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Looking into buying an electric-assist cargo trike. It seems the market is dominated by versions that have 2 front wheels and 1 rear, is this easier to use/work on or something? (fedia.io)

submitted 1 week ago by miguel@fedia.io to c/utilitycycling@slrpnk.net

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Looking into buying an electric-assist cargo trike. It seems the market is dominated by versions that have 2 front wheels and 1 rear, is this easier to use/work on or something? It seems to me that steering, maint, flat repair, and general use would make that far worse experience. Am I missing something?

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Safety. The one front wheel arrangement opens the risk of tipovers during hard braking or cargo shift. It's the reason that ATVs went to a quad configuration from from the original trikes.

[–] miguel@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

@DrBob@lemmy.ca That sounds like the consensus.