Tilting trike for grocery shopping and touring
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i was gonna give this one the benefit of the doubt.
could be a cheap charlie that don't wanna pay for advertising, or could be a hobbyist that simply wants to share his ideas and get some feedback.
haven't seen any links to commercial sites from this guy, unlike some other posters that tease you with a cool video of their latest ride just to get you to click over to their site and buy a tour.
could be a cheap charlie that don't wanna pay for advertising, or could be a hobbyist that simply wants to share his ideas and get some feedback.
haven't seen any links to commercial sites from this guy, unlike some other posters that tease you with a cool video of their latest ride just to get you to click over to their site and buy a tour.
The other thing I didn't see was any real interest in touring on his part other than that he figured that it just might be a target audience for the product, which to me doesn't really look like a good fit for touring. Others may certainly feel free to disagree on the suitability for touring and discuss it.
Given all of that and that I really didn't seem much touring application for the product or one like it I wasn't much inclined to be interested. Note that I did not go so far as to suggest that it was content that should be banned. I think it in might be gray area, but so far has not crossed that line into blatant promotion of a commercial product.
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A prototype as the picture with dual battery cargo bike will be in Taipei cycle show on March 4th, the bike is modeled by an export trader for the tilting trike

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I am interested, in some of the tilting European cargo bikes that you can get, could see a decent use for myself and my dog, but even a normal 2 wheel cargo bike would be better as not as wide. I would also like an electric bike for touring now, as I have severe osteoarthritis, and finding it increasingly difficult to ride a lot of the hills with my current set up with a dog trailer. Their are new things in the wings, with a new battery A Lithium-Sulfur battery being developed between US and Australian researchers, has 20 times the range of a Li-iron-pho battery and charges in less then half the time, so maybe a couple more years and we will see those new batteries on the market, then I will jump on an electric bike for touring.
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I am interested, in some of the tilting European cargo bikes that you can get, could see a decent use for myself and my dog, but even a normal 2 wheel cargo bike would be better as not as wide. I would also like an electric bike for touring now, as I have severe osteoarthritis, and finding it increasingly difficult to ride a lot of the hills with my current set up with a dog trailer. Their are new things in the wings, with a new battery A Lithium-Sulfur battery being developed between US and Australian researchers, has 20 times the range of a Li-iron-pho battery and charges in less then half the time, so maybe a couple more years and we will see those new batteries on the market, then I will jump on an electric bike for touring.
Update the bike show model


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There is some great work going on right now with electric downhill trikes and quads for disabled athletes. You could compare. Look at Martyn Ashton’s Instagram, for instance.
Connection to touring in the sense of cross country bike camping like this forum is indeed tenuous, but touring as a marketing term is thrown around pretty loosely. Maybe that’s how he found his way here
Connection to touring in the sense of cross country bike camping like this forum is indeed tenuous, but touring as a marketing term is thrown around pretty loosely. Maybe that’s how he found his way here
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There are a lot of people in my community that commute by bike, shop by bike, etc. You see some interesting two wheel cargo bikes that are used for lots of different things.
I know one guy that bought a Catrike this year, he has had some balance problems and at 85 years old, after crashing a couple times last year he decided he wants more stability so he bought the trike. But a Catrike does not tilt. A tilting trike would still require that you have good balance.
I just do not see the advantage to a tilting trike. But if some people like it, more power to them.
I mostly think of a trike as tripling the probability that you will hit a pothole or a patch of bad pavement compared to a bike.
I know one guy that bought a Catrike this year, he has had some balance problems and at 85 years old, after crashing a couple times last year he decided he wants more stability so he bought the trike. But a Catrike does not tilt. A tilting trike would still require that you have good balance.
I just do not see the advantage to a tilting trike. But if some people like it, more power to them.
I mostly think of a trike as tripling the probability that you will hit a pothole or a patch of bad pavement compared to a bike.
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a couple of days later I'll post product of myself
The reason I came here is my computer of work (Window XP can't operate this site) out of order, now has recovered
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A model of an export trader with my front end kit

Furnitures of my product will carry with



The rear box for touring bike is made of coroplast sheet and aluminum frame like this but stronger

Furnitures of my product will carry with



The rear box for touring bike is made of coroplast sheet and aluminum frame like this but stronger

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My new bike in some trips




A modified trike with my front end kit rode in the icy snow road in Oregon




A modified trike with my front end kit rode in the icy snow road in Oregon
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