VegasTriker

The gear range on the Catrike 700 is 21.9 to 124. 2 gear inches. I know since I have a 2013 Catrike 700 and used the gear charts to calculate the range. That's not much different from the lowest gear found on many trikes that come with 20" wheels all around (19-98 GI). The way some trikes like my 2001 Greenspeed GTO get a wider gear range is to use internal hubs. It has Schlumpf Mountain Drive in the front and the SRAM dual-drive 3X8 in the rear. It has a lowest gear of 14 gear inches. I almost never used the lowest gear range on the dual-drive hub.

If you are expecting to go from riding a regular upright bike to a trike and finding it just as easy, it is not. It is heavier than most good road bikes at 33 pounds without accessories. You are using different muscles and you don't have the advantage of being able to rise out of the seat and stand on the pedals. That would be pretty good trick on a trike. I remember my first rides on a trike 19 years ago. I had ridden a Linear long wheelbase 3K miles in the previous year so was pretty accustomed to recumbent riding. It was much harder but once I had ridden for a while it became a lot easier. When I ride my CT 700 I find myself almost always in the middle range in front and use the 10 gears in the rear to get a comfortable cadence. Only use the large chainring on a steep downhill and almost never use the smallest chainring. It will get better if you stick with it.