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oldfatslow
06-28-2015, 03:33 PM
If your two wheel Fat Tire Snow bike is not sufficient there's this...

Rungu
Groundbreaking Tricycles
Rungu trikes are the first fat-tire bullfrog trike. A platform for adventure, Rungu Trikes offer mobility and stability where a bike can’t go and a car won’t go. Break new ground. Make new tracks. Ride Rungu over ground where bikes won’t go.

https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales/rungu

Touch of modern requires you register (not much more -- you get the drill here).

dcama5
06-28-2015, 03:42 PM
Man, I bet that thing is heavy!

DCW
06-29-2015, 07:59 AM
Make new tracks [... going downhill]

Cicli
06-29-2015, 08:05 AM
I am still holding out for the fat bike recumbent.

William
06-29-2015, 08:56 AM
I am still holding out for the fat bike recumbent.

Get out yer wallet....:)

http://fat-bike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lightfoot-recumbent-fat-bike-4.jpg









William

ORMojo
05-24-2019, 11:42 AM
Amazingly, they are still around. This time with an electric 3-wheel fat bike.

https://electrek.co/2019/05/23/first-ride-rungu-three-wheeled-e-bike/

cgolvin
05-24-2019, 12:10 PM
Man, I bet that thing is heavy!

But I bet it stops pretty well with double discs up front.

Mark McM
05-24-2019, 01:04 PM
This is a joke, right?

without the front wheels on a tiltable axle (like the Piaggio scooter), this trike will be hard to balance will be easily knocked over when riding over uneven obstacles.

http://cloudlakes.com/data_images/gallery/piaggio-mp3/piaggio-mp3-01.jpg

Davist
05-24-2019, 01:52 PM
The Can Am Spyders don't need to lean to be stable, like a wheeled snowmobile. Either design FAR more stable than the 2 back wheel Harley/Goldwing things those are scary... *understood the above doesn't look to have QUITE the engineering time put in that Can Am did*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Do6a003omo

Mark McM
05-24-2019, 02:31 PM
The Can Am Spyders don't need to lean to be stable, like a wheeled snowmobile. Either design FAR more stable than the 2 back wheel Harley/Goldwing things those are scary... *understood the above doesn't look to have QUITE the engineering time put in that Can Am did*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Do6a003omo

Sure - but the Can Am Spyder has a much wider track width than the Rungu.

The ratio of track width to height of CG will determine how much cornering (lateral) force is need to tip it up on a single front wheel. The Rungu has a very narrow track width, and will tip up on one wheel at much lower cornering forces. In the video on the Rungu web page, the bike is never shown doing any sharp corners at speed. On rough terrain, it is never shown going any faster than a walking pace. And it is definitely never shown riding on off-camber terrain. This is a bike only for the timid, who never go fast or ride on uneven terrain.

WNC rider
05-24-2019, 03:10 PM
Yamaha has signed a deal to make its Niken leaning three-wheeler the official support bike for the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and La Vuelta.

https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2019/march/yamaha-niken-becomes-official-grand-tour-support-bike

They sure are weird looking.

sg8357
05-24-2019, 04:59 PM
Two wheels in back has a higher entertainment value....

British racing barrows.....