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Homework........ The slope was measured today, and is not as bad as I thought statistically, but was really unpleasant to peddle up. The rise was a 8% slope at it's best, typically 12-14% and in the worst places 16-18%. Considerably better than the 20/25% I had mentioned before. I will...

"Tool" made with Stabila 80cm level. Results to follow some time this evening. I'm supposed to start work today (part time job) at 12. I'm going to be an hour late late at the very least, but these solutions are making it worthwhile. I'm very grateful for the help I'm getting here. :cool:

I have sent an email regarding this.

Okay. I will get in touch with Mr Woosh over the weekend. Thank you for the suggestion and the link. :cool: You assume correctly. I've just measured the length of the tarmaced slope (actually a single lane rat run) at 375 metres. I've no way to check the elevation, short of using a helium...

Having now seen that image of the STEPS steering arrangement, I am wondering how much clearance that Hase factory steering arm provides underneath the boom. I'm pretty sure that fixture to the front forks, is not like that on the standard one. Plainly I ought to provide some more detailed...

I think this picture might confirm whether or not ANY mid-drive is a prospect for this particular trike. You can see how the steering arm almost skims the underneath of the BB.

£7000 and back ordered ..... There were other recumbents in the £3100-£3900 range that looked more suitable, but the seat heights..... Probably too low. :( And back ordered.

I very much like your summary of the situation. I had sent a link to the owner yesterday, and I'm sure they are watching the progress of the prospective project. (You can be sure, the whole enterprise will be well documented here.) Originally, I had hoped that vendors might work with us to...

This isn't the sort of remark that is suggesting the quest is making progress. ;) The configuration worked for the rider, who themselves said the motor helped their fairly able riding ability. But I don't remember them writing they only rode in Norfolk? Either way, a motor that can use more...

I'm pretty sure this is the animal a friend of the family owns. The owner loves it, but has ridden a bicycle all her life. She now lives on one of the islands in the Inner Hebrides, so perfectly suitable transport there. Shame it isn't a recumbent.

As above/before, the ICE trikes are simply too low.

Not with the owner. There will be very little pushing of trikes anywhere, and there will certainly be no pushing of anything uphill. This is where experience should make a difference to the purchasing decision. There is the query over whether even a 250w motor would have too much torque and...

That would be putting the cart before the horse. If you have read the whole thread, you will know the owner is not young. A bicycle hasn't been ridden by the owner for some considerable time, more than 50 years. A minor incident with them coming off a bicycle, could be a death sentence, as a...

You hit the nail on the head. I can't (as yet) get an answer, as indicated in my original post. It's going to be down to me to buy something and find out the hard way. But for the fact the Weizmann hub motor works, I might not even be trying. The intent is to fit the battery under the boom with...

I mentioned a friend with a Levo.... He's on his third motor, or was a couple of years ago. I think Specialised ramped up the price of the same bike from 5 to 8k to accommodate the costs of motor replacement.

I appreciate the wide range of torque, a mid-drive can provide when the rear gears are used in conjunction. Hase themselves resolved this by completely changing the boom to accommodate a Shimano STEPS system, which cannot be retro fitted. Not without finding a replacement boom anyway. The...

I was busy writing while you edited the post. I'll leave my comments as is, to save others having to go back to re-read the original post. It might be that not all Hase trikes need the steerer modified, but this particular model does. It's a PITA that it does, and adds enough grief to the...

"I am grateful for comments on this forum that brought me to choose the TSDZ2 Mid Drive and a picture from Wooshbikes showing a Bafang motor on a Kettwiesel (showing a steering rod modification)." "Install (steering) – the photo of the BBS01 on a Kettwiesel showed the need to relocate the...

This is a difficult question to answer. As above, mostly where people on foot would walk? Nothing terribly steep, nor terribly long and steep. The hope is the battery will provide 20-30 miles of mixed support. Most of it will not be up hill, but along flat ground. Old railway lines, bridleways...

I had read up on the project some time ago. The steerer needs to be replaced which as far as I know, isn't something that can't be bought off the shelf. I have a pipe bender (as it happens) but I'm not sure having to do things like this actually qualifies it as easier than swapping out a front...