Morning Guys!! I will try to explain the transmission the best can. I don't know all the phases and meanings so bear with me. The system has 2 chains and 4 gears. The first chain has a 36t chainring then goes to the hub SRF5(w) to a 14t cog that is changeable. The second chain starts on the hub with a 22t fix gear and goes to the rear axle at the rear axle is a 18t freewheel. How do I get all that into a gear calculator if I even can. If I can what do I do with what comes out?
Some have asked the size of the rear wheels 24inx2.10. The whole problem is the gearing is WAY to low. 1st gear great 2nd gear great all the way through. 3rd gear about half way through gets hard to pedal. 4th gear after about 58 seconds I have to pull over and take a Nap. 5th gear "forget about it" as my Italian friends would say. All I need is three gears I can put on this thing, One I can't change so I can enjoy the 5 gears I paid for. I don't need a PHD in trike I just want to ride my trike down to the beach to check the new swimsuit fashions so I can go home and tell my wife about them. She loves that "LOL" and I do too. Any ?'s. This is the first big mistake I've made the trike's gearing is WAY WAY to High not low. I'm totally new at this so be kind. I'm also a big boy and you can beat me up a little.
This is very frustrating Now I don't know To High To low upside downside. The thing that pisses me off the most is I can't explain it to you guys the right way. With my background and knowledge I have no clue it's very humbling. My wife says after everything I have built blown up or people wanting to buy whatever it is I'm working on it's always seems to work up just the way I wanted it to. Maybe I should just keep my head and get on with it and stop crying. The way I wrote the gears is what it's doing. High or Low I don't know.