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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
My choices would be for a first trike is a Catrike Villager or cattrike 5.5.9 but if you can spent slightly more it Would be a Catrike Dumont (Full sus) or a Azub basic ti fly 26.
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Thanks, that's useful info. There does seem to be a range from the 2500ish ones up to the 4500ish ones (I can't see myself spending 5000 dollars on a trike without getting extremely into riding them). In general though it's definitely good to know a go-to brand.
I was looking at these -
https://www.renucycle.net/index.php?...4&page_id=1014 - which appear to be a Taiwanese company, but at least look pretty solid and come in under the 3k mark. I guess they're reasonably new, so I'm guessing you haven't seen many or any of them maybe, but if it was you, would you say they look like they're best avoided or do they look like a good option?
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I would personally buy new from a qualified shop. Theres things on trikes you don't want even the best pro mechanics to touch if they haven't touched a trike. I was a really experienced mechanic and I had to be properly trained.
In Calgary you have Renu cycles and Funwest sports. Funwest seems to sell the same range we did.
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Good to know. I guess the question is if I did buy second hand, could I just rely on these guys for maintenance. I was looking at this one, which I could pretty easily pick up given the distance from my Dad's place.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-bike/b...ike/1519016140
Seems like potentially a good deal, though it wasn't one of the ones from Catrike that you recommended - thoughts?