Hi,

My partner has a Bachetta 2 Wheel Recumbent. Our garage is pretty small, and I don't think our ceilings are tall enough to accommodate a hanging bike storage option. Is there a way to store this bike vertically by one of its wheels without damaging it? Any advice for vertical storage of a two-wheel recumbent would be appreciated.

Can anyone recommend a hitch style bike rack that works well with recumbent bikes but also fits standard bikes? When I look up “recumbent bike racks” most of them are custom affairs specifically for recumbent bikes. I have a Vision R40 and a Rans F5. So they’re simple single bar affairs.

Ideally, I would love to be able to put my recumbent bike and my partner’s normal hybrid on the same rack together.

Any suggestions would be helpful!

I hate riding a stand up bike now. I hate how it’s hard to see things, I hate the crotch pain and hand pain and knee pain, I am miserable right now my bent bike is down for repairs. …..looks into enduro trikes…

I am looking for a folding recumbent bicycle with at least rear or full suspension. I would prefer an upright position, a rack, under seat steering, and ideally something that is either American made or something that doesn't just cost more due to import fees and international shipping. But that just depends on the market which is the best value for my needs. But those 3 needs are circuital, folding, suspension and ideally an rack so I could carry stuff if needed.

The reason why a bicycle is I am looking for something which will supplement my main tricycle when I am traveling and something I can put in a bag and take it on like a city bus.

I'm looking for recommendations. My wife had double knee surgery last year and is still recovering. The physio allows her to cycle on a static recumbent but she's wanting to get outside more. He's not happy with her cycling on a regular bike, but said a trike is possible.

We tested upright trikes at first, but they all seem to position the pedals relatively far back, meaning that her knees have to go to an acute angle, not recommended by the physio.

We then heard about recumbent trikes and tried out a Hase Trigo. This seemed perfect! The seat height is good, meaning she can easily get in and out of it, and being a recumbent, the knee angle can be quite shallow.

The problem is we live in Singapore, which has recently updates the rules for trikes and cargo bikes. Specifically, trikes wider than 70cm (27.5 inches) are not allowed on cycle paths or footpaths. The hase Trigo is approximately 83cm wide.

Is there anything equivalent to the Trigo but could fit within this very narrow width limit? Our only other option is a mobility scooter, which takes away the rehabilitation aspect.

I have a chance to pick up an HP Velo Scorpion FS 26+ at an excellent price. The drawback is the now defunct GoSwiss hub. How can I convert the trike to a newer system of eAssist?

Caught them rolling it around. If I find excessive tire wear I’ll know who to blame.

So I don’t even own one yet and looking for advice. I was an avid rider. Road and MB. I’ve done Solving Century a few times back in the day. I am 60 yo, about 6ft tall and 160lbs. I have been having back issues and this past weekend went for a rather short 12 mile ride. Three days later and my back is toast. Any advice is welcome. Thanks.

I’ve had my beloved Catrike pocket (tadpole) for almost 10 years, multiple RAGBRAIs, etc. Now that I’m pulling two kids in the buggy, I could use an electric assist to help us up the hills in our area. Has anyone else used one of the electric kits for the rear wheel of their trike? Any suggestions or product recs? I really don’t want to spend thousands of dollars when I’m not using it for multi-day long rides anymore.

I would like to ask if the AZUB Dream Seat's wedge is uncomfortable for larger men - does it put pressure on their junk, vs. the standard mesh seat? Is it better to have the XL seat? Will the XL Dream Seat help? (this size of the Dream Seat is very rarely sold.) How do men mitigate problems with the recumbent sitting position placing torsion on their junk? Is there a recommended type or brand of underwear to use?

Basically the title, am looking into possibly getting a recumbent trike but am limited due to my current car anyone have experience in if any of catrike’s folding bikes are able to fit

I posted a while ago about how to make my Terratrike Rover more off-road to help with traction and punctures and got some advice I was saving for the next flat.

Well it happened. I popped the rear tire. I've popped the front two already and have slime tubes in them now, it was only a matter of time before the back popped. I can't really change where I'm riding for several reasons.

My thoughts are: get another slime tube and then replace all three tires with knobby tires. Airless tires are expensive so this is what I can come up with that's affordable. Is this a good idea or am I wasting money? The idea is that the knobs are taller than the stickers I'm getting.

Thank you so much for your help!

So I'm going to buy some bmx wheels to make my trikes frount wheels 20inch instead of the 16inch plastic wheels I have. I have the choice of a frount or rear bmx wheel witch is best. They will be 20" wheels 48h 14mm hubs.

So witch is the best choice frount or rear wheels. Looking to buy the wheels in next few days when I have time of from work.

So I'm a fat bastard, big enough that I can't ride a conventional bike anymore - even with an oversized seat I find myself hurting on one after a couple minutes - but I've been using a recumbent exercise bike for a year or so now without problems. So I'm looking at getting a recumbent trike to ride to and from work - should be slightly more net riding than I do most days on my exerbike, and since its not just grinding away in front of the TV it should be easier to stay consistant or even get more exercise in.

