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

----- 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

If you're ever in the SF Bay area, hop on BART and then the MUNI N

Judah train to Golden Gate Park on the weekend when they close the

main road to let bikes, rollerbladers etc. there.

It's another of those min-vacations, loads of fun, people, etc...

would be a great place to take a kickbike. I never took mine there but

have taken my trikke there.



On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Holland<HollandUSA@...> wrote:

>

>

> 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

>

>

did my usual manhattan run today ; took the mibo 12incher

since it is a folder and it is a holiday  ; fixed frame bikes

and scooties are banned on peak hours ; holidays aaaaannnnd

the day before holidays ...go figure ;



pumped up the 40 psi tundra tires to something well over

the posted maxx ; performance noticeably improved ; ride

a tad harder ; much like the sixteener ; great day ; breeze and sun



bike riders stopped me in the green market at union square

park and grilled me about what it cost ; was there a motor

etc etc ; a small group formed around me and asked more

questions ; if we had a usa distrib , i could hand out cards ;

as it is , i might copy my invoice [ $189 usd ] and show it

around ;



then 2 "mature" ladies [ i . e . near my age ] forced me over [with a

smile ] and took the scoot from me

for a quick circle on the park pavement and grilled me

mercilessly then bid me good day and ride safely ; dolls

just dolls ; nice people are hiding in plain sight !



saw a really good juggler in union sq park [ one of my

fave parks ]  you have seen guys toss a hacky sack ..

they do it with their feet ; no hands ; this juggler caught the

bowling pins with his feet and tossed them up ; then he spun

one pin in one hand while tossing the pins with the other ;



big concert in battery park ;



little kid in the hudson river park on a trick tricycle ; normal front wheel

well , a low rider front wheel and two casters on the rear ! he would

dart ahead and then crank the front wheel to one side and spin in place in

a circle ;



big concert on pier 17



magician in south street seaport [ adjacent to pier 17 ]



sneaked on the train home with the sled still assembled

[it can fold or even come apart at the joint ] tucked it between

seats ; no squawk







----- Original Message -----

From: "Craig Carlyle Clarke" <craig.clarke@...>

To: <kickbiking@yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:45 PM

Subject: Re: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach





If you're ever in the SF Bay area, hop on BART and then the MUNI N

Judah train to Golden Gate Park on the weekend when they close the

main road to let bikes, rollerbladers etc. there.

It's another of those min-vacations, loads of fun, people, etc...

would be a great place to take a kickbike. I never took mine there but

have taken my trikke there.



On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Holland<HollandUSA@...> wrote:

>

>

> 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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Yahoo! Groups Links

----- 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

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

>

>

>

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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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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>

>

>

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>

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----- Original Message -----

From: SueW

To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:55 AM

Subject: RE: [kickbiking] A Day at the Beach

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

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