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Current Availability:   Available Color: Bengal Red (FREE COLOR UPGRADE) (1 in stock) - Can ship today   Available Color: Bengal Black (FREE COLOR UPGRADE) (1 in stock) - Can ship today   Available Color: White (1 in stock) - Can ship today   Available Color: Custom Colors (Visit our Custom Color Shop) (1 in stock) - Ships in 24hrs   Available Color: Yellow (FREE COLOR UPGRADE) (1 in stock) - Can ship today   Available Color: Silver (2 in stock) - Can ship today NEW - Check out some of our recent custom builds of the 2012 Catrike Villager G2 The Catrike Villager is an affordable, user-friendly Catrike that anyone can ride. Based on strong demand, the Villager has a higher seat than the other catrike models, 20” wheels, a wider stance and incredible ground clearance. This is a true utilitarian vehicle that has many uses; ride it to the grocery store or out to dinner; it’s great for a picnic in the park, or ride it wherever you want to go. You will enjoy the scenery more than ever and discover the great joy of riding all over again. The Villager’s 12.5” seat height allows you to get in and out with little effort; 5.5” ground clearance helps you negotiate speed bumps and curb transitions; stable 31” track; simple 9-speed drive train with quality components. This Cat is easy to ride and friendly for a first time buyer. And best of all, it’s affordable. Human power is great for the future, but even better today. Beautiful-Simple-Functional Catrike Villager. Detailed Specifications: Frame Material Space Frame made from strong and lightweight Aluminium Trike Weight 34 lbs. Front Wheel 20" (406) Rear Wheel 20" (406) Stock Tires Schwalbe Marathon Wheelbase 34 in. Wheel Track 31 in. Total Width 35 in. Seat Height 12 in. Total Assembled Heig 27 in. Turning Circle 14 ft. Ground Clearance 5 Seat Angle 35° to 55°, from horizontal degrees Seat Width 14 in. Total Weight Capacit 275 lbs. Bottom Bracket Heigh 14 in. Shifters SRAM X7 Rear Derailleur SRAM X7 Front Derailleur Microshift Front Brakes Avid BB5 Disc Brakes Break Levers Avid FR5 Flat Pull Levers Chain Type KMC X9 Standard Color(s) Silver, White Optional Colors White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Blue, Black, Lime Green, Pink Candy: Introducing the New Generation of Villager by Big Cat Catrikes are known throughout the industry to be some of the best mid-to-high-level trikes available. At the Big Cat factory we saw why the Catrike models are always consistently made to such a high quality and the engineering behind them. We had the opportunity to be in Florida for the Big Cat Rally and got to spend some personal time with the engineers, machinists, and welders who turn aluminum tubing into the trikes we love to ride. While most manufacturers are secretive of their production methods, Paulo, the owner and genius behind the company, is surprisingly open about how their trikes are made even giving us demos of each step. The Catrike models are all made in Florida by an incredible team. While the factory is not huge, it is a model of efficiency. Paulo has spent a lot of time perfecting their just-in-time approach to production. Big Cat uses parallel manufacturing processes whenever possible. While parts and components are gathered together on one side of the shop, the frame is being built on the other. Everything meets together to be boxed up by the dock in time for daily pick ups. The Made in USA logo on each Catrike is not just a marketing ploy. These guys really care about keeping production in-house. To further that goal they recently purchased their own wheel-building machine from Holland Machinery to give them more control over their supply chain and the quality of their product. While the fancy new wheel robot might be what wows the general public, most of us in the manufacturing business are immediately pulled towards the many jigs throughout the shop. With each model designed in SolidWorks, their engineering team, led by Lynn, is able to create virtual jigs and then assemble them using custom extrusions. Jigs for cutting and sizing each piece of the frame are made and then finally for welding the whole trike together are made. There are jigs for each model and each piece. This method allows for extremely high tolerances and consistent build quality. The final assembly is welded precisely, heat treated, and then powder coated on site. It’s hard to imagine being more perfect without splitting a few atoms. Introducing the New Generation of Villager While the Rally was certainly great, our primary reasons for being in Florida was to witness the birth of the newest Cats. If you’ve read our earlier article about the Catrikes its easy to look at their frames and think that the flowing tubing design of the frame would be easy to create. The truth is Big Cat spent months designing the new G2 versions of the Villager and Trail together with a lot of virtual testing before the first prototype was made. One of the main challenges was that they wanted to add the feature of a folding adjustable seat and still make it look like a Catrike. Well, they succeeded. The new Villager is no different when it comes to quality, and finish as any other Catrike that we’ve seen. Each weld is placed with perfection and