But again. Fat bastard. I'm a tad over 400 pounds, which means that there is all of one trike I can find info on that I'm not too heavy for - a Greenspeed Magnum XL - and those are pricy. A Magnum SD or TerraTrike Rambler cost considerably less, but only have a 400 pound weight rating... how much experience do folks have with exceeding the weight rating on a trike? How much 'give' is there in one of those ratings; would I be able to get away with a slightly lower rated trike or would that just be asking for it to break on me?

Thanks in advance; folks

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Hi all. So as my title says.

Firstly I live in the UK and finding a set of 20" trike wheels that's made out of metal to replace my 16" plastic wheels is becoming a nightmare. I've got the plans for a few trike builds and a quad build from automatic zombie. They say u can use BMX wheels but it needs to be 14mm axel and 48h wheel.

Where I live there's a BMX specialist shop in town they offer the wheels I need that have a 14mm axel and 48h. But they also offer a 10mm axel and 48mm holes. I was literally gonna go buy a set later on (it's curntly 6am) I'm pretty sure when I was reading the quid build it said I had to make some new pins to go through the axel to bolt on to the wheels. I mean I can this easy as I now have a electric welder. Any reasons to no go for the 10mm axel over the 14mm one surely it would be a lot stronger than the 14mm right and I mean it's still a 20" wheel with 48holes.

If any one can get back to me ASAP. That would be fantastic and super handy I'm happy to wait till Friday or even Saturday day before I go pay for a set. Also I have the option to just buy 2 frount or 2 rear witch will be the best option as automatic zombie don't really say.

Lastly I'm going to shoot automatic zombie a email just incase this post don't get any comments. Really looking forward to getting this trike a kmx tornado f8 up and running for summer riding to work. Going to put a mid drive on it (going to order it in on Friday) already got the batter any all so will be a fairly cheapish build for summer fun and cruising.

Cheers all for I advance.

I've been using my wife's upright to get some rides in with my daughter on a pull behind bike. My back isn't liking it so I wanted to see if anyone else had been able attach it to their bent? I'm also worried about being able to stabilize if she leans one way or another.

I have not been able to access https://www.bentrideronline.com/ this morning. Running it thru one of the down for everyone or just me test sites agrees that the server is not responding. Anyone know what's up ?

I'm looking for a recumbent bike/trike that:

uses a belt drive (e.g. Gates Carbon Drive) (i.e. Lightning P-38)

- which means it needs a rear triangle split designed into the frame, or a Trice Q style rear frame

- possibly two belt, linked, as on the belt drive P-38

has full suspension (i.e. AZUB Ti-fly X)

has an internally geared hub, e.g. Rohloff

is foldable

Perhaps there are design considerations such as needing to adjust for rider leg length, and the limitations of tension adjustment, that make this infeasible.

References:

https://seasonalcommute.com/2014/10/20/recumbent-belt-drive/

https://www.lightningbikes.com/p38/belt-drive.html

Rose City Recumbents build video of P-38 with belt drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10trLlylCk https://www.rosecityrecumbentcycles.com/

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Anyone happen to know the internal and external width of the stock rear rim? Thx.

I just ordered a hub motor kit for my trike.The trike has 20 1.25 tires on it now,does anyone know if i can put wider tires on those rims and if so what would be the limit to how much wider i can go?

Performer Goal X, got it very lightly used as an early birthday present to myself. I have a paralyzed left arm as a result of a car hit two years ago. Riding conventional bikes for more than about an hour at a time throws my back all out of whack from leaning on only the right side, so this will be my ticket back to distance riding in comfort. I had used a Greenspeed GTO 20” trike during recovery, but that had to go back to its owner. My use with that made me realize that I wanted some different things when I bought my own. I frequently ride gravel and two-track rail trails, so that left me wanting two larger wheels, and rear suspension for obvious reasons. I’m currently swapping things around to make it ready for one-handed use. Down the line I may upgrade, but for now, my budget is this 😊

I have a terratrike that I love but am shy to go to “biking” events near me because they are typically geared towards traditional bikes.

Is there a community for trike riders where I can find events near me specifically for those of us riding on three?

I recently inherited a Terratrike Rover and it's the only bike I can ride because I'm disabled in an odd way. I can't fully bend or extend my left knee and my left elbow is fixed in a bent position, this info is necessary because it's why I can only ride this kind of bike.

Anyway on to my problem, I live in the rural desert and there's no bike lanes or sidewalks and I have PTSD from a car accident so I like to ride in the desert around my area. It's mostly flat desert but there's big dirt banks and ruts from people riding ATVs in the mud. I think if I could put off road type tires on it it would be easier to ride and less risk damaging rims and popping tires. Is there a way to do that or is that not a good idea?

I don't really have the money to make up the difference selling this one to get an off road one but I can put in the work to "upgrade" it. Can anybody here help me?