Fat Tadpole

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Which tadpole lends itself best to conversion to a Fat Tadpole. Has anyone out there done it yet or any pitfalls
Dave
 
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StreetFox is a good starting point. I just about finished building a front suspension for one that has a motor. The rear fork could be built wide for the fat tire.
 
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The single biggest negative is the weight. Fat wheels and tyres will add 10kg of extra weight at least. Trikes are already heavy and it'll be hard work moving the extra lard. One other issue will be finding fat hubs that will handle single sided mounting. If you use non-fat hubs you'll lose triangulation of the spokes. Fat looks good right upto the point you have to pedal it.
 
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