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You're welcome, Kathleen. No, balance was not an issue--especially with the motorized trike. Very heavy and stable. Plus, the thing has gears! Top speed is 11 mph. Laureen hasn't been out "walking" with us lately, but when she does she needs to keep it in low or second gear, or I can't keep up. She does use her pedaler every day, though. Scott Scott E. Antes Northern Arizona University Department of Anthropology PO Box 15200 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ________________________________________ From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cochran [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: trikes? Thanks, Scott! Sounds like the trike turned out to be a good thing for Laureen. I take it balance was not an issue? I had no idea a motorized trike was an option. That's good to know. Best, Kathleen 2009/5/28 Scott E Antes <[log in to unmask]> > Yes, Kathleen. Early in Laureen's PD career, I bought her a nice pedal > tricyle. It enabled her to go with us when I walked the dogs. She couldn't > pedal so well after awhile (strength dimished in her legs, and we have some > hills here), so we got a motorized trike (a used Palmer), and that worked. > (We found ours at Goodwill. Amazingly, someone had just dropped it off. > It takes two golf cart batteries.) > > These both are single seaters. The only thing I don't like about this > particular pedal trike is the fact that it only has a hand brake. It works > fine, but I prefer a foot brake, as well, on a single-speed unit. Of > course, pedal brakes are available, but since Laureen didn't mind just the > hand brake, I never installed one. Scott > > Scott E. Antes > Northern Arizona University > Department of Anthropology > PO Box 15200 > Flagstaff, AZ 86011 > ________________________________________ > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [ > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cochran [ > [log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:06 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: trikes? > > I wonder if anyone on the list has experience with adult tricycles, regular > or recumbent, single or tandem. > > Kathleen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkins > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn