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New Bike Pictures
We've graduated! After a bit of riding this year (myself on a Schwinn Jaguar and my wife on a Worksman single speed 20" three wheeler), we decided that we would enjoy our rides even more with something that met our needs a little bit better.
Here's my wife's new Trek Three Wheeler. It's a 24", which seems to be as big as she needs to go. It feels a lot stabler and smoother riding than her old three wheeler. It's nice to see her downshifting into first and getting up hills easier now, and third gear adds a bit to her comfortable level of top speed.
It didn't take her long to get used to shifting, but the idea of using a coaster brake in addition to the front brake is taking longer.
I've had my Trek Navigator 2.0 a couple months now, and find it much more comfortable to ride than the Schwinn Jaguar.
Other than a few accessories, about the only thing I wish was different on my Trek was its gear ratio. I'm not sure on the technical names for the gears, but I almost always am using the largest front gear, and seldom have any use for the lower 3 back gears.
In other words, it has more gears than I need, and it could be higher geared to meet my needs based on the local trails I ride.
Here's my wife's new Trek Three Wheeler. It's a 24", which seems to be as big as she needs to go. It feels a lot stabler and smoother riding than her old three wheeler. It's nice to see her downshifting into first and getting up hills easier now, and third gear adds a bit to her comfortable level of top speed.
It didn't take her long to get used to shifting, but the idea of using a coaster brake in addition to the front brake is taking longer.
I've had my Trek Navigator 2.0 a couple months now, and find it much more comfortable to ride than the Schwinn Jaguar.
Other than a few accessories, about the only thing I wish was different on my Trek was its gear ratio. I'm not sure on the technical names for the gears, but I almost always am using the largest front gear, and seldom have any use for the lower 3 back gears.
In other words, it has more gears than I need, and it could be higher geared to meet my needs based on the local trails I ride.
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... about the only thing I wish was different on my Trek was its gear ratio. I'm not sure on the technical names for the gears, but I almost always am using the largest front gear, and seldom have any use for the lower 3 back gears.
In other words, it has more gears than I need, and it could be higher geared to meet my needs based on the local trails I ride.
In other words, it has more gears than I need, and it could be higher geared to meet my needs based on the local trails I ride.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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Trek Navigator
Oooh. I like that Navigator, SmackDab. It looks like a great replacement for my stolen K2 Big Easy Deuce. Are the wheels/tires adequate for off-road? I ride about 75%/25% road to off-road, and when I am offroad, it is generally mild technical stuff. I can't do regular MTB bar positioning because my hands go numb within minutes. I need to be able to sit a bit more upright. One of the things I really liked on the K2, though, was that the crankset was not directly at the bottom of the seat tube. There was actually a horizontal tube about 4inches long before the whatchamacallit tube (downtube) and the crankset was built on that. This put the pedals out just a bit, enough so that I wasn't thrashing the whatchamacallit muscles on my thighs.
I know what you mean about the gearing though. When I first started riding again, it was perfect for me. After a few months though, I was using the largest gear almost exclusively (except for riding in loose sand or gravel).
I know what you mean about the gearing though. When I first started riding again, it was perfect for me. After a few months though, I was using the largest gear almost exclusively (except for riding in loose sand or gravel).
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That bike is geared quite low in the rear, as most recreational riders who opt for Navigators, like low gears. It's a 13-34 7 speed. That makes for wide gaps between the gears. You can get 7 speeds cassettes with more aggressive gearing, although some can be hard to find. You could look at an 11-28 or 12-28 or 13-26 for closer spacing. With a 13-26, when you change gears the difference in pedaling effort won't be as great as on your present bike. Makes for smoother shifting and keeps your pedaling cadence more consistent.
If you feel you need an extra high end gear, as you are spinning out right now on your highest gear, then that's when you should consider getting a cassette with a 12t or 11t, as that would give you another gear above your present 13t cog.
Several options are available here:
https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...+Cassette.aspx
But you should check with your LBS to see what they have or can order.
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Trek Navigator Off Road?
Off road?
My wife and I ride together, and she likes the smooth cement or blacktop bike trails around here, so I can't answer that question. We're newbies (not sure when we quit using the description newbie, but it is our first summer riding) so I couldn't even estimate how it would compare to other bikes off road or on road.
It's fine on a nice smooth trail, though.
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Trek Navigator Gears
You are riding primarily in the big ring on the front? That's pushing a Navigator right along, as that is a 48t ring. I see a lot of Navigators out on the rail trails, but they are rarely in the big ring.
That bike is geared quite low in the rear, as most recreational riders who opt for Navigators, like low gears. It's a 13-34 7 speed. That makes for wide gaps between the gears. You can get 7 speeds cassettes with more aggressive gearing, although some can be hard to find. You could look at an 11-28 or 12-28 or 13-26 for closer spacing. With a 13-26, when you change gears the difference in pedaling effort won't be as great as on your present bike. Makes for smoother shifting and keeps your pedaling cadence more consistent.
If you feel you need an extra high end gear, as you are spinning out right now on your highest gear, then that's when you should consider getting a cassette with a 12t or 11t, as that would give you another gear above your present 13t cog.
Several options are available here:
https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...+Cassette.aspx
But you should check with your LBS to see what they have or can order.
That bike is geared quite low in the rear, as most recreational riders who opt for Navigators, like low gears. It's a 13-34 7 speed. That makes for wide gaps between the gears. You can get 7 speeds cassettes with more aggressive gearing, although some can be hard to find. You could look at an 11-28 or 12-28 or 13-26 for closer spacing. With a 13-26, when you change gears the difference in pedaling effort won't be as great as on your present bike. Makes for smoother shifting and keeps your pedaling cadence more consistent.
If you feel you need an extra high end gear, as you are spinning out right now on your highest gear, then that's when you should consider getting a cassette with a 12t or 11t, as that would give you another gear above your present 13t cog.
Several options are available here:
https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...+Cassette.aspx
But you should check with your LBS to see what they have or can order.
Thank you for the explanation about my options and the link. Appreciate the info.