Originally Posted by
scylla
Choices, choices. Damn, it's like starting my bike buying training all over again.
If Greenspeed or Catrike would sell barebone frames plus steering, I know I could easily outdo them on components. And I love to build as well. Sigh.
As a "new' newbie (1980- not many trikes around) I built my own but later would buy used trikes getting newer ideas. Now trikes vary so much in design and price I would not know where to begin.
I have velomobile sitting on an EZ Tad frame since it easily holds 60 pounds (body/motor) and me ( a few more #s). I also bought a small Catrike Pocket (used) due to past experience with a Catrike Speed. That Speed "sold" me the Pocket. Great trike but surprising how diffrerent those 2 trikes are!
Like night and day: that old velomobile dwarfs the 26 pound Pocket and it is like climbing into a space capsule, and handles completely differently. But owning that Speed in 2003 sure helped. Try all you can!