Originally Posted by gfk_velo (Post 20137919)

It depends on what you are prepared to spend.

Because BB height in a trike can be whatever you need it to be, and front wheel / foot overlap is not a massive problem, almost any length of seat tube / reach to the handlebars can be accommodated. It's better if front wheel overlap can be avoided, of course ... but not the close-to-necessity it is on a bicycle.

At Longstaff, we / they have built trikes with full-sized wheels with incredibly low BB step-over heights / saddle heights for riders with specific disability - it's not a low-cost thing to do - but nor is it the close-to impossibility it is on a bicycle.

As mentioned above, you kind of have to forget bicycles in trike-world. It's a bit of an adjustment to make!

Originally Posted by khyricat (Post 20130613)

The one I am getting has 24" wheels. I'd love bigger wheels, but when I used to do a bike instead of a trike I had to get a specialized frame to make it work due to my short stature, not as easy with a trike.. I'll be at the lowest seat setting of the 24" trike as it's manufactured (I rode a rental for a week).

Originally Posted by TimothyH (Post 19619634)

Fixed gear too.

http://www.hiwheel.com/images/antiqu..._48_yellow.jpg

Originally Posted by Maelochs (Post 20140526)

I hope you choose to keep posting about this. My wife asks now and then, and I know pretty much nothing about trikes ... and the Sun page is pretty worthless as for tech info (for instance, can i add my own BB and rear derailleur without buying their overpriced kit with disc brakes? What is the BB size? can i add an IGH?)

Wife can probably fit on a 24, she is about your size .... but i won't be able to get one for myself to ride guard-dog, i doubt i would fit.