Hi everyone, My wife an I are from Indiana, USA. We bought e- bikes last fall. Both are Aventon Pace, my bike is a bit larger than my wife's. We like them all around, but I have fallen once when trying to stop. I did stop, but something I did on the handle bar made the bike lurch forward and I last my balance. No harm no foul. Considering I had not been on any bike for several years and being 62 did make me a bit scared, but confidence has been building. Now my wife is wanting a electric tricycle. She has only ridden an Emojo fat tire once, so we are researching again. Look forward to reading and sharing.
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indianajo
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Welcome to the site and the hobby.
I'm age 71. I bounce pretty well when I fall off the bicycle, especially as I wear long sleeve polyester/cotton work clothes and poly $1 work gloves. Closed walking shoes. No road rash.
I haven't fallen off the cargo bike left in the 7800 miles since I bought it. My weight stabilizes the front fork some. Not enough trail on modern bike forks to be stable.
I went over the handlebars of a Pacific & a Diamondback mountain bikes, and a Huffy Savannah cruiser, 5 times since 2008. Hit my chin every time. I broke it the last time @ 25 mph. I now have found a helmet with a chin guard and a lot of vents, a Fox rampage. I tried to find a chin guard before the last accident, but all I could find was sealed motorcycle helmets. The secret search engine term for chin guard bike helmets is "downhill mountain bike racing helmet". I've never raced a bicycle, but I ran in a few 5k & 10k runs in my thirties where I came in 578th or something. Slow & steady, still on the bike after 64 years.
Electric tricycles tend to fall over if turned too fast. Like above 6 mph or something on the typical schwinn grocery getter. There are safer tricycles, that have two front wheels and one back, that tilt into the turn. Those cost about $5000. See the tricycle forum under bikes by type below.
Happy riding & shopping.
I'm age 71. I bounce pretty well when I fall off the bicycle, especially as I wear long sleeve polyester/cotton work clothes and poly $1 work gloves. Closed walking shoes. No road rash.
I haven't fallen off the cargo bike left in the 7800 miles since I bought it. My weight stabilizes the front fork some. Not enough trail on modern bike forks to be stable.
I went over the handlebars of a Pacific & a Diamondback mountain bikes, and a Huffy Savannah cruiser, 5 times since 2008. Hit my chin every time. I broke it the last time @ 25 mph. I now have found a helmet with a chin guard and a lot of vents, a Fox rampage. I tried to find a chin guard before the last accident, but all I could find was sealed motorcycle helmets. The secret search engine term for chin guard bike helmets is "downhill mountain bike racing helmet". I've never raced a bicycle, but I ran in a few 5k & 10k runs in my thirties where I came in 578th or something. Slow & steady, still on the bike after 64 years.
Electric tricycles tend to fall over if turned too fast. Like above 6 mph or something on the typical schwinn grocery getter. There are safer tricycles, that have two front wheels and one back, that tilt into the turn. Those cost about $5000. See the tricycle forum under bikes by type below.
Happy riding & shopping.
"There are safer tricycles, that have two front wheels and one back, that tilt into the turn. Those cost about $5000."
My wife now has my TerraTrike EVO electric "tadpole" trike, and she loves it. Her balance isn't as good as it once was, and she can stop and rest or re-orient without worrying about tipping.
Having said that, though it was just too small for me, even when adjusted. I'm 6'3" and heavy, and it was a tight squeeze in the hips and didn't feel nearly as stable as my large-frame Aventure bicycle.
She's 5'6" and average weight, probably much closer to the body type they had in mind when they designed it. She doesn't get very far very fast, but it's still excellent exercise and it gives us something we can do together.
My wife now has my TerraTrike EVO electric "tadpole" trike, and she loves it. Her balance isn't as good as it once was, and she can stop and rest or re-orient without worrying about tipping.
Having said that, though it was just too small for me, even when adjusted. I'm 6'3" and heavy, and it was a tight squeeze in the hips and didn't feel nearly as stable as my large-frame Aventure bicycle.
She's 5'6" and average weight, probably much closer to the body type they had in mind when they designed it. She doesn't get very far very fast, but it's still excellent exercise and it gives us something we can do together.
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