This New Adventure Trike Might Just Change Your Mind About Three-Wheelers

What kinda bums me out

Warning: The following is probably going to sound extremely curmudgeonly. Most of the things I don’t like are qualities Can-Am and Dagenais trumpet as advantageous state-of-the-art features.

Chief among those is the fact that the six-speed transmission is semi-automatic, meaning there’s no clutch to operate, simply a button on the handlebars you press to shift gears. 

The Redrock edition also boasts heated handgrips, not to mention reverse functionality, a 10.25-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and, glory be, a backup camera.

I get it, all these elements are included to ensure a smooth, safe, comfortable ride. On the surface, that’s great. And they might totally click with some riders, enabling them to go places and do things they never thought possible before.

But for those of us who value adventure riding for, you know, the adventure, they just feel nauseatingly cushy.