Next Trike? HP Enduro?

Update 1/8/20

I've decided that before blowing money on a dedicated off rode trike I'll simply put a set on MTB tires on my ICE Sprint FS E8000 and give it a try on the unpaved fire roads and maintained trails. With the minimalist suspension of the Sprint coupled with low pressure 57mm or 60mm MTB tires I just might accomplish what I'm looking for...getting me off the roads for awhile. Besides the big cost savings...I really like riding my ICE Sprint. Now to just do it.

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Is this going to be my next trike?

HP Velotechnik FS 26 Enduro

with a Shimano Steps E8000 (not pictured here)

Since moving back to Thousand Oaks, CA with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area at my backdoor I've missed hiking into the hills. The problem is, since my 2013 hip replacements and ensuing Piriforis Syndrome, my hiking legs are gone but not my desire to get off the road and into the mountains. As of October the National Park Service (NPS), which makes up part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, along with State and other public land holders, now allows e-bikes on the trails where regular bikes are permitted. The other public land holders generally follow the lead of the NPS. I even went so far as to confirm with my contacts at the NPS that e-trikes are cool on the trails. And yes they are as long as you have too pedal to move, no throttle.

After the Thanksgiving holiday I'll be checking in with Dana at Bent Up Cycles to test ride an HP Velotechnik Enduro.

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My Hiking Days

Last real hike in 2013 before hip replacements. The arthroscopic surgery on my hips prior to the full hip replacements gave me a short window of being able to hike. 

Now that I'm 65 and on Medicare I can afford to put forth the effort to hopefully figure out how to mediate the Piriformis Syndrome that is a nuisance when walking or standing to long. In the future I hope to have more pictures of me hiking on the trail.

Cheeseboro Canyon where I  Volunteer for the National Park Service

I've been volunteering since 2000 with a three break (2016-2018) while living on the Central Coast.

My son Byron volunteered in 2013 for High School credit.