Anybody have any thoughts about Electric Trikes ?

Captain said:

Seems like there would be a good market for an Electric Trike, given
the baby boomers are able to afford it and most of us sure could use
the exercise ! If you get tired you would have the assist to get you
back home, or up those little hills :-)

Electric assist is generally available in 2 basic configurations:
1) well engineered, functional & rather expensive, and 2) cheap and
not much actual use. Lots of people try the latter and never
bother again, or look at the first and think "I could buy an old
car for that money!" and never take it further, even though it
misses a lot of bases an electric assist cycle covers.
Giant's recent electric machines are starting to bridge the gap
between the two ends of the spectrum fairly respectably, but of
course they don't do 'bent trikes.

Something like the Heinzmann system is in the first category, and a
Heinzmann dealer should be able to build one in to any bike or
trike of your choice. My usual 'bentmonger also does electrics.
I've tried a few there, and while I don't want one I can see the
point for some. http://kinetics.org.uk/html/electric_bikes.shtml
for more details.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
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I'm about to make a switch from my upright rigid (Ritchey Logic) bike to a
recumbent for health reasons (wrists, neck, shoulders) There is only one
electric assist that I am considering. It is the BionX setup. It weighs less
than 9 pounds, is available for 26 and 20" wheels and still renders a
bicycle, well, a bicycle. There are multiple settings for the assist etc.
There's even a shut off of assist at 20mph (as mandated by North American
laws). All I am after is being able to overcome the weight and climbing
disadvantage of recumbents (from what I've read). Check it out at
www.bionX.ca

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Quoted message said:

Captain said:

Seems like there would be a good market for an Electric Trike, given
the baby boomers are able to afford it and most of us sure could use
the exercise ! If you get tired you would have the assist to get you
back home, or up those little hills :-)

Electric assist is generally available in 2 basic configurations: 1) well
engineered, functional & rather expensive, and 2) cheap and not much
actual use. Lots of people try the latter and never bother again, or look
at the first and think "I could buy an old car for that money!" and never
take it further, even though it misses a lot of bases an electric assist
cycle covers.
Giant's recent electric machines are starting to bridge the gap between
the two ends of the spectrum fairly respectably, but of course they don't
do 'bent trikes.

Something like the Heinzmann system is in the first category, and a
Heinzmann dealer should be able to build one in to any bike or trike of
your choice. My usual 'bentmonger also does electrics. I've tried a few
there, and while I don't want one I can see the point for some.
http://kinetics.org.uk/html/electric_bikes.shtml for more details.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/