mary wrote:
> My in-laws stopped biking in their mid-70's because they were concerned if
> they fell they would brake bones which would have a hard time healing. I
> figure I have a good twenty years left,but would like other opinions. Would
> buying a three wheeler reduce falls. but most of them I have seen look
> poorly built.
>
> Tom
>
>
Most of what you've seen were probably cheap upright "adult" trikes,
okay for slow poking but take a corner too fast and over they go. They
can't lean into a turn and so are less stable on curves at normal
bicycle speed then a two wheeler. Check out some good recumbent trikes
like these examples:
http://www.hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?category=106000 or
http://www.bentrideronline.com/Buyer's%20Guide/Trikes%202002.htm
The Greenspeeds for example are very stable, very fast, very well built
and very expensive. The Sun EZ-3 trikes on the other end of the price
range are quite affordable and while nothing fancy, adequately
constructed. Tadpoles in general (two wheels in the front, one in the
back) are more stable then Deltas (one wheel in the front, two in the
rear) but Deltas are generally more adaptable to carrying cargo. But
consider the problem of getting into and, sometimes much harder, out of
the seats on a trike. A low-slung seat like on a Greedspeed can be hard
for someone with limited mobility. A higher seat like the Sun trikes
might be much more suitable for such a person.
Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove
"Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a
person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a
newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive there's something wrong with him."
Art Buchwald
