DaLanMan
10 kW
I have 3 standard trikes sitting in my garage right now, and while the wife loves one of em, and the other is here for a headlamp install and it is bettter (fat tire low slung, kinda nice to ride on) The third is kinda-sorta-maybe gonna be mine. It is (thanks Chalo) a workman trike, it came with a standard 2 wheel and a "convert it to a trike" kit... Which someone was trying to make into a rear pintle tilting bike system...
I know, upright trikes have issues recumbents better.
I am losing sensation in my left side way faster than expected. I am fighting a clock and trying to not be dead in the water. I broke my pelvis when I was in the army, and it was *not* pretty, complete left/right seperation to the right side of the sacroiliac joints, was told I *might* make it to crutches, but unassisted walking was done. Yeah, turns out if you are too stubborn to listen to that, you can beat the odds. I happily occasionally need a cane but only as a safety measure.
I have adapted to the loss of sensation in my left foot but habitually kind of wiggling my hips, shifting back and forth left to right moves your balance function from the receptors in your feet to your inner ear. Luckily that is well connected still.
All that was to just get past the what abouts.
I have been digging into the tilt steering reverse trike concepts. and so far I don't actually see anyone selling one for basically what I could buy a motorcycle for. (I found one around 7k, and a company dealing with the disabled that starts at 15k) I am looking at a final sunset not long in the future, I am not spending my savings on a vehicle that is overpriced and probably won't perform (ok, the 15k one will totally perform, but that needs more than a 3 year window for an ROI)
This is about the area I see as viable, obviously I ain't peddling that. Most of the other designs have the front pair at about 30cm or so apart, a few are wider, a couple were like 10cm apart.. which is not gonna help my situatoin.
I am looking to solve the issues of: Shot out knees, if my bum goes below my knees, getting up can dislocate one of them (just forcing myself into a standing position) and that is the one on the jacked side of my pevis. Secondly I am losing balance due to peripheral neuropathy caused by a tumor on my spine. Yes I have docters etc, but after 20 years with the VA, and then direct out of pocket hiring a lot of specialists to have them all miss an obvious issue, trust is not high that they will do much.
Once I can get my body to be less focused on the input from the feet, I do fine, but that is harder than you think. Try not noticing that your body breathes for you without you thinking about it. Once you think about it for a few seconds you *most people* get in a slightly uncomfortable feedback loop.
So, with all that, can I pick you guys design brain? Ya all have done this *WAY* more than I have. I have a fab guy that looked at a few of the other ones posted and said "nope, boss that is a failure waiting to happen, get me a real set of blueprints, or hell even a few pictures and I will figure it out, but not that" I have heard this a few times and he does know what he is doing.
Thanks.
I know, upright trikes have issues recumbents better.
I am losing sensation in my left side way faster than expected. I am fighting a clock and trying to not be dead in the water. I broke my pelvis when I was in the army, and it was *not* pretty, complete left/right seperation to the right side of the sacroiliac joints, was told I *might* make it to crutches, but unassisted walking was done. Yeah, turns out if you are too stubborn to listen to that, you can beat the odds. I happily occasionally need a cane but only as a safety measure.
I have adapted to the loss of sensation in my left foot but habitually kind of wiggling my hips, shifting back and forth left to right moves your balance function from the receptors in your feet to your inner ear. Luckily that is well connected still.
All that was to just get past the what abouts.
I have been digging into the tilt steering reverse trike concepts. and so far I don't actually see anyone selling one for basically what I could buy a motorcycle for. (I found one around 7k, and a company dealing with the disabled that starts at 15k) I am looking at a final sunset not long in the future, I am not spending my savings on a vehicle that is overpriced and probably won't perform (ok, the 15k one will totally perform, but that needs more than a 3 year window for an ROI)
This is about the area I see as viable, obviously I ain't peddling that. Most of the other designs have the front pair at about 30cm or so apart, a few are wider, a couple were like 10cm apart.. which is not gonna help my situatoin.
I am looking to solve the issues of: Shot out knees, if my bum goes below my knees, getting up can dislocate one of them (just forcing myself into a standing position) and that is the one on the jacked side of my pevis. Secondly I am losing balance due to peripheral neuropathy caused by a tumor on my spine. Yes I have docters etc, but after 20 years with the VA, and then direct out of pocket hiring a lot of specialists to have them all miss an obvious issue, trust is not high that they will do much.
Once I can get my body to be less focused on the input from the feet, I do fine, but that is harder than you think. Try not noticing that your body breathes for you without you thinking about it. Once you think about it for a few seconds you *most people* get in a slightly uncomfortable feedback loop.
So, with all that, can I pick you guys design brain? Ya all have done this *WAY* more than I have. I have a fab guy that looked at a few of the other ones posted and said "nope, boss that is a failure waiting to happen, get me a real set of blueprints, or hell even a few pictures and I will figure it out, but not that" I have heard this a few times and he does know what he is doing.
Thanks.
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