Comments on: Broadening test horizons… http://blog.autospeed.com/2008/02/26/broadening-test-horizons/ AutoSpeed's Blog. Opinion and Auto News Comment Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julian Edgar http://blog.autospeed.com/2008/02/26/broadening-test-horizons/comment-page-1/#comment-24551 Julian Edgar Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:40:34 +0000 http://blog.autospeed.com/2008/02/26/broadening-test-horizons/#comment-24551 I have looked at every suspension trike I have been able to find pictures of. I have only seen two suspension trikes that look even half reasonable, and both had major deficiencies. Using just the tyres to provide suspension is, IMHO, as absurd as using tyres to provide the total suspension on a car. Most trikes with "suspension" suspend only one of the thee wheels(!), and none that I have seen have a suspension system with adequate travel / static deflection / damping to provide a decent ride. So yes, some trikes can be folded, but no, they don't have decent suspension. I have looked at every suspension trike I have been able to find pictures of. I have only seen two suspension trikes that look even half reasonable, and both had major deficiencies.

Using just the tyres to provide suspension is, IMHO, as absurd as using tyres to provide the total suspension on a car.

Most trikes with “suspension” suspend only one of the thee wheels(!), and none that I have seen have a suspension system with adequate travel / static deflection / damping to provide a decent ride.

So yes, some trikes can be folded, but no, they don’t have decent suspension.

]]> By: Neril Forsyth http://blog.autospeed.com/2008/02/26/broadening-test-horizons/comment-page-1/#comment-24549 Neril Forsyth Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:20:25 +0000 http://blog.autospeed.com/2008/02/26/broadening-test-horizons/#comment-24549 You obviously have had a lot more experience in trike/bike building than I, but have you looked at the ICE trikes some of which fold, especially the variation from Velowerk (www.velowerk.ch)? Thomas Loesch of Velowerk uses the Swalbe Big Apple ballon tyres as suspension system. The trike folds up small enough to fit in a Dahon "el bolso" bag. Thomas's web site is in German, but he writes and speaks English. BfN Neil You obviously have had a lot more experience in trike/bike building than I, but have you looked at the ICE trikes some of which fold, especially the variation from Velowerk (www.velowerk.ch)? Thomas Loesch of Velowerk uses the Swalbe Big Apple ballon tyres as suspension system. The trike folds up small enough to fit in a Dahon “el bolso” bag. Thomas’s web site is in German, but he writes and speaks English.
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