Riding my fresh cargo trike yesterday it occurred to me that a steering damper would reduce the twitchies, any product recommendations please?
My trike basically is a normal bike, with the front forks exchanged for a 1 meter wide freight platform, each front wheel off center by a foot and a half. So if one wheel hits any sort of obstacle (small rock, or bump) the front wheels try to turn towards the obstacle. Since the trike's front wheels are powered with jump bike motors, the reverse happens if one of the front wheels loses traction because of a patch of gravel or sand. Have to hang on pretty tight, dare not scratch my ear or anything over about 5KM/hr.
The platform is pretty heavy with about 60 lbs of Nissan Leaf battery modules and the weight of the hub motors, not to mention a couple of grandkids that like to ride so need something a little above toy level for a damper.
Since the trike was built in Mexico stuff like bearings, dropouts and cranks are not bike standard fitting so thinking a cylinder type that I can fasten to the platform and the "bike" frame would be best.
The website of the manufacturer has a great pic , minus hub motors and floor battery box.
https://www.manufacturastrejo.com/en/
My trike basically is a normal bike, with the front forks exchanged for a 1 meter wide freight platform, each front wheel off center by a foot and a half. So if one wheel hits any sort of obstacle (small rock, or bump) the front wheels try to turn towards the obstacle. Since the trike's front wheels are powered with jump bike motors, the reverse happens if one of the front wheels loses traction because of a patch of gravel or sand. Have to hang on pretty tight, dare not scratch my ear or anything over about 5KM/hr.
The platform is pretty heavy with about 60 lbs of Nissan Leaf battery modules and the weight of the hub motors, not to mention a couple of grandkids that like to ride so need something a little above toy level for a damper.
Since the trike was built in Mexico stuff like bearings, dropouts and cranks are not bike standard fitting so thinking a cylinder type that I can fasten to the platform and the "bike" frame would be best.
The website of the manufacturer has a great pic , minus hub motors and floor battery box.
https://www.manufacturastrejo.com/en/