[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by Trayderjoe

I am a fairly recent new trike rider, and live in Mallory Square. I can tell you that some of the hills will be tough to climb from a dead stop-it will depend upon your fitness as well as your trike. The larger wheel helps on hills, as does having as many gears as possible (I have 30). My plan is to avoid full stops at the start of a hill for a while until I can get my conditioning up. One funny story, my first ride, I came down the hill to my house, so I dropped the gears to the lowest level while going downhill. I had to come to a full stop (golf cart came up the road from the other direction) before I could pull into my driveway. I could not get the trike up the incline of my driveway in the lowest gear (did I mention trying to pull my body weight up didn't help.....<g>), so I had to dismount and walk the trike up the driveway. Now I come up the hill to my driveway and turn in while in a higher gear and can get into my garage without repeating that embarrassing moment (I could have sworn I heard my dogs laughing on that one).

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