Posted by Peter Clinch on 02/28/06 14:13

Peter Signorini wrote:

> A trike may have more traction for this type of descent, but it would be
> very skatey. Climbing however, in this sort of conditions (grades of up to
> 20%), would be intolerable with a trike.

But with a trike, recumbent or otherwise, you can go as slow as you like
and not worry about falling off. You can put a 10" gear on it and still
make useful progress, which just doesn't really work on a bike.

Having said that, I can see there are times and places where uprights
will serve you better than 'bents, and bikes better than trikes. But
when it comes to extreme hill climbing power it's /very/ hard to beat a
suitably geared trike, as there's no minimum speed, so that's far from
"intolerable".

Pete.
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