Re: [CR] trike riding video

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From: "W PAUL PATZKOWSKY" <oldtrikerider@q.com>
To: <dima@rogers.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:53:07 +0000
In-Reply-To: <1251365201.20091022183028@rogers.com>
References: <SNT112-W2652C73DC09D778A74B727AABE0@phx.gbl>
Subject: Re: [CR] trike riding video


I have seen fixed gear trikes, Dimitry, but I find it hard to imagine how one could corner on one very fast. When turning at speed on a trike one generally stops pedaling so that one's weight can be transfered to the inside pedal.

As for speed most riders are, I think, a bit slower on a trike. But there some riders who can turn in outstanding times. There have been 4 hour centuries and 25 mile times under 1 hour.

Paul Patzkowsky

Longmont, Colorado


> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:30:28 -0400
> From: dima@rogers.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] trike riding video
>
> Hi,
>
> Thursday, October 22, 2009, 6:15:43 PM, W PAUL PATZKOWSKY wrote:
>
> >>From time to time someone asks a question about how English trikes
> >>are ridden. Here is a Youtube link showing me on my trike.
> >>http://www.youtube.com/oldtrikerider We haven't used a video camera
> >>before so this is a first effort with flaws but you'll get the idea
> >>about cornering at least.
>
> Thanks for sharing. This begs the question - are/were there any
> fixed-geared trikes? (I'm trying to imagine going through turns like
> shown in your video while pedalling... OTOH, riding backwards would be
> much easier)
>
> Also I wonder, in your experience, are you going faster, slower or the
> same when riding a trike as opposed to when riding a bike?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Dmitry Yaitskov,
> Toronto, Canada.