Yeah, the swaying of the trikke does intimidate people, even drivers -
spooks them, though you can "carve" narrowly and take up as little
width as a bike or kickbike, it's not a whole lot of fun to do that
for long distances.

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:59 PM, duggy<duggy@...> wrote:
>
>
> met claudio and his love in tampa at the tampa trikke shop
> went on an 18 mile run ; me on my 20 incher and the rest
> on trikkes ; somehow , i think the trikke shop owner was
> a bit torked that  i didn't ride an offered trike ; hey i know i can
> do 18 mi on my clydesdale , 18 mi on my arms on a trikke , i ain't
> sure of ...
>
> anyhow , it was my purpose to meet up with claudio since i
> was in florida at the time and he and she had just flown in ,
> not buy a trikke ; rode some of them at the trikke shop ; i still
> don't see what is so hard to get them going ; no false modesty ,
> it just went when i swayed and swiveled ; 8's 12's front wheel forward ;
> front wheel rearward didn't matter ; they go good ;
>
> just not my
> cup of tea in manhattan where sometimes darting between
> parked cars and peddies [ humans on foot ] and other narrow
> spots favor the scootie ; the scootie can accelerate very fast to
> its max ;
>
> the ability to dismount instanly from the
> scootie is a major bennie in the close quarters that can sometimes
> materialize in any dynamic sitch in a blink ; the the appearance of
> you walking the scoot a nano after dismounting is reassuring to the
> peddies ; i think the swaying of the trikke is a bit intimidating to
> peddies [ whose territory i regularly invade ] i go gently where
> it could be percieved i am out of order if i went fast on a crowded
> sidewalk ; especially if replacements [rugg ratts ] are underfoot , so
> to speak ...
>
> little green man
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: SueW
> To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:27 PM
> Subject: RE: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach
>
> I remember trying out the Millenium and really liking it.  I also remember
> Duggy getting up the brutal hill with Gildo …. :)
>
> Sue
>
> From: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kickbiking@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of duggy
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 2:51 PM
> To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach
>
>
> kids get it , don't they ?  :))) scooter bike is a good term ;
>
> i have used it now and then ;
>
> the venice beach run ! did it with claudio pagan and
>
> the trikke guys from del rey a few anos ago ; claudio
>
> had a KickBike* milennium racer which he graciously
>
> let me borrow ; he rode his own Trikke* ; while the
>
> originator of this group , sue widemark and her husband
>
> rode their recumbents ;
>
> i also was in venice beach a couple of years ago after
>
> going to the corona airport east of L A for lessons in
>
> a DC-3 ; i went to a salvation army store and bought
>
> a rat bike and rode it in venice beach and santa barbara
>
> and santa maria ;  venice beach : fun place
>
> little green man
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Holland
>
> To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:21 PM
>
> Subject: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach
>
> My fantasy scoot day has come true. Scooted about a mile to the bus stop.
> Put my new Freeride on the bus bike rack. Was fumbling with the bungee cord
> I was going to use to secure the scoot, so just skipped it and it turned out
> it stayed in place beautifully without it. Had a really nice bus driver who
> let me stand in front of the yellow line to keep an eye on it and see how it
> was doing for the first several blocks. When the bus got crowded, I went
> back and took a seat. Arrived in Santa Monica, got off, unloaded and went to
> the bike path along the beach. Headed north toward Malibu. Lots of nice
> comments. A group of counselors with an outdoor fitness camp broke into an
> instant chant of "Scoot-er! Scoot-er!" each time I passed them along with
> saying they loved it and wanted to get one themselves. I had someone who
> looked like a permanent outdoor resident call out from his reclining
> position, "Hey, can I borrow that?" It was a gorgeous day, just the right
> amount of breeze, a very blue sky and good bird choreography. When I reached
> the end of the bike path, I turned around, went back through Santa Monica
> and continued down to Venice Beach. Great mix of beautiful bodies and just
> folks, bicycles built for two, and parents hauling their offspring in
> trailers attached to their bicycles. Interesting to note relative speed – I
> actually passed several of the slower riders of one-speed cruiser bikes, but
> couldn't overtake a speedy roller-bladder. I'm definitely not in it for the
> speed, but sometimes it becomes a little game to see to what degree I can
> keep up with the various human powered vehicles that pop up in front of me.
> Saw something in the beach parking lot I'd never see before that took my
> breath away – kite boarding. Apparently it's often done over the water, but
> even more amazing to me over the ground. A guy has his legs strapped to a
> platform with wheels, like a giant skateboard, and is holding on to a huge
> kite with heavy duty gloves which is rolling him around the lot. When he
> catches the wind just so he and the board fly several feet over the ground.
> You feel like you're soaring just watching. After a couple of hours at the
> beach, I headed back up to the street, put my scooter back on the bus and
> headed home thinking this was about the best mini-vacation you could get all
> for $1.25 bus fare and a 45 minute ride. Hope to make this trip a couple of
> times a month part of my regular routine. I am loving the Freeride and
> around town also getting lots of nice comments, along with some outright
> chuckles. I liked the little girl who pointed with awe and said, "Look,
> Mommy – a scooter bike!"
>
> Hope you all have a great 4th and get some good rides in!
>
> Holland
>
>
>