Bigger wheels on EZ-3 ?

"Chuck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi,

Ok, back around Christmas I bought myself an EZ-3 trike. I've been
loving it. I ride it to and from work everyday (a little over two miles
each way). It's pretty heavy and this is hill country.

I'd really love to see how this thing would perform If I swapped out the
fork for a bigger one, added a 26 inch wheel in the front, and stuck me
a couple of 26 inch wheels in the back.

I know this would very likely raise my front end up a couple of inches
higher than it presently sits. I don't think this will be a bad thing as
I'm having some issues with numb feet and have discovered by
experimenting with the seat position and back angle that I can minimize
my discomfort or delay it's onset. The goal is to be able to ride
faster, and be able to get on it and ride all day without any discomfort
what so ever.

I doubt you would gain anything other than a taller and more unstable trike
(unstable as far as easier to tip over), the EZ has a narrow wheelbase

Quoted message said:

Every big wheeled bike I've ever rode has been faster than any little
wheeled bike I've ever rode.
I think the same would apply to a trike as well.

That hasn't been true in my experience, I tend to have a view if the bike
handled better and was faster then you'd see a version of the EZ-3 with 26"
tires

Quoted message said:

I'm also thinking a fork with shocks.

any input?

Try different shoes, I used to have that problem with my old Vision and
swapping to SIDI clip-ons solved that, I now ride a Baron with a more
extreme and higher BB yet I still do not have foot numbness

Chuck said:

...
Every big wheeled bike I've ever rode has been faster than any little
wheeled bike I've ever rode.
I think the same would apply to a trike as well...

Trike wheels are subject to much higher lateral loads than bicycle
wheels, which is one reason that smaller wheels are generally used on
trikes. The second primary reason for using smaller wheels on trikes is
to lower the combined rider/trike center of mass to improve cornering
performance. For these reasons, putting bigger wheels on an EZ-3 would
likely cause more problems than the resulting gain in ride quality and
decreased rolling resistance would be worth.

Chuck has obviously never ridden an Earth Cycles Sunset Lowracer [TM] if
he thinks that all bikes with little wheels are slow.

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Tom Sherman – Quad City Area