How Reverse Trike Steering Works: Tilting Steering on Electric Tricycle

Demonstrating how the independent steering of a reverse trike works.

Hey everyone, I'm Dustin. I have nearly 20 years of experience in the bike and e-bike industry. Today I'm gonna demonstrate how the independent lean of a two-front-wheel reverse trike works. All right. Right here, I've got the EZ Transit Reverse E-Trike from sixthreezero. And on the front here, it has the option where the front wheels can lean when you turn. Now, I've got some other videos on YouTube about this feature. It's cool. And it makes for very... Pinpoint turning, stable turning. Now, the caveat or difference between this type of trike steering and a conventional trike is you need to steer on this one. On a regular trike, you do need to steer, but what I mean by that is you need to steer or keep the handlebars balanced for the bike to balance. Now, you can see it does balance without me touching it, but if you tip it, it starts to go over, okay?

So, When you're up and moving, this adds stability with the two front wheels. But you do need to put your feet down on the ground when you're stationary. A big difference between a conventional trike with two wheels in the back. But what's cool is this drive system here and how it leans when you turn. And this learning mechanism allows both wheels to stay on the ground. So you see they operate together in that when one goes low, the other one goes high, but they are not moving in the same direction. So if you were to have a rigid fork, this would be very dangerous if you went over bumps because one wheel would pop up and you'd become unstable. In this situation, both front wheels will stay on the ground at all times. Now you can see I lean this way, both wheels stay on the ground at all times. See how far we can lean that. Now what we're gonna demonstrate to you today is we have a two-by-four here, and I'm gonna show you when we roll over that how this drive system works. All right, so I'm just gonna demonstrate. Here's our two-by-four.

I'm gonna just roll it over to show you how the axles work in the front here, and then we'll cut to a slow-mo clip of me riding. So you can see when the reverse trike comes up here, you can see the front wheel moves up, but the rear wheel stays on the ground. Now, that's key for stability and balance. If this was a rigid fork, this right wheel would be popping off the ground. So, this wheel comes up. Now, as we roll, this wheel comes down, and then this wheel comes up, and then you'll see how this wheel comes down. So, the ability of the axle to move up and down on each side allows both wheels to stay firmly planted on the ground. Now, I'll go ahead and ride in fast motion and you can just watch me go over it and then we'll slow down a clip so you can see exactly how it works. All right, here I come. And you can see I go up and straight over. And both my wheels stay on the ground at all times.

So you can see how cool this reverse trike is with the tilting up and down front axle makes it stable, and nimble. If you want to check out other videos on this product, we've got a bunch more on the YouTube channel. You can check out the playlist for the EZ Transit Reverse e-trike. If you have any other questions at all, please reach out to us at theteam@sixthreezero.com, or call us at 310-982-2877. Also, we have a 30-day test ride on your e-trike policy. If you don't love it in the first 30 days, send it back. No questions asked, no money out of your pocket. In addition to that, we have a one-year warranty. We'll take care of everything in the first year, no questions asked. And lastly, we have a Facebook group called sixthreezero pedalers. There are thousands of sixthreezero members in there. Pop in there, ask existing riders questions, and see how they like their bikes. So in advance of your purchasing, you can get input and feedback back so you make the right choice. Then when you have your bike, post in the group, and make friends, it's so much fun. So thanks for sticking around and don't forget, It's your journey, your experience. Enjoy the ride.