How well does the bike go down hills?
This is one situation where you could kill yourself on this bike. It is a trike. It has 3 wheels and they are not in a line so the scientific principal of centripetal force created by the wheels on a regular bike is not there to keep you straight. (Read more about “What causes a bike to stay up” at http://www.pedalmagic.com/Physics.htm. Note: This site sells a video; I am not endorsing their video but their information is good.) Fortunately, there is only ONE thing that will get you in trouble going down hills; that is a lack of experience with the joystick steering. I highly suggest you log at least a mile for every mph you plan go on the Ricksycle. (For example, ride 25 miles before going 25 mph.) Steering needs to be instinctive to you at speeds above 20 mph. Although we never exceeded 35 mph, the trike felt solid the whole time. Above 25 mph, there are two things that you don’t want to do… Re-adjust yourself in the seat nor hit the joystick steering. When you re-adjust yourself a
