Electric Tricycle Friendly Retirement Communities: The Ultimate Guide for Seniors

If you're living in a retirement community, I've got the best e-bikes and e-trikes for you behind me that I want to show you how awesome they're going to be to get around in your over-55 retirement community. I've been in the bike and e-bike industry for over 20 years. I've also done test rides with hundreds of riders over the age of 55 who are living in retirement communities. So I have firsthand experience seeing what bikes, what e-bikes are well-suited for these communities. I've got four bikes and e-trikes behind me that are great, great for retirement communities to get around to the pool, shopping, activities, banquet hall, the community center, you name it. So I'm going to get into each of them, and I'm going to start down here with our two-wheeled e-bike that I think is great. And then we've got three electric trike options that are great as well. So follow me over here to the two-wheel bike, and we'll start there. Right here, we have our Simple step-through e-bike. This is the lowest step-through e-bike that you're gonna find on the market. Now, you're gonna see other e-bikes out there with smaller wheels, different configurations. They are not going to have a lower step-through than this e-bike right here. The reason is that we've dipped the frame below this crank. Normally, the frame can go no lower than the crank. We've dipped it lower, which allows for this easy step through here of only 13 inches. So if mounting and dismounting is something that you're concerned about, or you have arthritis in your hips, your back, your knees, that maybe prohibits your leg from going too high, this is a very easy step-through. A lot of these e-bikes, these bars may be too high, and you have to try to whip your leg over the top. Don't do that. That's not safe. I don't want to see anyone in a retirement community having to struggle that much to get their leg over.

This is an easy step through right here, and you can slide right onto the e-bike. Makes it so safe, so easy to ride. Stopping and starting is very simple and safe, and just pull your leg through here. This is a 500-watt rear hub motor. So you're going to reach speeds of up to 20 miles an hour with just the throttle and 28 miles an hour in pedal assist. So there's going to be more than enough power. So you have the throttle option, the pedal assist option, or the cool thing, you have seven speeds, so you can ride this like a normal bicycle. You can ride around town, you can shift, you can do whatever you see fit. It's just cool that you have that range in gears. A lot of e-bikes don't have that. They either have seven speeds or they have them configured in a way where it's very difficult to pedal. We've configured it in a way where level one's gonna be easy, level seven's gonna be a little bit harder, but it's a great gear ratio. Especially for riders over the age of 55. Pedaling won't be too difficult, but you'll still get the assistance. It's a lot of fun, and it rolls easily. 10.4 amp-hour battery in the back here. You're going to get a range of up to 50 miles. Now, it's a big range because it depends on the weight of the rider. It also depends on how you're using it. Are you using the motor, the throttle a lot? Are you using the pedal assist a lot? Or are you riding it like a bike? The more that you stay in a lower-level pedal assist, the more range you're gonna get. The more you use the throttle, the less range you're gonna get. Now, the other benefit is, ergonomic upright riding position, also four custom adjustment points. You can raise and lower the seat, tilt the seat, raise and lower the handlebars, and tilt the handlebars.

This is important for the over-55 community, as I've seen, because you wanna be able to dial in this bike specific to your body. If you need to adjust to make it more comfortable for your shoulders, for your wrists, for your elbows, or for your back. That option is available to you, which is so great about the Simple step-through. And on top of that, we've got three colorways. This navy, there's a black and a teal. They're really, really cool. You also have the rear rack on here. We have custom bags that match these that you can take things with you, like your water bottles. Towels, anything else that you're riding to in your community. If you're looking for a two-wheeled option and you're still comfortable on that, this is one of the best options for retirement communities for over-55 riders because of how low that step-through is, and of course, the comfort riding position. I notice that a lot of riders over the age of 55, over 60, maybe haven't been on a bike for a long time, and they get on and they have balance issues, and they can't believe that they do. It's been so long since they've been away. And that's okay. The great thing now is that there are a lot of options with three wheels that can take you just as fast and just as far as a two-wheel option. And you can see here we've got three e-trike options. Now, starting here, this is our Sixthreezero EZ Transit. This is a great electric trike if you want something for indoor-outdoor use, and you also like something that can navigate through tight spaces. But still has power. This has 750 watts of power. So riders up to 400 pounds can be accommodated by this e-trike. It can also take you up to speeds of 16 miles an hour, range of up to 50 miles as well. Again, the same thing with the range, it depends on the usage of the throttle and the pedal assist, and the regular bike.

