Originally Posted by
AGTCooke
Casual city\bikepath riding.
Mostly. In the situations where this is not true, I can porter said trike with my truck if needed.
She has some equilibrium issues, which is why I'm interested in a trike.
I'm not restricting the budget at this time. I need to understand the best possible options, and I'll formulate a budget around that.
Years ago. The fourth bike I ever rode was her (two wheel) 3-speed. Of course, that doesn't speak to how often
she ever rode it, but hey...
Thanks so much for posting the pics. It looks pretty sporty. I'll have to investigate if there is a variance in Sun's lineup for performance vs. casual oriented configurations for this frame. It looks like your wife is into some serious touring, whereas with grama I think we'd be content with a few (20 tops
)miles a week.
How is it safer and why do you think it would be more apt to be ridden? I'm all about safety and motivation, but I seek to understand 
I'm also interested in what make\model of "granny trike" would be comparable. I know the first response is going to be "define comparable", but... just run with it...
The sheer comfort factor is the main reason. You'll be looking at ~$800 or a bit more for an EZ3, vs $300-$500 for an upright trike. The upright trike will tip easier if the drops a wheel into a hole, and isn't as stable due to a much higher center of gravity. The upright saddle is also much less comfortable than the seating system on a recumbent like the EZ3. The upright will also have either a single speed hub, or a 3 speed, vs the 27 gears available on the EZ series. My wife's is the EZ3 SX specifically.
My wife's trike isn't really all that sporty, either, it's actually pretty pedestrian, unlike the tadpole designs out there. This one is from Actionbent, and starts around $1300, and Tadpole Trikes can wind up at the top end of pricing almost as expensive as a good premium used car.
The EZ3 is really a path trike, and my wife's has a rack on it that I modified to mount on the basket mounts for her to carry panniers and touring gear.
By the way, my Mother has an upright trike, and won't ride it, even though she chose it and bought it all on her own. She got it and it wasn't comfortable, and as a result, she tossed her money to the wind, in effect.
This is roughly comparable, from Executive, to what my Mother purchased.
By the way, in my original post, I noticed a typo. I IDed her trike as an EX3 SX, it's an EZ3 SX