Bah Humbug

Many motorists do run into pedestrians, motorcycles, cyclists, deer, cats, dogs, elk, and A variety of other hazards, and did so prior to the invention of the smartphone. That concern is hardly “demolished”.

dedhed

As someone who works in urban construction I'll not agree with that. I've experienced enough people driving through 6' high 3 rail barricades, barrels, cones, every imaginable traffic control device made. This guy ignored all required traffic control,an excavator, 2 dumps, an endloader, and 5 guys in safety vests.

Distracted, stupid, just plain ignoring, not seeing, whatever, people in cars will hit things

tomato coupe

Actually, no one is asking that question. Seriously.

Bmach

so how do you load it?

Kapusta

I’d ride a trike way before I’d ride a recumbent bike.

TheDudeIsHere

I don't ride a trike but from your comments, I do understand you seriously lack bicycle handling skills and bike fit. The things you describe sound like rookie mistakes.

Not to mention these things you speak of are seriously incorrect.

Lungs compressed from being hunched over? WRONG!

Wobble all over while starting? WRONG!

Can't clip in for hours and ride for hours? WRONG!

Not having a full view of where you are riding, sightseeing? WRONG!

Riding an upright is not for fun and exercise? WRONG!

Retro Grouch 

Trikes and cars are all a little different. Part of the process has to do with selection. In my wife's case she bought a Greenspeed GT3 which had 16* wheels. To load it into her Saturn she had to remove the seat and one front wheel then everything fit into her trunk which would close. We have also carried my Catrike 559 inside of her Saturn but doing that required folding it, removing both front wheels, and distributing the parts into the trunk and back seat area.

Cyclist753

Trikes look like fun! Do they have a differential or is only one wheel driven?

livedarklions

Seriously?
I had to ride around 3 dead baby deer on sides of roads this year.

livedarklions

I can't tell you how many times I saw people wobbling around on their two-wheeled bikes this year. Actually I can. It was none.

BTW, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people on two wheelers actually use platform pedals. It's easy to lose perspective reading this forum.

Alligator

​​​​​​​Have studded tires. They don’t work on loose snow in an intersection. That’s why a trike is attractive.

Rajflyboy

https://www.terratrike.com/

You couldn’t ride something like this where I live. You would get run over within a week of getting the thing.

Kapusta

Fat bike, then.

Happy Feet

Did somebody say Fat Bike?

rollagain

I said SMALL animals. I've hit one deer myself and barely avoided hitting several others. They seem to have a habit of popping into the road from concealment.

rollagain

To @Bah Humbug, @dedhed, and @livedarklions, the fact that a motorist isn't looking doesn't mean they can't see, so the 'invisible trike' claim is still invalid.

JanMM

Trikes? None for me, thanks. Not now, anyway. Recumbent bikes are just as comfortable and fun as trikes.
I'd consider riding one if I were unable to ride a bike but that's not a problem for now. By the way, I have ridden recumbent bikes exclusively for several years. Riding bikes of any sort - but not trikes - helps to maintain and/or improve balance abilities. That's a good thing. There are other balance-enhancing activities, but bicycling is more fun than the others. Someone asked about hauling recumbent bikes/trikes - our tandem recumbent bike rides on a car roof on a tandem topper, as does my long wheelbase recumbent bike (one at a time, please). My short wheelbase recumbent bike rides on a rear hitch rack.

livedarklions

So basically, you've cooked your example so that there's no way to disprove it. I didn't even bother to mention the literally hundreds of dead small animals on the roads I've seen during the last year of riding. Squirrels, turtles, racoons, possums, turkeys, etc.

I have no idea if trikes are as invisible as small animals, but it's a bad argument based on a poorly informed example. I wouldn't be comfortable riding that low for a lot of reasons, not saying that's the right calculation for anyone else.

I'm in this thread not because I care one way or another about whether people should ride trikes, but because I don't think there's any reason to make garbage up about two wheelers to justify trikes.

AlmostTrick

Trikes are people too!

frogmorton

The OP is a troll that comes to this forum every few months to stir things up and then sit back on his trike and eat popcorn. Don’t feed the trolls.

livedarklions

I think it's great that trikes and recumbents work for you, and I also think it's fine for you to promote them from time to time. Where I think your threads go sour is when you start saying somewhat absurd things about two wheelers and the people who prefer them. "Racer boys"? Lung compression? I see lots of older people happily taking very relaxed rides on upright two wheelers all the time.

Maybe just focus on describing what it is you like about riding your vehicles instead of trying to "justify" using them by making absurd comparisons.

indyfabz

Yes. No. No. Must be you.

indyfabz

I saw a girl do it the other day. Of course, she looked to be about the age of 6.

Moe Zhoost

So I have a tadpole trike in addition to my many conventional bikes. No need for this discussion to be polarized since these two vehicles are quite a bit different, but both are endearing in their own special ways. I love to ride my trike, but I also love to ride my bikes. They are two different experiences, but both bring meaningful pleasure. I don't ride my trike because I'm unstable or have issues with clipping in. I ride it because it's a hoot. It's like the difference between a kayak and a rowing wherry.

The important thing is that you are out riding.

Kapusta

Actually, that was the specific intent of the OP.