Electric Bike Technologies Electric Fat-Tad Trike Review - $3k
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2019
- The Electric Bike Technologies Electric Fat-Tad Trike is a tadpole trike with a focus on comfort as well as stability with fat tires, recumbent seating position, and adjustments to get you dialed in. Open platform allows you to swap battery sizes, adjust the top speed and amp flow to change performance vs. efficiency, large bright display panel is easy to work with, full triple suspension all around. A nice SRAM GX derailleur, triple ring setup for 21 gearing combinations, 2 mechanical disc brakes, a parking brake, motor inhibitor, and reliable electrical system. The display panel is mounted more securely but you have to glance away from the road to read it, suspension not made for large bumps, and it is somewhat heavy and hard to maneuver in tight spaces.
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After my brain tumor surgeries, I didn’t think I would be able to do anything. I’m pretty sure I can do this. I want a electric recumbent trike to have some independence like going to the grocery store
I’m going through cancer treatment And I can’t walk anymore without some kind of assistance I’m in the exact same shoes as you I just want to drive to the grocery store one of these bikes would be perfect
Hello jelly roll hope your doing ok since brain surgery I understand I myself had a subarachnoid hemorrhage and deal with walking issues and i havent ridden my bikes for 5 years. I would love one of these bikes in the future they look cool and would be safer for us to ride.
@@lyricrogers2443 hello hope your doing better since your cancer diagnosis, I myself had a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage and I dont ride anymore because my legs dont work right and I believe these style of bikes could hopefully work for you and me so I hope you can get 9ne in the future and hope you are cancer free soon stay safe and health
I’m 67 and I’ve had two back surgeries for stenosis, including five fusions and two laminectomies and a major ligament bisected. Aside from the chronic pain, I’ve lost a bit of feeling in my feet and toes. I can still walk, but sometimes use a cane if I’m walking a long distance or on uneven surface, multiple flights of stairs, etc. I haven’t gotten much exercise since the surgeries and want to strengthen up my lower body as much as I can. I do have an ebike (Serial 1 Rush City Step-thru) but am considering getting an eTrike as well. Several reasons:
When I feel especially achy and especially numb in the ankles and feet from intermittent inflammation, I would feel more confident on a trike (some day I will probably have to give up two-wheeling, but not today).
If I want to go out and ride, but it would involve riding on ice, snow, loose gravel, wet leaves, off-road, etc. again, more confidence on three wheels.
Finally, they seem very cool. Even if I was young and healthy, I might still desire one in my stable.
Best wishes to all of you working to rehab after medical issues compromising your strength and/or balance. 👍
@@Boris_Chang I’m reading this right now while taking a break from my daily lap.
The reality is always more gritty then the romanized idea. There is a lot that can go wrong on these but when it works it’s great.
Load it up with weight and go slow in a low gear. I call me rig Brenda because she belongs in a senior center’s knitting crew but I love her
Performance trikes are the best thing to happen to pedals since the Hobie Mirage Drive, and e-assist is a way to extend that performance.
I would like to see a bike racing league started with these kinds of bikes, maybe urban tires also.
16:03 You skipped showing getting on the bike. For some of us it is critical to know how easy or how hard it is to mount and dismount a bike. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT SKIP OVER THIS CRITICAL ISSUE!!!!
Reach down, squeeze the brakes, step over and sit down, release brakes and pedal away. To get out, reverse procedure.
Not as easy as a mobility scooter and no pedals
@@CncObsession Maybe not quite so easy...I noticed the frame cross member is several inches forward of the seat. This means when getting on, the "controlled fall" into the seat is OK but when standing, your legs have a hard time getting under your tailbone for efficient extraction. For some people this could be a problem.
Lol
Recumbents are nice, no problems with body posture and sore fanny. With the right terrain you could go for a long time. Good choice for a review.
Sore fanny has a whole different meaning in the UK.
Thanks for the video! I love it very nice trike ! 💯😎
Very cool, 👍🏽 I don’t know if I want this set up or the middrive motor 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Have you tried one with the Bfang mid drive?
Does anyone know of a trailer hitch that can hold a Fat Tad Trike + 4 standard bikes all in one?
That is an incredible machine! Great review.
If you put some blue light piping in your helmet, it would like like a helmet off of the classic Tron movie!
Dudes, you guys need to make a standard checklist and a specific type/use-case checklist of things to cover or compare or address in each review. You tend to ramble all over the place and then leave out crucial bits of information. It would be easier on you as well as us. Your speaking style is fine, very sympathetic and approachable, just need some coherent information formatting/outline to guide the presentation along the way.
Clive Sinclair was soooooooo ahead of his time lol.
I like this idea so much but safety on the roads isn't great with all the nutters in cars, footpaths are too narrow around here so may not be practical.
I live in a remote part of California. 3K is not ordinary for me to purchase one of your trikes. Is there a way to aquire one from somewhere? Can someone from burning man drop one off at my house? Anyone know an answer?
i’d love to ride a very powerful one of these that still offered pedal assist 😂.. the feeling must be amazing.
