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Old 06-28-2015, 03:33 PM
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When two wheels is not enough, try 3

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

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Old 06-28-2015, 03:42 PM
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Man, I bet that thing is heavy!
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Old 06-29-2015, 07:59 AM
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Make new tracks [... going downhill]
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Old 06-29-2015, 08:05 AM
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I am still holding out for the fat bike recumbent.
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Old 06-29-2015, 08:56 AM
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I am still holding out for the fat bike recumbent.
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Old 05-24-2019, 11:42 AM
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Still Around . . .

Amazingly, they are still around. This time with an electric 3-wheel fat bike.

https://electrek.co/2019/05/23/first...heeled-e-bike/
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Old 05-24-2019, 12:10 PM
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Man, I bet that thing is heavy!
But I bet it stops pretty well with double discs up front.
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Old 05-24-2019, 01:04 PM
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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.

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Old 05-24-2019, 01:52 PM
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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

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Old 05-24-2019, 02:31 PM
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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.
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Old 05-24-2019, 03:10 PM
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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/bikesocia...r-support-bike

They sure are weird looking.

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

British racing barrows.....
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