Hello Gentlemen,
I have just finished my first DIY trikeand it really looks good.
I have a few problems however, but as this was my PROTOTYPE I don't mind.
Here are a few remarks and I'd like to know if someone could give me a reason:
1° I think that I have to put a lot of leg power to advance the trike. Once it is rolling all is O.K. but to go from 0 to a certain speed, it is really harder than with an ordinary bicycle. Is that normal?? The rike weighs 24 kg or +/- 49 pounds.
2° I have a brake only on the back wheel and it is just a simple one, not a disc brake. And the braking is really not effective. Maybe with new little brake pads?
But the question I have in mind is for my REAL TRIKE, the Warrior.
The original design is with3 disc brakes. And to be honnest those front wheels with big (14 mm) axels and a disc brake possibility are here around 95 dollars each. My question is now, could it be that using only a disc brake on the rear wheel, there will be enough brake capacity?
Another question is : where do you guys find those wheels with disc brake possibilities and at what price? Maybe I can order them in the UK or in the USA or even in China, no?
Thanks for any kind of answer. And... in the next blog I will add a few photographs of my Prototype Recumbent bike.
Cheers,
Charles
I have just finished my first DIY trikeand it really looks good.
I have a few problems however, but as this was my PROTOTYPE I don't mind.
Here are a few remarks and I'd like to know if someone could give me a reason:
1° I think that I have to put a lot of leg power to advance the trike. Once it is rolling all is O.K. but to go from 0 to a certain speed, it is really harder than with an ordinary bicycle. Is that normal?? The rike weighs 24 kg or +/- 49 pounds.
2° I have a brake only on the back wheel and it is just a simple one, not a disc brake. And the braking is really not effective. Maybe with new little brake pads?
But the question I have in mind is for my REAL TRIKE, the Warrior.
The original design is with3 disc brakes. And to be honnest those front wheels with big (14 mm) axels and a disc brake possibility are here around 95 dollars each. My question is now, could it be that using only a disc brake on the rear wheel, there will be enough brake capacity?
Another question is : where do you guys find those wheels with disc brake possibilities and at what price? Maybe I can order them in the UK or in the USA or even in China, no?
Thanks for any kind of answer. And... in the next blog I will add a few photographs of my Prototype Recumbent bike.
Cheers,
Charles