Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
There are lots of trikes in my club, Catrikes, Wizwheels, a homebuilt, and even a Windcheetah. Most of the owners also have 2-wheeled bents and they are universally slower on their trikes. And I don't see any comfort advantage, either, certainly not compared to my RANS seat. So really, the only advantage trikes have is stability, if you define stability as the inability to fall over at low speeds. OTOH, some of them have real problems with pedal steer and/or twitchy steering, which IMHO is also an aspect of stability. I wouldn't mind having a trike, either; but for the fun of it, not for speed, comfort, or stability.
Lets see you don't have to unclip at lights etc., you can climb hills that noone on a 2 wheeler can, You can corner at very high speeds with body english, mud, gravel, oil won't make the trike go out from under you, front wheel blowout is a non event, indirect steering is not twitchy, pedal steer goes away just like the weeving improves at low speed on a SWB or lowracer with practice, it is easy and safe to run a full fairing and then you get to kick the a..e of 2 wheelers.
I have probaly missed some but you get the idea.
Oh and from the point of view of someone that likes to corner fast they are never low enough, and you only have to get on at the start and off at the finish.