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Probably right about trikkes and scooters but I cannot ride a
scooter any distance, due to arthritis. My trikke is not getting used too much
either because I blew out a disc in my back (from my walking program) last year
and it’s slowly healing but for now better if I do other things for exercise.
The bummer is I’m 20 lbs slimmer than I was in 2004 (lost 80 lbs in all from
high wt in 2007) but due to injuries cannot move as well as I could back then.
Oh well.. the recumbent still works well… and doing aerobics and yoga to
rehab.. yoga is awesome…
Sue
From:
kickbiking@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kickbiking@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of duggy
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:59 PM
To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach
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
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
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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