Recumbent tadpole trike: Posts on Velomobilforum p.6

Recumbent tadpole trike: Posts on Velomobilforum p.6

Hello sheng-fui,

I understand about translations since I must use one for German! I think I would miss so much without the translation as I found out the first time I looked at the forum with the machine translation. So German on Velomobilforum and American on my blog… Perhaps I will get it right the first time! ;D So on to leaning trikes.

I think I came up with a better geometry for the XYZ Leaning trike than what I presented but I am having real difficulty putting it into 2 dimensions. To solve that I am making a prototype in plywood. It will hopefully help me visualize. Maybe my prototype will let me take pictures that make sense instead of sketches and text descriptions. I believe what I have in mind is a bit like the Chike trike without suspension.

I think the Chike trikes are awesome! I think these trikes use a fairly common geometry. The nose rotates and with a modified wishbone they are supporting balance with shock control and springs. The shocks are also supporting full suspension as well. I see a cable going to the tilting mechanism from the handle bars as well as the brakes on each hub. I think there is some sort of control on the tilting mechanism being actuated by that cable. I think it is some sort of brake or friction mechanism. I bet there is a limiter in that center hub as to prevent over tilting too. All of this is just me guessing based on other research. The videos where amazing. Thanks for sharing neighbor!

Ttfn Ceeann