Which electric trike models come with built-in safety features?

Hi everyone, I'm Dustin. I have 20 years of experience in the bike and e-bike industry, and today we're gonna answer the question, which electric trikes come with built-in safety features? Now, before I get into it, hit that subscribe button below, and stay in touch with us here at Sixthreezero. Be the first to know about all the new content we're putting out, giveaways we're doing, of course, and new product releases. Right here, I've got our electric trike Rickshaw and our Simple Glide E-Trike, one of the safest e-trikes, actually, right here. It's linked in the description if you want to check it out. All right, so which electric trikes come with the most built-in safety features? So, a couple of things I want to point out about safety features on an electric trike.

Stability and Tipping Prevention

So, what is going to make an electric trike one more safe than another? It's not necessarily about a feature, like a blinker or something like that, which, don't get me wrong, is a huge benefit. What I find to be the biggest concern about safety regarding trikes is stability. And a lot of people are worried about tipping and the balance of it. The number one safety feature of an e-trike that is going to prevent tipping, actually there's a couple of features, but one is a more elongated frame. That is lower to the ground, typically a recumbent, semi-recumbent like this one. In addition to that, there are also going to be fatter tires. So an increased width in the tire is going to add more stability and also keep you more balanced on turns, things of that nature. Now, in addition to that, this trike actually has wheelie bars as well. So if, for some reason, you were to pop a wheelie, those bars would hit the ground and prevent it from tipping backwards. Now I know tipping backwards isn't necessarily the most common thing people worry about. It's tipping sideways.

So if you're looking for something that is the safest, opt for a recumbent or a semi-recumbent because, without a doubt, it's going to be more stable than a more upright trike. So when you think about trikes, you think about those old-school Schwinn tricycles with the bigger tires on the back. And when you move the center of gravity higher, and you take turns, there just becomes more of a likelihood of lifting that wheel when you take a turn. When you elongate the frame and lower the center of gravity, it just makes it more stable. So, search for the word recumbent, semi-recumbent e-trikes. You can also browse our website and check out the Simple Glide. We also have a fat tire version of this. Those, in my opinion, are one of the most important, quote unquote, safety features. Now, in terms of other safety features, what makes it safe, you wanna have a disc brake of some sort with ample stopping power.

Transportability vs. Stability

As you have both wheels spinning, you'll keep better traction on the ground. So probably wanna look out for rear differentials. Now that's gonna move the price point of the trike up a little higher if you want something with a rear differential and hydraulic brakes. Again, all of these are added features. So there's a lot of brands out there that feature both of these elements. In terms of the recumbent style, the elongated frame, there aren't as many as the traditional upright trike. And again, that's also something you have to think about, though, because if you're concerned about transporting and the mobility of your e-trike, then switching to an elongated frame, it's not gonna be as compact. So that is why a lot of people opt for the more compact upright trikes, a little more mobile, easier to transport, they can fold, not as big as something like a recumbent. So you kind of have to figure out what is the most important element for you. Is it the transportability of it?

Or is it the stability and the safety of it? Not saying you can't have the best of both worlds, but I'm saying actually you can't have the best of both worlds. So you can still have safe compact trikes, but I think recumbents are a little more safe because of the longer, they're also heavier, which keeps them more stable as well. So again, if it's more important that you can transport it, it's not that it's going to be unsafe, just a little bit less safe, in my opinion, than a recumbent. So. Those are some of the safety features. As I said, there's a lot of brands out there that have some of these features. You can just Google some of the buzzwords I said, like differential, recumbent, things like that, and you'll see a bunch come up. Also, check out ours on our website. Our Simple Glide is one of the most popular because of all the safety elements it has.

Conclusion and Contact Information

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