In a message dated 6/3/01 5:52:58 PM, sachs@erols.com writes:
<< ) I haven't seen a "modern" trike with a differential. what I've seen drives left wheel only. On cambered road, this carries less load (in the US and other drive-on-right countries). Easy to get it to slip.
2) Rick is right: steering is nuts. Used very similar head angle and offset as a single. Trike leans (due to road camber), so trike wants to head to the right. sure, you can ride it. Just takes practice and a willingness to suspend disbelief and pretend you like riding at an angle to the direction the rear wheels want to go!
3) But, there are chances for real excitement. Learning to lean OUTward while cornering on two wheels, for example. It must be easier than track-standing, because I did learn the lean. Only crashed once, if I recall correctly. >>
The primary trike exponent in England is George Longstaff. Unfortunately he
won't export to the US for liability reasons. He makes both one side drive
and differential trikes. In England they are left side drive. For bikes meant
for Europe he makes them right side drive. A left side drive in a right hand
driving country tends to drive the trike off the road. Think about it. There
is a George Longstaff tandem trike in the Bay Area and Brian Baylis has a Bob
Jackson single.
Phil Brown