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Last update : october
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This site is dedicated to the tilting three-wheelers - motorized or
not - and is aimed at all those passionate about these vehicles or who simply
want to know more about the subject. The three-wheelers
have been existing for a long time. One could even assert that they were born
before the motorcars since the famous Fardier built
by Nicolas - Joseph Cugnot in 1770 (and sponsored
by King Louis XV), was designed on this principle. This may be because it
crashed in a wall during its first tests that since that time the
three-wheelers do not have good reputation! ... |
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Although they were much more of them on the roads than motorcars at
the end of the 19th century, their development has very quickly decreased
because of their doubtful dynamic behavior. Nevertheless the three-wheelers
sometimes re-appeared on the roads. This is the case of the famous post-war
Messerschmidt or the equally famous Reliant that has long sailed the English
countryside. Today, a few British or North American specialists for the most part,
propose three-wheelers sold more or less confidential. Generally lowered or
very wide to improve the handling, it is mainly vehicles having sporting or recreational uses. |
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The current need to
have energy-efficient vehicles and, if possible, have a good ability to move
in the traffic gave a second chance to the three-wheelers or, to be more precise,
to a new generation of them: the “Tilting Three Wheelers” (TTWs). Closer to the
motorcycle’s operating dynamics than to the motorcar’s one, these efficient
machines don’t suffer of the weaknesses of the conventional three-wheelers
and offer a better compromise - comfort, safety, maneuverability, ability to
move in traffic and driving pleasure – than a two-wheeler. |
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There are
some of us in the world to be passionated for a
long time by this new alternative. The Forum of Mitch Casto
(Hi Mitch !) in the |
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Toyota has also
joined the game by presenting the i-Road which is
being tested in an experiment of car sharing in Grenoble (France) since the
end of 2014, and more recently in Tokyo. This new way of thinking
"three-wheeler" can also be applied to non-motorized vehicles, bicycles or "commuters" of all sorts. |
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As far as I’m
concerned, I’ve been spending much of my free time to conduct a thinking on this
subject for about three decades. This led me to develop a number of motorized
prototypes (Pulsar Projects, Torga and RC
Three wheelers) and human powered ones (Sweeler Project). My goal: to
contribute to solving the mobility problems of our era and looking for a
"sustainable pleasure on two wheels" by offering solutions that
help reduce the loss of bikers and other users of this type of vehicles*,
while preserving the well-known and appreciated advantages of this mode of
transport. It is the synthesis of this adventure that I propose you to
discover in “troisroues.com”. |
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Philippe Girardi |
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* According to the WHO, 23% of road deaths
in the world in 2013 are users of motorized two or three-wheelers. It represents 287,000 victims. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2015/en/ |
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