DoggyRide bike trailer

We hook-up David & Amy's DoggyRide mini to my ICE Trice Q and take Clara for a test run to see if we want to buy one for her.

Denise is back!

J2 called and suggested a ride.  Denise and I joined him, D on her upright bike.  No problems at all today.  In fact Denise set a very good pace along the Golf Links/Aviation MUP and into downdown.  She rode the route along the 4th Ave bridge and up 4th Ave to University Blvd. and is OVER the "tracks".  The three of us really enjoyed this impromptu Saturday ride and a quick lunch at Time Market.

Denise really wants a doggie trailer so I asked David & Amy to borrow their's for a test run.

Quad "Recumbents"

No, not all quads today but four recumbents.  Three trikes and a quad. 
Amy, myself, J2, and David (L to R) .

Gear review

Even though I have a few options to carry the necessities (water, repair/flat kit) and some extra gear on my trike, things were not feeling right.  The Radical Allfa ICE side pods are cavernous inside.  Unless you are carrying lots of large items, everything seams to get lost in this large bags (no dividers inside).  Great bags for this trike, just to large for non-touring/commuting needs.


The Trice Rear Carrier that came with my trike has a problem where a portion of the rack hits the trike frame, so that's been removed until I resolve that problem.  Otherwise, the bag I have for that rack is actually very nice.  The SunLite is a very nice bag with lots of pockets and two large drop-down side panniers.  The two new bags will work nicely with the two new bags, as the new bags have very specific purposes that are not duplicated with the trunk bag.


I placed an order with the Hostel Shoppe for:

FastBack - 4.0 Hydration Pack











 

FastBack - Tool Pouch














will finish this post later today, need to prepare to ride...!

Saguaro National Park East - "Work Off The Stuffing!"

J2 came over at 7:30am and we rode to the corner of Craycroft & Golf Links were me met up with Dan at 8am.  Unfortunatly Wayne did not show (and we have not heard from him yet either).  

From here we rode together West on Craycroft to the end.  A quick left on Houghton and a quick right onto Old Spanish Trail and a few more miles to the park.  The BEAUTIFUL 8-mile hill loop and back home the same way with breakfast at Joe's Pancake House.

It's a pretty hilly route TO the park, than the loop itself is all hills (DOWN & up).  Today there were more bikes than cars in the park - nice!

A fun day together and we did indeed work off the stuffing (and the pie!).

Here we are with our machines at the top of Hill #1:  J2, Dan, J1