Changing Cranksets
Mountain Bike 44/32/22 tooth triple crankset with 152mm cranks The first and easiest change to make your trike more hill-friendly is to replace the crankset with a mountain bike 22/32/44...
Why Gear Inches Matter for the Recumbent Trike Rider
When reading about the latest drive train advances, authors refer to "Gear Inches" or sometimes just GI. If you are like me, you will skip over the magic numbers and...
The Bafang Crank Drive – A Personal Review
The Bafang Crank or Mid-drive is an e-assist system popular on budget and mid-range recumbent trikes. It is easy to install, easy to use, robust, reliable and low maintenance. Since it...
The Ultimate Recumbent Trike Pedals
OK, "ultimate" recumbent trike pedals is a bit of an exaggeration, but you can do better than you have now. Given shoes with good tread, pinned moutain bike pedals and...
Choosing to Go Powered
I see a fast-growing movement to convert trikes and bikes to electric assist. There are good reasons, excuses and problems for the electric recumbent trike. (more…)