I am a male that have had a disability since birth and cant no longer ride a two-wheel bike because of my bad balance. About a couple of months I will buy a sweden made three-wheel cargobike that is made for people with disabities. The reason I chose a cargobike is that I want to take some luggage with me incase I wanna go far away and also you dont need to put down your leg in the ground when you stop.
It is an electric bike with the electric motor placed in the middle where the pedals are. A bike with a center motor is the best and strongest electric motor. Riding a three-wheel bike is a bit different from riding two-wheel bikes. First its much bigger and heavier than a two-wheeler, second it costs same as a used car. A three wheel bike is also good if you have kids, there is space for four or six kids or a dog in the front box and you can even change the entire frontbox to fit whatever you want to use it for.
Depending on the landscape or if you have much luggage with you the battery lasts up to 5-6 swedish miles on one fully charge battery. Ofcourse you dont need to buy a three-wheel bike just for taking your kids or your dog out there is many other ways to use a three-wheel bike but they are NOT competition bikes, more a touring or cruising-bike.
@Adrift Speaking about the high price of gas both here in Sweden and in USA too and other countries more and more people choose to buy a bike instead of a car (a gas monster). an electric bike will cost nothing in gas and its much more friendly both to the enviroment and your wallet. Except that you also got alot of excersice. Stronger legs, stronger heart, its good for the heart, blood pressure too.
How exciting! I can't speak for having human cargo aboard, but what a gift of freedom that rig can give you. My husband and I (neither disabled) have toured extensively by store-bought touring bicycles. You'll feel ten feet tall as you pull into campsites at day's end.
@swirlie I will mostly drive on tarmac and I also have a walking frame that I need to take with me everwhere I go and my thought was to carry this walking frame in the frontbox on the bike. Thanks for the tip. I can ask a bike workshop if they can help me to change the bolts.
