Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
How many teeth does your front sprocket have? The fewer teeth on the front, the easier it will be to pedal up hills. That doesn't look like a very big sprocket to me but BMX sources may be able to provide you with an even smaller one. That might be all that you have to do.
The downside, of course, has to do with your top speed gearing. How often do you use your fastest gear on the back now?
the front chainring WAS 36 tooth but i have not been on the trike for a couple years, i had to go in the hospital again and it has been in storage at my brother's place. I used top gear extremely rarely when I was riding, i'm not certain but i think it was a 14t cog. the thing was really next to useless, it got me to the post office and grocery store which were less than a mile away but that was the farthest it went. it worked well for what I needed immediately after my stroke but it is not at all what I want now and is going to be a completely different machine after i rebuild/modify it