TerraTrike Rover 8 Recumbent Trike Review

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(More customer reviews)First of all, I have been riding 2 wheeled Recumbent bikes for about 13 years, and ride about 100+ miles a week, even though I am a very senior citizen.
My Rover was due to be trucked to my home tomorrow, but I couldn't wait so I drive to the trucking Depot at Atlanta Airport to pick it up. I drove up in my Toyota Matrix, and I had already checked the box dimensions that UtahTrike packed it in, so I knew it would stick out the back of my car about a foot, but otherwise it fit well. We loaded it my car, strapped the back deck down and off I went. When I got home, I had it out of the box in about 5 minutes. It was totally assembled and packed very well. About the seat, I love the higher seat position. I had toyed with the idea of getting another model of Trike, with a much lower seat, and am I glad I got the Rover instead. It is so easy to get in and out of, and you don't feel like you have to dive bomb yourself into the seat and crawl out of it. I played with the seat position, and found that the easiest way to do it, if you have to move it any distance , is to just pull the seat up and off and relocate it. It doesn't want to slide very easily.
Two things I have to get used to, leaning into the turns, and stopping pedaling when shifting. The neat thing, after using derailleur for years, is to pull up to a stop in a high gear, and downshift while you are sitting there waiting for the light to change. I tried some fairly sharp turns, and the Rover seems pretty stable. I noticed that if you really jam on the brakes hard, the back wheel will lift, because the disk brakes can really grab, so modulating the brakes, and practice emergency braking and also sharp turning while leaning, is probably a good thing to do if this is your first trike. I did some of the hills that I normally do in the park next to my home, and the low gear on the 8 speed was fine. The shifting is very smooth, and so far, I am very happy with the Sturmey Archer 8 speed hub. I would like to get the adjustment procedure for it, if I have to remove the rear wheel to fix a flat.
The Rover seems like a lot of fun so far, it fits inside my Toyota Matrix with nothing to do but fold down the passenger front seat and lower the seat backrest on the Rover. It also looks like it would go on my Saris 2 bike mount, but it is so easy to put it inside the Matrix, that , I will probably not bother with the rack. I do have to carry it in my front door sideways, as it is just a bit too wide to roll through the door.
Riding this on my local 9 mile bike path has attracted a great deal of attention, and people are always asking me if they can sit in the seat to see how comfortable it is. It is almost as fast as my 2 wheel Rans Tailwind bike which I have had for years, and much more stable. You can ride along, and take time to look around, instead of having to focus on the pavement ahead of you. Once you ride a Trike, you will be hooked.
As of December, of 2010 I have almost 1700 miles on the Rover with zero problems.....

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