Recumbent Trikes Unchained-The CIXI E-Assist System Changes Everything!

About this episode

The episode discusses the revolutionary CIXI E-Assist system for electric trikes and features an interview with Pierre Francis from CIXI.

Nothing short of a revolution in electric assisted trikes is on the way before the end of 2025! We've talked about the French CIXI system in the past (most recently in our interview with their engineers at Spezi 2025) but now they are being implemented on trikes from ICE, HASE and maybe more. These trikes will have no chain, chainrings, chain tubes, idler wheels, derailleurs, cassettes, shifters or shifter cables. Let that sink in... On this webcast we interview Pierre Francis from CIXI. He ...

People in this episode

Guest: Pierre Francis

Topics covered

• recumbent trikes
• electric assist
• CIXI system
• trike technology

Keywords

• electric trikes
• chainless design
• ICE
• HASE

Mentioned in this episode

Products: CIXI E-Assist System, ICE trikes, HASE trikes

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