Cranky Old Dude, You described my Tour Easy 'LE' model perfectly.

Wrists, neck and sit bone pain took the fun out of my trail bike, a Peugeot Crazy Horse, It hung on my wall for years until a friend fell In Love with it. sold.

Then years later my wife wanted a trike, 'she don't walk so good' we tried what I call a 'Granny trike' with the real wide seat and upright ride, no good for her as she could not muster the power to go up our driveways minimal incline. The bike shop took it back full refund, then told us to give him a week and come back..
A week later she was riding a wonderful Delta trike from Sun Bicycles. I went back to the guy and got the Venerable EZ-1 sx and rode it for years. I had wanted the Tour Easy but could not justify the $2500 price tag.
Then lady luck smiled on me, I walked Into Bicycle Outfitters and there was the Tour Easy LE model used for $1000... It had maybe 50 miles on it, IF that. I took it home and they sold my EZ-1 for more than I paid when it was new, so after the house took its cut and I applied the EZ-1 money to what the TE cost I ended up with a practically brand spankin new TE for $600...
IMO the LE model is a more elegant build than the California built TE's but It was discontinued due to a higher than expected production cost.

I still missed my trail rides and now in better shape and with a proper bike fitting University bicycle center got me back on a mountain bike that I can ride all day pain free. Seems the Peugeot was a bad fit for me, we live and we learn.




I am looking forward to my first Tadpole trike purchase, I have one on my Christmas list XD