Trikke (pronounced trike) Trikke three-wheeled cambering vehicles are human powered machines
that utilize Trikke Tech’s patented 3CV technology to allow a rider
to propel a chainless, pedal-less device forward without ever
touching foot to ground. This elegantly simple construct provides a
stable 3-point platform that leans into the turn with the rider
while all three wheels remain in contact with the ground. A rider
may reach speeds of up to 18 mph on flat ground, ride 50 miles in
one day, and climb the steepest of hills (with practice!).
Trikke’s design allows the rider to naturally engage his entire body
throughout the ride. Legs are active for balancing and
shock-absorption and arms punch for power-thrusts and hang on for
stability and control. The Trikke 3-wheeler allows you, the rider,
to feel the miracle of your own body and mind working in graceful
unison. The bi-products of the ride are joy, health, fitness and a
renewed appreciation for yourself and your life.
Trikke cambering vehicles allow a rider to utilize
a fundamental physics principle known as the Conservation of Angular
Momentum. While traveling on a slalom-like path, a rider moves his
center of gravity (his mass) from left to right (for example) while
leaning the vehicle into a right turn; this movement of the rider’s
mass is towards the center of the turn, thus decreasing the radius
of an imaginary circle which is formed around the center point of
the rider’s turn. This movement of mass to the center of the circle
acts in the same way that an ice-skater increases her velocity if
she pulls in her arms (decreasing her radius) while she is spinning
on the ice.
Because of the vehicle’s design, a rider can learn to maximize the
velocity generated from making each turn and then transfer that
momentum into the next turn, and so on and so on. Propulsion can be
so effortless that it feels like magic, or as strenuous as a
full-blown sprint. Your choice.
In the simplest of terms, you rock & roll to make a
cambering vehicle go. An experienced rider uses the entire body in a
gracefully coordinated motion that leans the vehicle into each turn
and transfers the momentum of each forward thrust into the next turn
and the next. A trikke ride combines the utility of human powered
transportation with the thrill of carving deep surf and ski style
turns. Like in other carving sports, everyone develops their own
unique, individual riding style. Each ride becomes a personal
expression session.
