'bent' bikes

[Roadtrip]

I volunteered to help a friend in her search for a bike. She, like me, never learned to ride as a kid and we formed a sort of bond through this shared experience. She's been asking me for advice and she really wanted to learn to ride and knew from my experiences it WAS possible. She has an incredible fear of falling and getting hurt and a possible balance issue... She's said that often when she swims she will loose her orientation and want rotate over too far when taking the next stroke... Tho she does not seem to suffer during daily activities she was concerned.... The experience with swimming was enough to concern her going in.

Long story short, she has been looking at stabilizers to install a potential new bike, and I suggested that she at least look at recumbent trikes and see how the ride suited her. We visited a LBS today that sells Catrike, Terra Trike, ICE, and Greenspan... I couldn't help but try out one and was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was zooming around on the TT Rover 8 speed. She seemed to enjoy the ride, but is limited in how to transport the bike, so the logical solution would be a folding bike. Problem is it's pretty pricy. I knew we have a few bent riders here, so I wanted to ask if anyone had ideas on transporting a Trike. It seems that a Catrike is out of the question as it's the least "collapsable" and the ICE Trike was a hoot to ride, the close to 5k price tag was a shock.

Any other bent riders here?

Shannon

[TsPoet]

Many Greenspeeds fold. All recumbent bikes are pricey.
AFAIK, KMX are the cheapest
http://www.utahtrikes.com/KMX.html
they are also on the heavy side.
I love my Greenspeed X3, it fits inside my MINI (folded) just fine and transports very easily.
It's a bit slower than my 2-wheeled bents.
YOu might want to head on over to BROL (bentrideronline) and check out their trike forum, or post questions..
http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/index.php
you can also find info and reviews of specific trikes on the home site.
http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.php

[TrekTheKaty]

My sister also has balance issues EXCEPT on the bike. It's part of the reason she enjoys riding so much......

[Artista]

When I first saw the title of this thread & the author, I thought OMG, something's wrong with Shannon's new bike Glad to see that "bent" is simply a brand name of a bike!

[Roadtrip]

When I first saw the title of this thread & the author, I thought OMG, something's wrong with Shannon's new bike Glad to see that "bent" is simply a brand name of a bike!

LOL. Recum'bent' Bikes.

[Artista]

LOL. Recum'bent' Bikes.

Doh!