I ride the Catrike 700 and I find that many riders cannot fathom being matched or passed by an older dude on an "Old Mans Trike." It is clearly an ego thing on their part sadly. They will burn by me with a lot of energy and I can see the their bikes wobble as they lose the pedaling efficiency. I usually catch up and cruise by at a really great pace as I am conserving energy. I ring my little bell and rarely see them again further along. It was not like that for the first few months of riding the 700. The more I rode, the more in-tune I became with the 700. I even removed my big third ring because I never use it. Climbing hills and starting from the stop is still slower but the top end is hard to beat. I really enjoy your videos and you both have really taught me a lot about riding in general. Thank you so much for taking the time to do all of this.

I used to commute 23 miles each way to work with a 1500 ft elevation gain going and 1000ft return. I have a Cruzbike recumbent and an older DF road bike. Over the distance the recumbent had higher speeds on the flats and downhill but lower speeds on the long climbs so that it was a minute or two slower in total time on average over multiple runs. The key that made the most difference was stop lights. If I was unlucky that run was slower. Cool to see that the trike has a similar results.

That was too neat! A bicycle advantage is that both thrust and load pulses tend to center more closer to center of tires. A trike advantage is that frontal-area aerodynamic drag can be less.

Impressive. Cool video, keep them coming. 👍

Nice effort guys , That's surprising , I thought for sure the lighter bike would easily out run the trike .

That was very interesting, I was sure the road bike would be at an advantage. What was the grade of your test track?. I would like to see the same test with Joe on the Trike, and a test going up a rise also. I notice that my wife, on her VTX, has good acceleration at speed on a slight down grade. There seems to be a "Sweet Spot" where the VTX can overcome a road bike. The advantage is eliminated if there is any increase in grade. I assume your next video will be after the upcoming Atmospheric River unless you demonstrate Bikes and Trikes in torrential downpours.HA

Fun content!!! Keep it coming!!!

VTX is an impressive trike. Glad to see you two back out racing. I hope you didn’t have any problems with all the rain. We have sunshine and mid-sixties, so we’re going for a ride 😊

What was producing that otherworldly, Outer Limits kind of sound during the first race?

This would be an interesting test over 40-60 minutes on an actual road course. On the same course, it would be interesting to see you two swap bikes.

You looked to be starting in a much higher gear than you should have- and higher than the bike's gear at the start. Can you get a nosecone for that trike to test for aerodynamic improvement? I've seen touring trikes with them before. Would be great to see just what a difference they make.

Un abrazo desde Perú muy buen video

Depends on the engine. I pass many road bikes on my CT2.0, but also get passed often. The VTX is my next tadpole of choice, got to have more than one, eh?.

The bike has some weight advantage off the line, then the trike's aerodynamic advantage kicks in at speed.

I have to ask if the rider of the road bike is fully conditioned for the upright riding style. I found when riding recumbents all the time my conditioning on an upright suffered. I currently ride an old Catrike 700, but also ride a 6 speed Brompton folder on grocery runs. I can get faster speeds on the Brompton if there's no headwind. However I recently had a heart attack about 3 months ago and all my comparisons are null and void until I more fully recover.

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this is not surprising. the aero of the racing trike is much better than a road bike...akin to a time trial bike, but probably still better. i ride both road bike and a catrike 700 and the 700 has a much higher top speed. maybe 3 to 5mph better, although it does have covered front wheels and aero disc wheel. the road bike is still faster on a hilly route but not much. the 700 is way more aero and you can lay down nearly as much watts as when standing on a road bike. ppl make the mistake of assuming a road biker can generate the same watts as a triker when sitting. BIG MISTAKE. the fully reclined facing trike is even better for wattage than more upright trikes, at least for more athletic riders. imagine if the vtx was as light as that road bike lol.

How is that VTX is 36# ? ICE specs it at 30#.

The guy on the bike was not sprinting, he was always in the hoods never in the drops you can also tell because the trike guy was winded but the bike guy was not. I have both a trike and road bike and the bike is 2-3 miles per hour faster on average.

You need a more competent bike rider for an accurate comparison. This rider had his hands on the tops instead of the drops and as a result, was sitting almost bolt upright. There's a huge aerodynamic drag penalty as compared to hands on the drops in an aerodynamic tuck. With no regard to aerodynamics, (the trike's main advantage), there was no way the bike was going to win.

vtx is 36lbs? ice quote it's weight at 30.5 lbs

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Sell the video to ICE as a promotional advert video.......

Once again, Joe is demonstrating his lack of competency. He's more comfortable on the tops than the drops, but there's no way he develops more power on the tops. Look at the pro's sprinting; they're all down on the drops in an aerodynamic position. Look at it logically; on the tops you're just maintaining your position. There's no way you can pull up or push down on the tops. However, in the drops, you're easily able to push and pull coindicent with your cadence to increase power because you're actually grabbing the handlebar with as much grip as you can muster. In fact, while on the drops you can brace your forearm against the handlbar to gain additional leverage. You need a better rider for a valid comparison.