Well, I have to say that it sounds like an interesting weekend. I'll
put it on my calendar and see what happens. When I attended the
Catrike Rally last month, we stayed at the Cental Motel, and really
had a good time. Maybe I'll see you there. What pace do you
normally ride, I may bring my wife with me and she is on the slow
side...

David Von Stein

--- In TeamCatrike@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Timmons" <ttimmons@...>
wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I appreciate the photos and the idea, but I have come to grips with
> levering myself up from the seat with the hand grips and am having
no
> problems there.
>
> By the way, I'll be up to Inverness to ride the Withlacoochee State
> Trail on the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend the end of
> May. We'll be leaving from the Central Motel about 9:30 on each
day.
> Will ride north one day, and south the next, just to enjoy the
scenery.
>
> If you or any of the others on the board are around, look for the
> yellow Trail, with the John Deere logos on it...that'll be me.
>
> Tractor Tom in Okeechobee
>
>
> --- In TeamCatrike@yahoogroups.com, "David" <david.vonStein@> wrote:
> >
> > Tom, I just put a couple of pictures in the photos area under
> > Devious56 that might help you. On the front of the green
Expedition
> > is a little device we have put together that we call an Elder
Assist,
> > and is nothing more than a quill type bicycle stem and a piece of
cut
> > down handlebar. The stem is a 1 inch one that goes into the
frame,
> > and the beauty of this is that you make it what ever size you
want
> > depending on the stem that you buy.
> >
> > Hope this helps you a bit,
> > David Von Stein
> > Middleburg, Florida
> >
> > --- In TeamCatrike@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Timmons" <ttimmons@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Another point, at least for this overweight 53 year old man, is
> > > getting in and out of the seat (especially after a 20 mile
ride!)
> > > It's a long way up to my normal 6'-4" stance from a seat that
sits
> > > about 3" off the pavement. Initially I would grasp the top of
the
> > > tires and kind of lever myself up. Now I have found that
gabbing the
> > > brakes, and pushing myself up off the top of the hand grips
works the
> > > best.
> >
> > > Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL
> > >
> >
>