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by TylerE 3926 days ago
UGH.

Two wheels in front: Good Two wheels in back: Bad (See: Reliant Robin and those old 3-wheel ATVs that were so dangerous they were banned).

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Two wheels in front or even 4 wheels doesn't magically make things safer (4 wheel ATV's are still plenty dangerous).

In the US, a lot of the reason for putting 2 wheels of 3 in front is that you get classified differently as a vehicle than if you had 2 wheels of 3 in the back.

>Two wheels in front or even 4 wheels doesn't magically make things safer (4 wheel ATV's are still plenty dangerous).

It isn't magic, it's physics. See this post for a breakdown of the two configurations. [0] The Twike uses the delta configuration, which is know to have issues.

[0] https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-advantages-to-having-two-...