Questions tagged [tricycle]

A tricycle has three wheels. There are tricycles where you will sit upright (like a traditional children's tricycle) and those where you are more recumbent. If there is only one front wheel and two rear wheels, it is called a delta design. If there are two front wheels and one rear wheel, it is called a tadpole design.

A tricycle has three wheels. There are tricycles where you will sit upright (like a traditional children's tricycle) and those where you are more recumbent. If there is only one front wheel and two rear wheels, it is called a delta design. If there are two front wheels and one rear wheel, it is called a tadpole design.

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Bicycle to tricycle conversion kits

I have back and balance problems and am blind in one eye so DMV took my drivers license away. I have been looking at conversion kits to turn a bike into a trike. None of the sellers have contacted have been much help on specifics of whether…
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Does this trike have a spoiler for downforce?

I saw a 1977 Masa Slingshot leaflet on ebay (source), copied below. It has a lot of differences from a modern tadpole, in particular what looks like a "spoiler" on the front. Is this similar to a spoiler on a sports car that is intended to provide…
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Created a unique approach to a tricycle, searching if others exist

I read that wheels further apart from the center gives a more comfortable ride but I wanted something that fits through the door and on bike paths and alongside traffic. I imagined just moving 1 wheel further apart from the center is better than…
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