreGo leans the whole trike over when you're turning, and you may not like that with your balance issues?

There might be something available that simply attaches to your forks but doesn't lean?
It would be a lot simpler and should be a lot cheaper too.

All you really need is just two front wheels that attach to your forks in the same way.

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Basically just a two foot long axle with a wheel on each end, and support braces connected to your lower fork tubes.

well the stability helps my older friend started crashing motorcycles( life long rider) he found one of the Italian motorcycles with the reverse trike setup( pretty narrow at that) helped him immensely,gonna check out the tre go,I have had the pieces for one of these one time,the problem was the axles,I think one that is mostly complete will serve my needs(the rack seems nice)

This looks interesting,..

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I don't know what it is or if you can buy one, but swapping out your front end for something like this should cheap and easy?

EDIT: It's expensive too, and has wheels that lean and pivot.

Home — TReGo, upgrade your bike

trego-trolley.com

It is Pretty Damn Cool though!!

The "Cart" detaches to take along with you.
Perfect for hauling firewood!!

The price isn't too bad considering that it's all you need to convert your e-bike into an e-trike,..

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think I am going to try that,because of its pulling power want to put it on a folding 20x3 bike with 750 watt peak power.

 

[kevinmccune]

I got an implant after I got hit in the mouth with a hockey stick.

I don't even play hockey (like Every Canadian is supposed to do) and I can barely skate.

I learned to skate on rollerblades before I could figure out ice skating.

I was at an outdoor skating rink when some Jackass was playing hockey on the wrong part of the rink.
I turned around from going backwards and caught his stick in my mouth and I started gushing blood.

He apologized Profusely and I said don't worry about.

A week later the girl behind me in math class asked why my tooth was brown.
I had no idea, so I went to the dentist where he put a bug zapper on my tooth and I couldn't feel a thing.
It turned out that the nerve was broken and bled into my tooth turning it brown.

So the dentist did a root canal and bleached it from the inside out to help whiten it, but it stayed brown.

A few years later I had a veneer put on to cover it up, then I chipped the veneer a while later and had to get it fixed again.


Then a few years later I was trying to tie a rope and used my mouth as a third hand to tighten a knot.
I heard a huge Crack/Crunching noise and my tooth was left dangling from my mouth by a tendon (or whatever that part is called?)

So now its time for an implant, but it was my front tooth that gets way more torque on it than a molar, so they had to cut a hole in my ass, cut out a piece of hip bone (about the size of an inch of popsicle stick) and peel my gum back to bolt the bone transplant to my jaw, then peel back the gum again a few months later to remove the screws, then do a gum transplant by peeling flesh off the roof of my mouth to stitch it to my gum.

That lasted a couple decades until a few months ago when I bit into something that chipped both my front teeth right between the two.
Including chipping the ceramic (I think) implant.

I don't care.
It doesn't hurt, it's not rotting, and I can still eat.
It's just cosmetic, and dealing with implants has turned out to be a Real Pain In The Ass for me.
Literally, figuratively and financially.

let me share my root canal experience,these days just get an implant,nothing smells quite as bad as a rotting tooth,I kept wondering why people were dodging and ducking when I spoke to them,after the tooth fell out I stuck it up to my nose and took a whiff( a buzzard would have declined it) bone grafts these days are usually solved with"cadaver" bone safe and saves your ass,the two large pieces of hip bone the surgeon took to fuse my spine finally reabsorbed and disappeared,now everything floats until the spine finally fuses itself into immobility,implants around here are expensive and of course my insurance doesn't cover them,Quesera sera!

 

[kevinmccune]

think I am going try the "TreGo" its a pain trying to get a bike delivered in these parts,thanks Sojourners( might order immediately)

 

[PCeBiker]

think I am going try the "TreGo" its a pain trying to get a bike delivered in these parts,thanks Sojourners( might order immediately)

My guess is that you will probably feel more stable than on your 2-wheeler, because it doesn't lean if you don't turn the handlebars.

You'll probably get used to the lean because the lean angle is proportional to your handlebar angle.

I've fallen over more than 2 dozen times, and my handlebars were almost always pointed straight ahead.