Tadpole trikes and full time RVing

[Matt]

Hi...

We're full time RVers with a class A motor home. We're interested in
buying a trike to carry with us for local touring and for exercise. We
rented a delta trike the other day and rode on the Pinellas bike trail
in Dunedin Florida. We loved riding this non-traditional cycle and
now would like to own one. Were it not for the expense and space
issues, we'd buy a pair.

Are any of you RVers with experience in traveling with a trike? Is the
tadpole or delta better for such use? Can one removed the wheels and
fit it into an RV storage bay? The folding trikes are very expensive
and out of our budget range.

Also, any advice on finding a used trike?

Thanks for your assistance.

 

[Clive George]

"Matt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi...
>
> We're full time RVers with a class A motor home. We're interested in
> buying a trike to carry with us for local touring and for exercise. We
> rented a delta trike the other day and rode on the Pinellas bike trail
> in Dunedin Florida. We loved riding this non-traditional cycle and
> now would like to own one. Were it not for the expense and space
> issues, we'd buy a pair.
>
> Are any of you RVers with experience in traveling with a trike? Is the
> tadpole or delta better for such use? Can one removed the wheels and
> fit it into an RV storage bay? The folding trikes are very expensive
> and out of our budget range.

First question has to be : upright or recumbent?

cheers,
clive

 

[Werehatrack]

On 16 Jan 2007 07:46:28 -0800, "Matt" <[email protected]> may
have said:

>Are any of you RVers with experience in traveling with a trike? Is the
>tadpole or delta better for such use? Can one removed the wheels and
>fit it into an RV storage bay? The folding trikes are very expensive
>and out of our budget range.

I have seen exactly one RV with a pair of recumbent trikes hanging
vertically on the back. With the exception of a folding trike that I
believe is out of production, I'm not aware of any that lend
themselves well to being dismantled/de-wheeled and stashed; the frames
would always end up being ungainly space-wasters in any event, and the
process of taking them apart and putting them back together, while not
an all-day task, might prove to be enough that the bike would simply
vanish into the back of the bay and never emerge again. Plus, unless
you're a really unusual FTRV person, that bay probably only has room
for two pounds of coffee and those worn-out jeans that you've been
meaning to pry out from under the co-pilot's seat.

>Also, any advice on finding a used trike?

Patience, luck, and way too much time spent on eBay and Craigslist.
Be prepared to pay a distressing amount for shipping, or drive
hundreds of miles to pick up the purchase.

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[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Clive George wrote:
> "Matt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi...
> >
> > We're full time RVers with a class A motor home. We're interested in
> > buying a trike to carry with us for local touring and for exercise. We
> > rented a delta trike the other day and rode on the Pinellas bike trail
> > in Dunedin Florida. We loved riding this non-traditional cycle and
> > now would like to own one. Were it not for the expense and space
> > issues, we'd buy a pair.
> >
> > Are any of you RVers with experience in traveling with a trike? Is the
> > tadpole or delta better for such use? Can one removed the wheels and
> > fit it into an RV storage bay? The folding trikes are very expensive
> > and out of our budget range.
>
> First question has to be : upright or recumbent?

ahhh geeezzzzz, here we go....

 

[Matt]

recumbent for sure



On Jan 16, 11:08 am, "Clive George" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Matt" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:[email protected]...
>
> > Hi...
>
> > We're full time RVers with a class A motor home. We're interested in
> > buying a trike to carry with us for local touring and for exercise. We
> > rented a delta trike the other day and rode on the Pinellas bike trail
> > in Dunedin Florida. We loved riding this non-traditional cycle and
> > now would like to own one. Were it not for the expense and space
> > issues, we'd buy a pair.
>
> > Are any of you RVers with experience in traveling with a trike? Is the
> > tadpole or delta better for such use? Can one removed the wheels and
> > fit it into an RV storage bay? The folding trikes are very expensive
> > and out of our budget range.First question has to be : upright or recumbent?
>
> cheers,
> clive

 

[Clive George]

"Matt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> recumbent for sure

In which case can you hang it off the back of your RV, vertically?

ICE and greenspeed both make take-apart ones - eg the greenspeed tandem
comes apart into really quite managable chunks given the size of the thing -
but they aren't cheap.

cheers,
clive

 

[Steve knight]

On 16 Jan 2007 07:46:28 -0800, "Matt" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Are any of you RVers with experience in traveling with a trike? Is the
>tadpole or delta better for such use? Can one removed the wheels and
>fit it into an RV storage bay? The folding trikes are very expensive
>and out of our budget range.

about 600 more then a cheap tricked
http://www.hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?category=106000
measure your space and measure the trike. but why not get a bike
carrier for it to put on back?