Trike riders...
02-17-06, 06:17 PM
#76
Humvee of bikes =Worksman
02-23-06, 04:12 PM
#78
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sin City, Nevada
Posts: 2,913
Bikes: Catrike 700, Greenspeed GTO trike, , Linear LWB recumbent, Haluzak Horizon SWB recumbent, Balance 450 MTB, Cannondale SM800 Beast of the East
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I'm 62 and riding Sukispop's old 2001 GS GTO. I also own a 2003 WW 3.4. The GTO got most of my riding time last year, 4,884 out of 5,665 miles. My suggestion is to buy the best you can afford. You will not regret it.
03-27-06, 08:59 AM
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Antique trike rider
I'm 87 years young and drive around on a Catrike rocket. Best bike I ever owned. Will be in the Raleigh senior games next month riding a 10k race on my two wheel recumbent (Sand Point).
03-30-06, 10:03 AM
#82
Recumbent Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
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Bikes: Rebel Cycles Trike, Trek 7500FX
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Originally Posted by Rickaroner
I'm 87 years young and drive around on a Catrike rocket. Best bike I ever owned. Will be in the Raleigh senior games next month riding a 10k race on my two wheel recumbent (Sand Point).
03-31-06, 06:46 AM
#83
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne in Australia
Posts: 568
Bikes: Old 12-speed commuter, When I earn enough I'll get a fixed KHS flite 100
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I am 17 and have ridden two 24 hour competitions (not by myself) on a school-built custom trike, and I'm getting a trike myself from a 15yr old guy who builds them. The guy who said they ride like go-karts is right. They are very fun to ride, and also very stable obviously depending on which design. Our trike we raced was bombproof (until that guy flipped it), but hey your wifes not gonna be racing it around 130 degree turns.
Good luck.
Good luck.
09-01-06, 02:35 AM
#86
Bendigo Youth Racing
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
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20 years old. Ride a home built trike. Also compete in 24hr races around Australia in some of the worlds fastest fully faired trikes. Check link in sig for details.
03-10-11, 08:04 AM
#87
Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: hyde park,ma
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Bikes: i still have 5 road bikes that i can't get my leg over the top tube, so in 1999 i bought a greenspeed gto trike
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trike riders age
since my balance went in the toilet 4 years ago i knew my days of riding a diamond frame were numbered. since you asked for trikers age i will be 57 april 2011. when you are riding a tricycle it is not what you rode when you were 3 years old. what did surprised me that anyone who is not a cyclist had no idea what a recumbent tadpole trike looked like, whatever they were imagining did not match what a greenspeed gto actually looks like whe they saw mine.
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03-10-11, 10:52 AM
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n00b-sauce
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Guymon, OK
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Bikes: Cannondale Synapse SL 2, Trek 1000
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I'm 26 and my wife is... some other age, and we love our tandem/single trike combo. It's a blast. We use it to get around town to visit friends and on longer camping trips out of town (both originating from home and destination locations.) We've had it for over a year now and we still feel like it's the best money we've ever spent. It's gotten my wife into cycling in a way that begging and cajoling hasn't for years.
03-10-11, 01:49 PM
#90
Senior Member
I'm 56 and riding an Actionbent T1. It is electrified with a rear Nine-Continent hub motor, and a 48V 15Ahr Ping lithium battery. I can cruise nicely just under thirty miles per hour, and regularly do longer rides up to seventy miles running two packs in parallel. With Westmarine waterproof stereo speakers running off the pack 50W per channel and a small ebike amplifier. Awesome fun.
03-10-11, 09:14 PM
#91
Senior Member
Just 58.........feeling like a kid again.
With the pusher trailer, crystalyte hub, 36V Lith-Ion battery
Catrike Trail and the E-BOB.............Sweet Ride
With the pusher trailer, crystalyte hub, 36V Lith-Ion battery
Catrike Trail and the E-BOB.............Sweet Ride
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03-11-11, 10:20 PM
#93
Recumbent Trike
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Santa Cruz, CA.
Posts: 560
Bikes: WizWheelz TerraTrike with Velo-Kit & 24V motor, completely enclosed (fiberglass/kevlar & Lexan) EZ SX Tad with 36V motor
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58 years old, rode a delta trike from 1980 at 28 years old. Now 2 tadpoles: Different horses/different courses: stock Catrike Pocket, and formerly a velomobile kit since new- now stripped down trike. Still has the good mechanical parts but it was a low-cost EZ-Tad. Still in my avatar from last year.
03-15-11, 02:51 PM
#96
Bulky Bullet
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL
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Bikes: Burley Koosah / RANS Zenetik Pro / Catrike Expedition
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27 and I ride a Sun EZ3 USX-HD. Over 2,000 miles later I still love it!
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04-18-11, 01:20 PM
#97
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Monterey Bay area, California
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Bikes: Terratrike Tour, recumbent tadpole tricycle.
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51 and just ordered a Terratrike Tour. Waiting for it to be shipped to me.
Had to stop riding bikes because of neck problems and inner ear-balance problems which would cause me to veer at times, not good on narrow shoulders, but I was unhappy at not being able to ride at all. It's a lot of $$ for me to spend, but I need to get back to riding for my health!
Had to stop riding bikes because of neck problems and inner ear-balance problems which would cause me to veer at times, not good on narrow shoulders, but I was unhappy at not being able to ride at all. It's a lot of $$ for me to spend, but I need to get back to riding for my health!
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04-18-11, 04:43 PM
#98
bobkat
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bismarck, ND
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Bikes: Modified Burley Koosah, Trek Navigater folding, downtube folding
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67 and have a 99 year old back with more titanium in it than in my V3Ti!
My next bike will be a trike, parltly because they look interesting, and partly because they are so darned comfortable!
My next bike will be a trike, parltly because they look interesting, and partly because they are so darned comfortable!
05-02-11, 03:14 PM
#99
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Finger Lakes Region, NY
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Bikes: TerraTrike Cruiser
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I'm 48 and am just starting back in to cycling from a 12 year break after nerve damage in my arms. Can't ride a road bike anymore so I just purchased a TerraTrike Cruiser. It fits me well, is comfortable and a good ride. I won't will any speed races with it but it's stable and will do great for my commute. I also highly recommend The Bicycle Man in Alfred Station, NY. Lots of happy people there trying bikes, knowledgeable people fitting those of us with disabilities, major and minor. Lots of us are back to cycling thanks to recumbents. It's great!
05-02-11, 04:00 PM
#100
Raptobike Rider
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Woodinville, WA
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Bikes: Raptobike Lowracer, Redline Conquest CX, Cruzbike Vendetta
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Mango Sport velomobile - trike, rider age 42
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My stable:
2013 Redline Conquest CX
2010 EasyRacer GRR
2015 Cruzbike Vendetta
2009 Raptobike Lowracer #0067
My blog
My bike pictures
