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stuvy
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i think the front end has alot of potential on a single rear wheel set up, and yes like any quad there a little risky
Iv recently got back into trials bike riding and by new bikes rear wheel is 4inch wide, its so stable i can do track stand that run into days not minutes now!
Its all food for thought, theres enough of us 2 wheel fans on here to add ideas for you mate
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There is a guy on the Il de Re that rents out all sorts of special needs bikes. Including trikes with hand drive. As the island is flat (and this is France), biking is hugely popular.
For drive: a couple of ratchets on the rear wheels can do away with an expensive diff. Just need the brakes on the wheels, not the axle. It means the inner wheel does the driving, while the outer one ratchets or free-wheels as it is rotating faster than the axle.
Also popular are childs bikes with just the rear wheel and pedals that hinge off the parents big bike like a trailer. So they can help with the effort, but are not involved in the steering.
Hat of to Chunko (and others) for efforts for the disabled.
For drive: a couple of ratchets on the rear wheels can do away with an expensive diff. Just need the brakes on the wheels, not the axle. It means the inner wheel does the driving, while the outer one ratchets or free-wheels as it is rotating faster than the axle.
Also popular are childs bikes with just the rear wheel and pedals that hinge off the parents big bike like a trailer. So they can help with the effort, but are not involved in the steering.
Hat of to Chunko (and others) for efforts for the disabled.
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It is so good seeing somebody take off the label 'disabled' and whizz off under their own steam.
I saw a few scary crashes but nobody got killed.
CRB any time you are down this way you are welcome to visit, I will vene bring the tallbike for you fall off.
I bet junior would laugh at that.
Chunko'.
I saw a few scary crashes but nobody got killed.
CRB any time you are down this way you are welcome to visit, I will vene bring the tallbike for you fall off.
I bet junior would laugh at that.
Chunko'.
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She might want a go too mind. As an ambassador for not being disabled, she is great. Once the LT is sorted, we will be out and about.
Going back to off topic ramblings, I met a lad at Shaftesbury years ago, during the VTwins. He had a Cali, broadly, outfit but due to an accident he lost a lot of the strength in his left hand. He had the rear brake moved to the left bar and the clutch, now hydraulic, moved to the right foot.
Practise a few times in your head, or even in your seat.
I was the only person pull away and get into and out of second gear and back down again and stop without stalling or screwing up the changes....and it was in a field.
Tall bike, bring it on
Going back to off topic ramblings, I met a lad at Shaftesbury years ago, during the VTwins. He had a Cali, broadly, outfit but due to an accident he lost a lot of the strength in his left hand. He had the rear brake moved to the left bar and the clutch, now hydraulic, moved to the right foot.
Practise a few times in your head, or even in your seat.
I was the only person pull away and get into and out of second gear and back down again and stop without stalling or screwing up the changes....and it was in a field.
Tall bike, bring it on
