short bike video

[Manky Monkey]

Obviously all our Reliant trikes are hand gearchange & foot clutch -feels perfectly natural to drop my hand off the bars to shift gear. Thinking of using a hydraulic slave cylinder this time round instead of the previous linking rod between the pedal & the clutch, just to tidy things up & smooth the action a little.

[BikerGran]

I have to drop my hand off the bars to change on my trike currently.  (for anyone who doesn't know, my current gear changer is a gold club).

Going up I do clutchless changes with my left hand, coming down is a little hairier - clutch with left hand, right hand comes across to do the change.  With bog standard GT550 forks it can get a little interesting at speeds less than 30 when the front has a mind of it's own specially with only one hand on the bars!  Fun tho.......

[Manky Monkey]

Don't get the low speed handlebar shake with our Reliants cos they've got low headstocks which push the standard forks out at more of an angle. Makes it more stable but heavier on the steering at low speeds.