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Date: 08 Jan 2006 18:28:34
From: DD
Subject: just curious: fixies
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Has anyone ever rigged up a modern recumbent trike as a fixed-wheel drive?
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Date: 08 Jan 2006 11:59:14
From: Jeff Wills
Subject: Re: just curious: fixies
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DD wrote:
> Has anyone ever rigged up a modern recumbent trike as a fixed-wheel drive?
Not trike, but there's a Bikee running around town set up as a fixie.
As Joao said, a trike drivetrain would have to be designed around
fixed-gear use. I'd also be afraid (very afraid) of a high-speed
descent tossing a foot and sucking it under the crossbar. Yeouch.
Jeff
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Date: 08 Jan 2006 11:43:40
From: Joao
Subject: Re: just curious: fixies
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DD wrote:
> Has anyone ever rigged up a modern recumbent trike as a fixed-wheel drive?
Not very practical. For starters, you can't have any idlers on the
drivetrain on a fixed-gear. You would have to redesign the entire
trike just for that purpose. Also, on a trike, you need the extra gears
to climb. My fixie is setup with a high gear ratio in order to keep up
with traffic, and even thou it weights only 17Lbs it is a pain on any
decent climb. A fixie trike would need to have a very low gear, unless
it was ridden only on flat terrain.
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