I saw a 3-wheeled, stand-up, recumbent
06-06-22, 10:24 AM
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It may have been this bike : https://riderungu.com/
I have never seen one first hand, but would like to ride/test drive one.
YMMV
Tia,
Don
I have never seen one first hand, but would like to ride/test drive one.
YMMV
Tia,
Don
06-06-22, 11:17 AM
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It may have been this bike : https://riderungu.com/
I have never seen one first hand, but would like to ride/test drive one.
YMMV
Tia,
Don
I have never seen one first hand, but would like to ride/test drive one.
YMMV
Tia,
Don
That bears absolutely no resemblance to the description in the OP.
06-06-22, 05:51 PM
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I've seen a fair amount of them on MUPs. They seem to max out at about 15 mph which I think is pretty impressive given that it's just about the worst aerodynamic position possible.
It's definitely a workout device, not practical transportation. I don't think I've ever seen one being used on a road. They appear to be rather difficult to steer with any precision, much worse than skateboards, for example.
It's definitely a workout device, not practical transportation. I don't think I've ever seen one being used on a road. They appear to be rather difficult to steer with any precision, much worse than skateboards, for example.
06-07-22, 10:40 AM
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I think it would be an utter panic to ride one of those down a 15% grade with curves.
Hope you can lean it and keep at least two wheels on the ground.
Hope you can lean it and keep at least two wheels on the ground.
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I've "ridden" (operated?) one. It was not only inefficient, it weighed a ton, was impossible to go up hill and simply was not fun at all. It would be interesting to me to see if there's any real data about how many times a person uses one if they buy it. I'd guess less than 10.
There's a guy who rides one regularly on the MUP I use for my after-work ride. He gets it going about 15 mph, but there's no serious grade up or down where he rides. He's in pretty amazing shape. I don't think he's the typical user, his speed is about 1.5 times faster than anyone else I've seen on one of those.
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