Braking it Down with Disc Brakes
Recumbent trike brakes fall into 2 camps, drum brakes, and disc brakes. And of the disc brakes, they are predominately cable operated mechanical discs. It’s this last group I’d like to address today.
Buy or Build?
To Buy, or Not to Buy? That is the Question! That’s not the real question, it should be “to buy, or to build” but I just couldn’t resist the title…… Read more »
Cargo Quad Version 3
Following the success of the initial and second cargo quad conversions (and to be honest, missing the versatility of the cargo carrier in our fleet), thoughts turned to making another one, though this time making the complete frame instead of doing a conversion of another trike.
DT Recumbents Newsletter – March 2025
Greenspeed and Terra Trikes Products in Australia. A little over six months ago we reduced our Greenspeed trikes commitment (for various reasons). On Tuesday last week we were formally advised… Read more »
A cargo trike? How about a Cargo Quad!
Working from home and having sold my car, I needed a means of carrying some cargo. Enter the Recumbent Cargo Quad!
CYC’s Photon Motor on a Recumbent trike
For a little while it has seemed all the development and innovation in e-bike mid drives has been with the big name OEM (original equipment manufacturer) suppliers. Little has changed… Read more »
Recumbent for a Roadie?
This is a familiar question although in several forms, paraphrased it boils down to this: “I have a high end road bike I normally ride, but I’m finding it too… Read more »
Buying a Second Hand Trike? What to look for.
Not everyone wants a new production trike, indeed there are some amazingly tempting older designs that come up for sale at times. But faced with a snap decision to buy… Read more »
GREENSPEED’s GT3 & X7 Trike Comparison
I have been riding my GreenSpeed GT3 trike for a couple of years now. First released in 2004, the GT3 was the first of GreenSpeed’s folding trikes. I tried a… Read more »
M5 Carbon High Racer Build Diary – Part 2
Part 2 of our Build diary and Comments from the now closed Brisbane Cyclist website, 2015. I made a rash statement yesterday about having a similar layout bike to cheat… Read more »