Where, how to store a folding tricycle?
..We like to bring bicycles with us when we camp. Really like riding where ever we go. It used to be that all of us would ride - me, DW, and both the kids. The kids especially, like to ride a lot. ...
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BurbMan wrote:
Sounds like you're about out of options....about the only thing left is a Yakima or other rack on top of the Fusion with a cargo basket or something to lash the trike to. Although if this is the trike you are looking at, 63 lbs isn't easy to hoist onto the roof of the Fusion....
Yes, that is one of the trikes we've been looking at, Don. And you're right, the weight of that trike is one of the reasons I haven't looked seriously at a roof rack. It'd be a bear to get it up on the roof of the car.
Option B would be to trade in the Fusion .....
..That would be a not just no, but h*** no, haha. :) Fusion ain't going anywhere, we like it too much. I'll spend $2k on the trike you linked to before I'd do that!
Option C would be to lose the bike rack on the back of the Fusion in favor of towing a small cargo trailer..
Even if NC laws would allow such (which I don't believe they do), the limitation of the Fusion's Class II hitch receiver eliminates that option. Ford does not recommend towing ANYTHING with the Fusion, and because of that, only a Class II receiver can be had for it (strictly intended to be used for a bike rack). Not that I'd ever consider towing doubles like that, anyway. If I was going to tow a trailer, I'd just get a flatbed trailer large enough to put both the Fusion AND the trike on (although that opens up a whole 'nother can of worms that I don't want, either).
The DiBlasi Folding Trike would solve your issues because it collapses side-to-side in addition to front-to-back, so would fit in the back seat of the Fusion....but at $2000 not a cheap solution either.
Thank you, Don, for digging that up! I should have stated in original post, but this is exactly what I have been looking for to solve this problem, but couldn't find anywhere - a tricycle that collapses side-to-side as well as front to back. That way it could fit in the back seat of the Fusion or possibly the trunk. I like it, except for that huge price tag!
..Think I'll just have to keep looking, see if anyone else makes a trike that can fold up like that for a little more reasonable price..
Will