Also has seven speeds here. So again, if you wanna mix up your use case and you're using throttle while you're indoors in tight spaces, but you're outdoors riding, you've got the seven speeds, you can ride it like a normal bike. It's so much fun. Now, a cool thing, same four levels, four adjustment points. You also have this easy adjustable up and down with the handlebars here. This bike, this e-trike, can accommodate riders four, nine to six feet two. It has a double seat post here. So you can actually bring this up and accommodate even taller riders. And all of these, don't forget, we've got many other videos on our website. So you can see here, dial it into what works best for you. I can go ahead and get on. And you can tilt, bring these handlebars in. You can see how comfortable a position I'm in. My back is upright. The beauty of all these is that they're designed to have that ergonomic upright riding position and keep the rider in a comfortable position while riding. Great thing about these for the tireman community: front and rear baskets. Got this huge basket here. Take anything with you. Your pool stuff, your towels, your water, your pickleball, bocce ball, anything, throw it in here. And then you still have the front basket for extra storage as well. So, front and rear storage give you a lot of potential. You also have a reverse option on this one. So that's why it's great for indoor-outdoor usage. If you need to be in tight spaces and navigate out, throw it in reverse. Boom, hit that, back up. Front and rear disc handbrakes that stop on an absolute dime. Lastly, easy to transport as well. It folds up. You can see right here in the middle. I can go ahead and fold this in half. So it's going to take up less space when you store it, maybe in your house. You can see it folds up like so. And then bring that back. It's easy, and then you've got your handlebars too. So if you do RVing or you do a lot of transporting of your trike, this is a really awesome option. So this is your cruising trike.

So if you want to take three, four, or five-mile rides, this thing is great for those kinds of rides. It has a 250-watt front hub motor, still up to 15 miles an hour, but this is going to be great for those flat ground, long rides, and easy. You're going to have the 250-watt motor, and again, an ergonomic upright riding position. The handlebars sweep into your body, keeping your back upright, and you can take the tension off your arms, your back, and your shoulders. Same great four adjustment points. Now you notice bigger tires, more like normal two-wheel bike tires, I should say. These are going to roll a lot smoother once you get the momentum going. That's why I say this is your cruising e-trike. If you want to go get out one, two, ten miles, keep it in a low-level pedal assist like two or three, this thing just cruises. It's so much fun. You also have a big basket back here, again, to store all the stuff if you're riding through the community. You want to be out for an hour, two, or three hours, going for those long-distance rides. I love this trike for that reason. Same thing on the range, up to 50 miles, depending on how you ride it. Now, the 250 watts of power, the beauty of that, it's a little less power than this. We did that because we wanted to have a higher weight capacity that could navigate on this one. 250 watts can still handle up to 400 pounds. It's just a smoother, more gradual ride. That's why we like it for cruising. This is if you need to get in tight spaces, the power, the thrust are better to have in those situations. But this is lots of fun. You can cruise with the throttle. You can put it in pedal assist, get your exercise. You still have the seven speeds to ride. So if you've had a tricycle or you're looking to get one, and you want something that can double as an e-trike and a regular, and when you ride it feels like a normal tricycle, this is a great option for that. Okay, so moving on from the EVRYjourney 250 watt to our last E-Rickshaw 750 watt.

Now this is a little bit bigger trike. You can see it's got 20-inch by four-inch fat tire rear wheels and a 24-inch by four-inch front fat tire. Now, the cool thing is it's set lower in the back, which is great because you have passengers on here. This is 750 watts. Very powerful. Also huge 21-amp-hour battery. So the range on this is going to be, I mean, up to 50 miles as well. It can be longer if you don't have passengers. You have passengers, you're going to drain the battery faster. This can go up to 20 miles an hour. So the cool thing about this electric rickshaw is takes passengers with you. So if you have a loved one or friends, instead of opting for a golf cart, take this. Someone can drive, and someone can sit in the back. And again, check out our YouTube channel. We have lots of videos showing adult passengers on here and cruising around. This is so much fun for the community. If you have a doubles partner, you want to pick up and ride down to the play pickleball, play tennis, shuffleboard, you name it, put them on the back, and somebody you can, both of you can get exercise and swap out. So it's fun in that regard. You can see back here, we have a seatbelt so they can safely be strapped in and not have to worry about, um, you know, falling out. There's a step-up pedal here or a step-up platform here. They can step onto and get on. This also has disc brakes. It stops nicely, very safe. You have a bell here on the front as well to let people in the community know you're coming. The other cool thing about this, in particular, versus a golf cart, park this in the bicycle parking, you know, you're not going to need a golf cart spot or a car spot. So it's just going to be a little more versatile. Great. Electric tricycle options for a retirement community to get around, to do your activities, to keep your body moving, right? That's the most important thing. So you don't just have to opt for the golf cart as the main mode of transportation throughout the community.