You might want to check out ti trikes
The helmet looks like something you’d have seen at a Devo concert.
Would be nice to have a plastic bin for storage behind the seat for storage, would be ideal for grocery shopping etc
Renzo Riga I was thinking that or a square wire basket.
I would like to be able to mount a child seat to carry a little one around.
How much weight will it pull comfortably?
Can you get a head rest and mirrors?and fenders
The position of handle grips seem to line up with front tires, and I am concerned that tires can kick up dirt and water right into your hands.
I'm not sure who sells them, but there is guard you can buy for your hands
I am sure you can equip it with fenders.
You’re not wrong! I had to diy some fenders. Frustrating there’s no factory fenders on a trike like this, it was highly annoying riding anywhere and having muck coat your arms.
Would like to know where you got the helmet. Have not seen one like that.
So, you have a trike and they struggle on hills. You add a hub drive that actually loses power on hills. The trike is hard to get started, but the hub drive is cadence based so your only option is to add a throttle to help you get started, except they aren't allowed on more amd more state and local trails.
This is 90's tech. A torque sensing mid-drive makes a lot more sense. It is a cleaner, quicker install even at the factory. It doesn't have a separate controller and needs no shift or brake sensors. Most importantly, you can down shift for more power when you need it most.
That rear wheel, already taking a beating because of the layout, ends up with those spokes supporting an extremely heavy motor. A 7-8# mid-drive upfront can be counter balanced with a rack mounted battery at the rear for less total weight as well as better balance and significantly better range.
This is the 1st e-trike I've ever seen.
What's that trike in the background?
I need one of those.
Ask why these guys don't run a trickle charge little generator off one of the wheels to the battery and charge while your moving. Just like the older bikes w/ their front fender lights. They ran a wire from the light to a little generator w/ a little wheel up against one of the 20" tires.
The generator will slow the trike down. It is a way to charge going down hill and stopping. Otherwise, it is a waste. There are bike motors which are able to recharge the battery while going down hills or stopping. Only one company sells systems which will work well without slowing the bike when pedaling.
Thanks for the review. I think a fat tire ebike would be better for me.
The widest tire i would go with is 3", but 2" is good enough for me...and i require 11-51 cassette in the back, don't understand why no one provides that...what about the new e-pinion gear box??? Can i get that?!? Don't want to change the chain for different people, what about a chain adjuster??!
Possible to use this for foodpanda?
So far running smooth
Nice to I have o need but How I can get? HOW MUCH
Can it go on a bike rack?
Air suspension for trike ? 19:42
I want one of these 😁
nice UFO on your head. nice video thanks.
Devo
Wow that cool
11:44 Where do you mount the battery if you do NOT get the optional rack???????
It always comes with a rack installed, there are one of two racks
I had seen a trike brand mount a battery and it's rack on the rear wheel's stay...I think it is better since the battery's weight is lower.
You want real full suspension? take a look at Stein Wild One trikes, F1 type double A-arm king pin front suspension. I have one and real off-road riding in the mountains of Oregon is possible and a blast. I use a Bafang 750W drive system, with a 26" rear wheel so climbing is only limited by traction available. Yes not so good for single-track, but on gravel roads and double track, it's more fun than I ever thought it could be. The guy obviously has no idea how a full suspension system works.
Ok, so what do you call a trike that has all 3 wheels in the front then?
Unridable
its not an endorcement, just a stright forward plug.
Tend to be whenever a biker reviews their first trike
Just imagine this guy trying an ICE VTX
What is the range on battery only?
10-44 miles (Depends on battery)
Smart technologies
why are the handlebars so far back ?
Loosen two Hex bolts and you can adjust the reach and possibly the angle of the handlebars.
Good Advice
$3K..... Holy CRAP!
Some go up to $10,000.00US
more about motor and battery size of larger battery?
I am surprised w/ how small in diameter the handlebars are, they look cheap, easily bendable. They should be more beefy.
They dont really need to be, there's no weight on them as you dont lean on them like with a normal bike so there's no force really for them to deal with when you hit bumps or whatever
What if I wanted to upgrade my Fat-Tad Trike, what are the options to make it electric? can I buy any kit ? I was looking at BAFANG BBS02B 48V 750W
I added a Bafang 48v 500w with a 17.5ah battery to my recumbent. It shocked me with the amount of power it has. This is the thing to remember when getting a motor, the higher the wattage is the more battery you will use. Bafang sells on Amazon and their prices are great! Bafang has very good customer service as well, I'm so happy with mine!
It's a good veachel if you have a bad back
I need one
This thing is pretty awesome :D
10:30 'Drive-by' Viewer ; )
where can I get one near 3K?
Id sell you one for 3k
@@chriscarpenter5160
What do you have for 3k?
Can you pull a small boat
Storm trooper helmet
DEVO ~ ua-cam.com/video/j_QLzthSkfM/v-deo.html
As of December 2023 the price as is, is $ 3,862.00...
Are these street legal?
