R-D Bike Shop: Unicycles, Tandems, Trikes, Folding Bikes

delta, with two wheels at the back (of which one or both may be driven) and one steered wheel at the front. Delta recumbent trikes resemble the classic all around trike. The seat height is higher than the tadpole trike, allowing for an easier mounting and exiting. This type is well suited for recreational riding as well as carrying cargo. You can find an example of a recumbent trike at Sun bicycles website.
tadpole, with two steered wheels at the front and one (usually driven) wheel at the back. Tadpole recumbent trikes are the sport tourers of recumbent trikes. They sit low to the ground and allow leaning and body english for accomplishing tight turns and maneuvering. The picture below is an example of a tadpole trike.

Not all trikes fall into one of these two classes. For example, some early pedal tricycles used two wheels in tandem on one side and a larger driving wheel on the other. It is common for tricycles to have front and rear wheels of different sizes.

Read more about Trikes at wikipedia.org/wiki/Trikes

Catrike product updates The news from Catrike is a streamlined product line. They are making some changes to the product line up for 2012. This is a table of some of the changes, you can find further information at the Catrike website.

Items to be discontinued
Item	Action	Reason	2011	2012
Catrike Dash	Discontinued	Low volume sales	Receive final orders until end of December slots are filled or until end of stock	Unavailable
Catrike Musashi	Discontinued	Focus on Catrikes
9-Speed Group	Discontinued	Low volume sales
R Group	Discontinued	Streamline supply chain
Lime Green Color	Discontinued	Substitution Color

Don had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Catrike Rally in Winter Garden Florida. The picture is of Don at the rally reading our local paper-The Barberton Herald. Don also made a video of his tour. You can check it out on YouTube.

The big news from Catrike is the new space frame with adjustable seat back offered on the Trail and the Villager. The engineers spoke about the design and production of this enhancement at the 2011 Catrike Rally. Our 2011 Villager is on on its way from Catrike-keep checking back to this site for news of its arrival!

This is Don's 700. He is offering it for demos. I like the 700 because the larger rear wheel and gearing enable you to go fast easily.

Unicycles

From Wikepedia:

"A unicycle is a one-wheeled human powered vehicle. Unicycles are similar to, but less complex than, bicycles." Read more at: wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicycles

The Sun Classic sets the standard for fun on one wheel. Each frame is tig welded and uses a uni-crown design. Each unicycle is built w/ sealed bearings, main cap bearing type, cotterless crank, quick-relese seat clamp, and unicycle seat w/ bumper. Picture is the Sun 24" wheel unicycle.

Tandems

From Wikipedia:

"The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally, a tricycle) designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement (fore to aft, not side-by-side) instead of the number of riders." Visit wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_bicycle for more information on Tandems.

The picture is the Sport by KHS. The sport is a great Tandem for the bike paths or the beach front with 26" wide wheels and KHS comfort type 26x1.75" tires. This is a great first tandem.

Folding Bikes

For times or places when moving or storing a "regular bike" is an issue, a folding bike might just do the trick.

KHS offers 3 models of folding bikes. If you have a small space to store a bike the IPed is for you with a 12" front wheel and a 16" rear wheel.This is the ultimate take it with you bike!