A delta trike might work. Stable and easier to get into and out of than a tadpole trike. You may want to look at Look at Greenspeed and Hase
Good luck. I hope you find something that works for your dad. Best, Andy On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:50 AM Jeffery S <sheph...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Dad and I talked last night and when asking him what he is up to he > said, "making sure the couch isn't going anywhere." That is kind of what I > want to hear when it comes to pandemic health, but later he said he wants > help finding a recumbent. I have no idea where to start. > > He will be 68 next month, has had knee replacement on both knees more than > once (injuries from being a former college football lineman), walks with a > cane and is overweight – knowingly and self conscious of it. Not trying to > call him out or rag on him, or anyone in a similar situation. I love him > all the same and am really happy he wants to get out and ride. He just > needs a bike that will work with what he's working with. > > Getting in and out of a chair for him isn't pretty, so I'm not sure a two > wheel recumbent is the way to go. Maybe a trike for balance? Or an upright > trike? This one looks ok, it's an ebike, but really not sure what to look > for: https://hasebikes.com/98-1-Recumbent-Bike-LEPUS-STEPS.html > > Is there anything someone can suggest? From searching the RBW group I see > some mention of recumbents, but this is probably not the right list to > check out. Is there a better place to look that the googler isn't leading > me to? > > The Riv owner in me thinks he should get a Clem L instead of a recumbent > because he already knows how to ride this style of two wheeler. I have an > old Schwinn step through in the garage I'm bringing him to see if that will > be a solution before dropping some dough on a new bike/trike/whatever. > > Here's my Sam to make this a little more Rivy. Thanks in advance for the > help. > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4cff1f8d-0cf7-4f98-b80f-2929691ff646%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4cff1f8d-0cf7-4f98-b80f-2929691ff646%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPhA6592eMmYSjSAN9RKWLFQsrWYRAx4HySd1psYca%2BOfLJXaw%40mail.gmail.com.
