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arcosine · 01-28-2019, 12:52 PM

Hi,

Do you know Jerry .., use to live in Mo now Dallas? I lived in st Louis around 1990.

35 mph is pretty fast for flat ground and no wind. Yes a suspension is good. I rode on a bumpy bike trail, with cracks across, and it was like being inside and someone kicking the sides of a cardboard box. I put zote foam between the frame and coroplast.

I take it you built the bike from scratch, do you have a write up? I have 28/38/48/58 (4) on my swb bike, 20 inch fwd, runs out around 25-30. I hit 33 on the flat bike trial. I have the fairing loosely mounted in the front, people ask ifI have a suspension, its just the fairing moving.

Yes 40mph would be great. I had one bike 10 years ago that hit 40 mph one the flat ,well the one in the video, but it had a full enclosed top on it. The top made a big difference.

Yes the nose it from Warrens Barracuda mold, and it is too long, I tried it out 20 mph down hill into a 25 mph wind and 23F and was buffeted quit a bit, I want to make a new nose. I find the noses are the hardest to get right. I should just bite the bullet and carve up some Styrofoam make one from fiberglass.

The trike use to have USS and I changed it to OSS, made new linkages. This allowed me to lower the seat 3 inches, its now at 6.5 inch.Its hard to get out of with the oss, trying to get knees out from under the bars. I have no plans for electric drive. The fairing is 16 inches wide.

Do you do any touring in you coro faired trike?

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