well, I ride mine all over streets and sidewalks, but it's definitely
more fun to have a nice wide spacious place for them.

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:23 AM, duggy<duggy@...> wrote:
> the trikke is a great workout and fun ; it has its venues
> i have seen one or two on the hudson river greenway
> very bike friendly ; but i don't see them in the other
> parts of the city ; streets ; sidewalks etc
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Carlyle Clarke" <craig.clarke@...>
> To: <kickbiking@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 12:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
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