care, ensuring each bead is the same shape and size as the last. The frames are washed with three different types of cleaners to ensure there are no imperfections or bumps in the paint, giving these trikes a very clean finish. The 2nd Generation Villager frame is a masterpiece of engineering. While you could ride one for hours as a commuter or on the bike trails you could just as well mount it to your wall as a piece of modern art. This new Villager has something for everyone -- adjustability, performance, comfort, and most importantly high quality at an affordable price. After much riding and rigorous testing, this trike performs solidly without missing a beat The G2 Frame The new frame design is known in-house as the “Generation 2 Space Frame”. While the standard feature of the Catrike frame has been the integrated seat, the G2 frame diverges from this. The new frames sport a triangulated rear end to give the frame the stiffness and rigidity required to be called a Catrike without the seat factoring into it. Lynn told us that having the solid rear end was her primary concern during the design phase and that she lost a lot of sleep over it. Well, we are happy to say that she can rest well because they hit the target dead in the center. Adjustable Seat All of this new engineering was done ultimately to allow the seat back to function independently from the main frame. The hinge supports are incredibly solid. The pivots are Teflon/PTFE coated making for smooth action when adjusting the seat angle. The mechanism is built to last and the seat is designed to be adjusted and folded as a matter of routine. The seat sports five different adjustment positions with anodized CNC brackets that attach to the rear frame via quick release locks. There is no slop in this seat. Once locked down you would never know by feeling it that this seat could move. The seat will move five degrees farther forward than the previous fixed frame, and will move fifteen degrees farther back. This gives you the freedom to set the seat forward giving you a great field of view, and afterwords you can lay the seat back for a more sporty feel. The seat also retains those handy little pockets on the back and underneath for storing random bits and pieces. Having the adjustable seat did cause the weight of the trike to go up by a pound. For most people, we think the flexibility of the trike more than makes up for the extra weight. Combined with the adjustable boom and handlebars, the new Trail and Villager will accommodate just about any rider. Components The components on the Villager haven’t changed. The stock configurations still uses bulletproof SRAM shifters and derailleurs, Avid brakes, and Cane Creek sealed bearings combined with their own Teflon bearings in the head sets. The Trail and Villager now share common pricing with either model costing $1850 for the 9-speed version and $1950 for the 27-speed. This represents a small increase in the pricing over the previous versions, but when you look at the design and quality of all the pieces it all just seems so easy to justify the bump in price. I’m glad they didn’t take the other approach and go down in quality to keep it at a lower price level. Ride Quality The Villager G2 is easily one of the most comfortable trikes I have ridden. For someone who is used to riding the laid-back angle of the famous Catrike 700, the Villager has never really appealed to me, however, after kicking the seat back and cruising with it around Florida when it was released, and now here at the shop, I’m really blown away with the angle options. Being able to lay the seat back, as far as it does, and then push it all the way up, makes it easy for anyone to like this trike. Adjusting the seat angle will affect your center of gravity as well as the comfort at which you pedal. In the middle seat position the new G2 trikes don’t handle much different than their predecessors. If anything, I think the new frame is more rigid ad you’ll feel more grip in the corners. Overall the feel is more responsive. Start playing with the seat angles and it becomes a game changer. With the seat laid back, this around-town cruiser turns into a sport-hungry Catrike, without sacrificing its refinements in stability, or handling. With the seat in its most forward position it gives you the chance to relax, and enjoy the veiw. The width of the trike keeps everything stable and predictable and any speed or seat angle, giving confidence under any riding conditions. Summing It Up The new Villager gives you everything that anyone ever wanted out of the the previous version. It still maintains the same seat height and width which makes it easy for anyone to get in and out of. With the ability to adjust the seat angle it is the perfect trike for those that are new into trikes and want something that sits upright. Overall the new 2011 Catrike Villager delivers everything you would expect from the Villager and then some. The adjustability means that this trike will fit just about anyone, beginners and veterans riders alike. The frame feels great, the seat angles are more than acceptable, and the ride is one that won’t easily be forgotten. As for Big Cat: This company is just inspiring. The teamwork is fantastic. 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