[CR]Trikes

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:16:18 -0500 (EST)
From: "DoubleB" <swiftybjb@rogers.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Trikes

I must admit that I have never really understood the facination with trikes. The way I look at it is that when you are a toddler, say 3 years old, you start riding on a kiddies trike, later you learn to balance and ride on 2 wheels and the trike ends up in a garage sale. This seems like a normal progression, if you were still riding a trike when all your mates were on 2 wheels you'd be laughed at big time, "what's the matter with you - can't balance? - ha ha ha ha!"

So I always thought that people who ride trikes never learned to balance and ride on two wheels, why else would you ride a trike?

With the amount of traffic on the roads today it's danferous enough riding on two wheels, surely the extra width of a trike just subjects you to more danger?

Brian (on the road at last after a severe winter) Booth
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada