megaman

[QUOTE=sbhikes
Overall, though, the trike feels safest in relation to traffic issues of all the bikes I've ridden. Nevertheless, I hauled it all the way to Death Valley with the goal of taking it down a big alluvial fan. But I chickened out because there are no shoulders on the roads, the roads are one lane in each direction, narrow, and everbody who is driving (and lots of them are huge RVs) is looking at the scenery, not at where they're going.

I think I could have conquered my fears if I had an upright. I even saw an upright cyclist while I was there. With an upright I might have been able to fit in a smaller area. I feared that a driver heading toward me wouldn't be sharp enough to decide between a) hitting oncoming traffic head-on while passing me, b) hitting me, c) slowing down.

Nevertheless, bombing down a several thousand foot elevation drop of paved alluvium wouldn't be nearly as much fun on an upright as a trike. Maybe next time I'll do it![/QUOTE]

That would be a huge concern to me. Many of those huge RVs are driven by either inexperienced or older drivers. The problem, to me, is really clipping along downhill and the RV tries to pass. It's gonna take them longer to get around you than they realize. Then there's going to be oncoming traffic....There's all kinds of places I'd like to take my trike to ride down hill on. Only, most of those good hills have almost no shoulders.