Technical

New Cassette?

feeds@yuku.com (bradontrike) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:20:18 GMT

I have a 2009 expedition. I thought I had everything tight and so did dealer, it was I feel. I went around a corner fast and there was a huge pothole and bam I hit it hard. The quick release from rear wheel came off and I stopped real quick. Now I have a gear on back that I get ghost shifting etc. All other gears just fine. The chain etc very good as it new trike. I assume when I hit pothole and wheel came out of position, the single cog or ring or whatever it called on rear cassette...

Pic for wall mount

feeds@yuku.com (jpollet) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:35:17 GMT

Does anyone happen to have a pic of the catrike Wall mount installed? I just bought one for my Expedition and want to make sure I hang it correctly (right side up...) Thx, Jeff

Rolling Chassis Option?

feeds@yuku.com (Triped) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:56:03 GMT

Does the rolling chassis option offered by Catrike include a rear wheel? The description I saw says everything except brakes and drive train. I'm not clear if that means no rear wheel or a wheel with no cassette. Thanks.

tire wore through left front side, toe in help please.

feeds@yuku.com (Tony Martino) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:27:54 GMT

Hi everybody I know that this has been covered many many times before but i need help in regards to proper toe in on my trike. I have a 700 and just ofter 500 miles i noticed my tire totally worn through on the front left side and starting to wear through the other side as well. My question is this. Should i toe in slightly to the front of the wheels or leave it as perfectly the same distance on the front and back of the wheels after I adjust the tie rod. I noticed that the rod was slightly...

After-market Neck Rests

feeds@yuku.com (Krispysteve) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:27:08 GMT

I hope it's okay to post this.

I've gotten a lot of inquiries about the neck rests I've been making for Catrikes: What are they? Which Catrikes do they fit? What's special about them? What do people say who have them? How do they attach? How much are they? How do I get one? What do you mean I don't have to pre-pay? Can I put my logo on mine?...to list just a few of the questions.

So I've posted the neck rest information on a new blog....

26" tire on a road

feeds@yuku.com (peaceguy) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:56:05 GMT

Has anyone ever modified a road to handle a 26" wheel

wind protection over glasses

feeds@yuku.com (ffinklow) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:45:33 GMT

I'd like to find an easy-to-use transparent visor or goggles to wear over my glasses in cold weather. A second pair of glasses fits badly under a
helmet, so protective glasses are not satisfactory solution. Ideally, this could be a visor that remains attached to the helmet or at a minimum,
lightweight goggles that fit easily over helmet.

suspension

feeds@yuku.com (adamrice) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:11 GMT

Adding front suspension to the design of a trike is obviously much more complicated than with a bike (the Leitra, with its leaf-springing, seems like the most elegant approach). Obviously it can't be added after the fact. Or can it? I was intrigued when I ran across these hubs with internal suspension, available with single-side mounting. At 250 g, there's not even a weight penalty (I have to admit, I'm...

Working the Garmin 705

feeds@yuku.com (Action Lad) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:26:43 GMT

Can someone tell me, step by step, how to imput a route into the thing? It can't be as hard as I have been experiencing.

PVC Stand for 700

feeds@yuku.com (Tony Martino) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:45:44 GMT

I am thinking about building a PVC stand to be able to better to do regular maintenance on my trike as well as having the ability to more easily clean it as well as check shifting etc. Does anybody know the simplest form of this stand for the dimensions of the 700? Any information is greatly appreciated.

Tony Catrike 700 "Candy Purple"

Tour Easy

Fairing question

feeds@yuku.com (Tony Martino) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:42:57 GMT

I have a question in regards to using a full size Mueller fairing on my trike. I would like to get the swing mounted one and was wondering if anybody can share pics how they have theirs mounted on their trike. I I most interested on where in the boom area it needs to be mounted to. I only have my book extended about 6 or so inches out and the water bottle cage is after that. I would like to know if in fact I can still get away with mounting the upper mount needed for the larger Mueller...

New Racing Shoes for my Expedition

feeds@yuku.com (Catnround) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:32 GMT

Thanks to Richard B Clarke in another thread pointing out that Continental was making tires to fit the rear of my Expedition so I went to there site to check it out and was surprised to see that not only they did, but they now for 09 they had tires for the front as well. Next came trying to order I wasn't able to find a set online. I sent an email to the large trike store in Utah and the 1^st email got no reply I waited 2 weeks then...

Need plug.

feeds@yuku.com (bikeboy999) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:58:02 GMT

Hi fellow catists,

I have a minor problem with my 2004 road, aka nice weather winter cycling machine. The post where the front deraileur is held has a big opening at the top. What can I use to fill/plug the hole? It is 28.5 mm inner diameter.

TIA,

B

Reshaping an XT fairing

feeds@yuku.com (ffinklow) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:50:35 GMT

I have an absolutely excellent XT fairing, which I want to look over rather than through. Can anyone tell me how to permanently depress the protrusion at the center of the fairing that extends above the horizontal frame bar?

Karl Muelller made me a special cut XT fairing, which I like for summer use, from which he removed the section of the fairing that is usually higher than the horizontal bar. I call this version a "flat top" version, and it resolves my line of sight...

nice quiet front fenders, finally!

feeds@yuku.com (Tony Martino) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:01:16 GMT

HI everybody

As some of you might now know I have a new Catrike 700 in beautiful candy purple. I ordered all my accessories like the catrike bags, fenders, fairing etc. One thing that I quickly noticed is how noisy my front fenders were on bumps. To let you all know I have the newer style mounting system for the Catrike fenders where the mount goes under and into the fender. Well to make a long story as short as possible I noticed this annoying rattling that would happen when I hit...

Hubs for my Trail

feeds@yuku.com (aukai) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:17:24 GMT

Aloha from the Hawai'i Northwest,

I'm looking for some additional hubs for my Trail. I want to have an extra set of wheels available for fall and winter. Snow is coming...

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get hubs that will work on my Trail? I can find lots of rims but I'm not sure what hubs will work?

Mahalo Nui Loa,
Aukai sends...

How to lock my Catrike?

feeds@yuku.com (LilBentTadpole) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:04:58 GMT

What are people using to lock up their trikes? I've never owned a bike I couldn't easily replace at any bike shop for under $100 (except my mountain bike but no thief would want to lift that thing on their own, much less swipe it). I was thinking I'd get a good cable and a Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit (sp?) u-lock. I thought I'd lock all the wheels together to the frame with the cable and then lock the frame directly to a rack with the u-lock. This should do fine for all...

E Catrike first tests.

feeds@yuku.com (cncone) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:06 GMT

I have just completed the first road test of my latest project, installing a 1000 watt Currie motor on my 2005 Road. First impressions put a smile on my face with top speed around 45 km/per hr. with loads of torque.

Any enterprising computer geeks out there?

feeds@yuku.com (trikergirl) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:01:28 GMT

This should really be available somewhere. Please, some of you incredibly smart computer people out there, make my dream come true!

I want a GPS-based device that is fairly small and lightweight, mostly screen (color of course) that easily mounts on my Catrike (when I get one :-)). Wait, there's more. I want it to not only track me by GPS, but also take all of the info a really advanced bike computer takes. On top of that, I want it to incorporate a wireless heart monitor, so I...

Upgrading Wheel on a Trail...

feeds@yuku.com (aukai) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:41:13 GMT

I have a new Trail and I would like some larger rims and tyres to cope w/ the rough road around Kitsap County Washington. I was planning to use a beefer 2" tyres all around the trike. Does anyone have any suggestions on 36 hole hubs and rims? Has anyone upgrades to this type of setup?

Aloha from the Hawai'i Northwest...