Winter Cycling - Tricycle in winter?

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Chicagoan
10-26-07, 10:41 PM
I found an old Worksman Delta Trike on ebay. It is old and rusty.


I plan to use it this winter in CHicago. I found a site that stocks Innova's 20 studded tires, so I will put studs atleast on the brake wheel/drive wheel.

I plan to have it painted in the spring.

What do you think?

gosmsgo
10-26-07, 10:44 PM
Rock on dude.

Put chains AND studded tires on and you will roll through anything.
zonatandem
10-26-07, 10:48 PM
Skip the paint job! This trike has 'character!'

Marrock
10-26-07, 10:53 PM
It's perfect the way it is.
Chicagoan
10-26-07, 11:16 PM
and the best thing is i don't have to worry about falling
thebikeguy
10-27-07, 01:49 AM
....and it's got a bumper on the front!Cool.I just hope you don't have issues with the width.Might limit where you can go.
Chicagoan
10-27-07, 03:34 AM
well here in chicago i think i will be okay. I think it will cost me more to ship it than I will be paying for it because of its size

Also this thing is rated to carry like 500 pounds which is 5 times what my bike trailer carries
Marrock
10-27-07, 11:30 AM
My girlfriend has a Worksman folding trike and as long as she can fit the handlebars through a space the rear wheels will clear, the only thing she can't use is any kind of single track path.
Nightshade
10-27-07, 11:34 AM
Please be aware that all Worksman trikes drive the right rear wheel
NOT both rear wheels. Other than that a trike will do Ok in winter
as long as you can get traction. Skip the chains,mate. They are
more trouble on this trike than they're worth...I know.
Chicagoan
10-27-07, 07:30 PM
RIght, thats what the owner told be. it has coaster brakes too but only on the right side. On Ice? In Chicago? Stoplights every quarter mile. I just don't want to end up stuck on an ice patch with cars honking at me. ANd a 1wd trike i would think would need more traction than a 1wd bicycle on ice because more rolling resitance, more snow to plow through, and more overall weight. But I wasn't using chains anyway.