Finally got out for my first real ride of the season today. Sunny and in the low 50’s I had to ride because it looks like rain for the rest of the week. I took the Expedition out thinking I’d just ride around the city to work the kinks out and then head home.
I ended up following the new section of the Erie Canalway Trail from Lockport (NY) to Pendleton. It’s not officially open yet (the ribbon-cutting ceremony hasn’t been held) but was finished last summer/fall.
Since it is brand new, it is in perfect shape and was a nice ride. Well, almost perfect. I saw four discarded tires, neatly arranged in a square, but still dumped nonetheless. Maybe someone will make planters out of them? There was also some crudely-drawn graffiti of male parts that looked kind of like dog-bones. This is why we don’t have nice things… Continue Reading…
A long time ago, I built a stand to make working on my Terratrike Tour easier. It was made out of PVC pipe and fittings and is a popular design I found on the internet. It served me well for many years and when I got the Catrike Expedition, I continued to use it. The spacing between the front cradles was a little too wide, though even after I trimmed the plastic fittings a bit. You’d sit the trike on it okay, but when you went to lift it off, the stand went along with the trike because it was wedged in.
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