Ou je peut l'acheter se trike ?
translation: Where do I purchase this trike?
What? WTF? Dual piston *mechanical* brakes???
You squeze the handlebars? Kinda?
No, seriously...
Legal Chow👏🤠
Good way to lose your keys... leave them in the switch and go as fast as you can :}
I want you check it out see Ecotric SKU: ROCKET26-MB
Rocket Fat Tire Beach Snow Electric Bike-Matt Black and another model is FAT26S900USB-BL. I wanna see new review before I buy it. I don’t see any UA-cam history.
Nice guy.
We never saw you get in and out of this contraption. It would be horrible and the position of the grips looks terribly uncomfortable. This needs to go back to the drawing board. I’m the owner of a two recumbent electric bike.
Or pay 7k more for an enclosed Pebl lol
Consumers are nuts
Offer a Tadpole trike to the elderly because it is better for them.
There are no night lights
I don’t like the bench seat! Show the bike bad filming!
You do love the sound of your own voice. I fell asleep half way through this.
Initial response: Got this bike for my friend. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxUiL0GnyDjP32RJdd660sP8mZk4CRLTCJ Delivery was fast. And the friend was surprised I would order it when she had never suggested she wanted anything but the pedal bike she had. She has now ridden the bike two times and gives it a 10 and says it is very fun. We have some hills in our town that are very challenging to climb on a typical bike. But tonight she went up with the pedal assist and loved it. I was way behind on my standard bike, huffing and puffing. Now she is no longer lagging behind me. This thing is powerful enough that a person could go around town without any pedaling. She likes to get some exercise so on flat ground she hits the red button to turn off pedal assist and only uses the twist throttle when she's in a tough spot. The bike looks good. It is really a very nice bike for the friend. Now for me, when I get an electric bike, I'm twice her size and will be looking for a bigger watt motor and battery. But this one is just wonderful for my friend. I am happy with this purchase.
Finished watching this review. The each hand connected to pad clamp and wheel itself braking and steering of tadpole DESIGN is new to me it looks like YOUR legs stabilised direction WHEN in " look ma no hands"ing seconds of video streamed past me at 2x....
But regarding using "lead acid cheap charger to fill quickly a alternatively procured bag of prismatic scib 'bags' Of LTO" A THOUGHT.
STARBUCKS offers free wifi and less appreciated ICE. If you can find "an ELECTRIC outlet" hundreds of nice dc voltsAMPS are beyond fractional minute extendable for said PRICE. Modified to melt 🔮"'ice' cheap CHEAP maybe even LIGHT make ensembled a glawsum RIGHT."
COULD the community chime in on such a "tool bag RACKED AS DESIGNED" for this trike? Opened after hike, "dumped in ice & out drawn 120 volt ac cord" gets near two kw's FOR just $99 ish PRICE I bet?
If these 12 VOLT boxes can do "1200 sine wave cycles"[AKA SPEC FOR STARTING AMPS!] air cooled they can sustain it hours ie FOREVER IF fed solid water sufficiently. 20 POUNDS OF ICE VENDED FROM "ROBOT CONTAINER" IS UNDER (UNCHANGED FOR YEARS INCLUDING PLASTC SACK LITERALLY SWEET 16 "PIECES IF EIGHT") TWO BUCKS.
THE ice machine company I BET petitioned would include a few extra kwh's DC even-- but CERTAINly has realestate and parking begging for ev charging overlay.
RIGHT?
PLEASURE
No fenders, Super long chain, An inadequate suspension and heavy. Not for me
❤❤❤🚲🚲🚲🚲
Hablas demasiado, y dices poco.
The riding ,is very poor ,you need to take it on a trail!
Please stop waving your hand around in the lower right corner of the first part of this review. We know you're there. The automatic gesticulating is distracting from your content. Thanks. Cheers, D.
Can't stay on the pavement with them big ass tires bruh, da fuck?
what's up mushroom head !
Figures
People don't like mr anymore
Never paying for your video ever
I love trikes, but... Great way to become a pancake. Dont fòrget to duck when those semi trucks drive over you...😨
10 double oh`s do not discriminate mate , if you happen to be in the way with two wheels or three , you will be a pancake regardless .
Been riding a recumbent tadpole for nine years. Drivers are very aware of me. Truckers and bus drivers are very careful. Just be visible and realize what drivers can see.
get you hand out of the way.
EVERY recumbent bike I've every tried has been MASSIVELY uncomfortable.... So unnatural.
sorryociffer I had a recumbent BIKE and didn’t care for it. Try a recumbent TRIKE and you’ll want one. I bought a recumbent tadpole trike snd really love the comfort and stability.
sorryociffer I had a recumbent BIKE and didn’t care for it. Try a recumbent TRIKE and you’ll want one. I bought a recumbent tadpole trike snd really love the comfort and stability.
I’ve ridden recumbents-2 different styles in the past and they were great- comfortable as hell. It does take some practice with the handlebars under the sear style- but very comfortable and they fly downhill. Very aero.