Originally Posted by
VegasTriker
I can tell it wasn't a Catrike 700 you rode because the gear range on it is 21.9 to 124.3 gear inches thanks to Catrike using an 11/36 wide range cassette in the rear. You can make a trike with crappy steering whether it is direct or indirect. I've owned expensive trikes with both types of steering and found them to be stable at speeds in the upper 30s mph range.
As I wrote, the owner had set it up that way. It was NOT stock, nor was it new. Whatever changes the owner made may have also been responsible for the heavy steering. I didn't make that post to complain about the trike, I made it to illustrate that low gears are desirable if there are hills.