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