Trigo Review and Comparisons

With winter closing in on us, we hurried to take some brief rides.  These trikes have a front derailleur with three chain rings and an 8-speed cassette driving the right rear wheel.  Grip-shifters for the front and rear derailleurs both have 8 stops, with the front derailleur requiring 2 or 3 clicks between chain-rings.  There was apparently some technical reason for needing to use this grip shifter;  it does work and doesn't require much time to get used to it.  I did find it rather stiff, though.  Other options include a differential so that both rear wheels can be driven (available to retrofit) and an over-seat steering variant called Trigo Up that has an 8-speed Shimano hub and a single front chainring.  Both the underseat steered standard Trigo and the over-seat steered Trigo Up can be fitted with a Shimano Steps electric assist motor.  The motor can be added later if the need arises.  One of our first test-rides was with the Trigo tandemized to a Greenspeed Anura.  T

We ordered two Hase Trigo trikes through Perennial Cycle in Minneapolis shortly after reading about their release.  We've known Hase and their trikes since first encountering them in 2003 in Germany, and we have confidence in their products. The first one was ready to pick up on December 1st.  We had promised a test-ride for friends with visual impairments, so the first thing we explored was how easily the trike could be adjusted for riders of very different measurements and seating preferences.  Russell is tall and prefers a more reclined seat, while Lori is much shorter and likes to be very upright.  We were able to make almost all the adjustments for both of them to try the trike with very little difficulty;  Russell could do many of the adjustments completely by touch.  The quick releases for seat height and position adjustments have a clever latching arrangement that allows the handle to be repositioned between tightening or loosening motions, so that it doesn't end

The back-story We have been riding delta-style recumbent trikes (one wheel in front and two in back) since 2007, starting that year with one Greenspeed Anura and one Hase Kettwiesel.  Their adaptability for people with disabilities immediately impressed us, and we began recommending them for rehab use.  Many disabled people lack the ability to transport a trike, aren't familiar with the various models, and can't just drive as much as a couple hundred miles to buy one.  We started providing that kind of assistance to people whose budgets didn't stretch to buying a new trike, identifying and obtaining good used trikes that they could afford.  Even if nobody had made a specific request, we would buy trikes that had been set up for a particular disability and then look around for someone who needed that adaptation.  It's been a bit of a hobby, helping heirs find new homes for rehab trikes after the first owners passed away, and getting disabled people onto good trik