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The Catrike Story (Video)

Paulo Camasmie had a dream. He was a Brazilian mechanical engineer and wanted to make a unique bicycle. Living in San Paulo, he suddenly decided to move to the United States and start a bicycle company he would christen “Catrike”. Here’s Paulo and the Catrike story:

Greenspeed Founder & Trike Creator Ian Sims (Video)

Ian Sims, designer of numerous HPV’s, including recumbent trikes, visited the Trike Shop and shared some extremely valuable insight and history. Here’s the intro video clip.

Be sure to watch the rest of Ian’s presentation after the break.

Being seen is critical, especially on a recumbent trike (Video)

Visibility on a recumbent trike, especially with its low profile, is a major safety issue, so I’m seriously considering outfitting mine with POV lighting system like this:

Thinking about accessories

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While I'm waiting for the final quote on my recumbent trike, I was searching through Flickr photos looking for useful accessories that I should put on my 'must buy' list. I'd already identified lights and at least one mirror, but this photo got me thinking about a horn or bell.

Folding recumbent trike assembly (Video)

Just one minute from opening the car trunk until you’re ready to pedal away on the Greenspeed GT3 recumbent trike.

Using a recumbent trike for daily commuting (Video)

When I lived in Orange County, California, I frequently had the opportunity to cycle along the Santa Ana River Trail (SART). It was fun, and great exercise, but a little boring given the bland, almost desert like terrian.

I doubt that I would have had the courage and fortitude to cycle the same route, and combine it with surface street legs on a daily basis. So my hat’s definitely off to Glenn, a.k.a. dregerclock, who uses his neat recumbent trike to cycle 13.5 miles (one way) for an hour every day to work and then back again.

That being said, I’m really impressed by both Glenn and his trike. The ride is smooth and appears almost effortless. It totally blew me away when I realized that he is hand-holding the video camera for many of the shots, and is even passing it from hand to hand while continuing his ride, and in at least one case making a major turn. There is no way that I could do that on a regular bicycle.

Recumbent Snow Trike

When we think of recumbent human powered vechicles we normally assume that they are bicycles, and typically with two wheels. That's fine for three seasons out of the year, but what do you do in the winter, especially in areas where Jack Frost and Frosty the Snowman rule? How about a recumbent snow trike?