Great day for a ride!

Better get it in before it rains tomorrow was my thought.  So at 2pm I "closed up shop" and took myself for a ride.  It being my wife's first day at a new job I thought I'd try to be in the area about the time she was leaving to meet up (for a ride home).

It was a picture perfect day indeed!

This last photo is 2 of about 20 A-10's that were flying in this beautiful sky.
...ah The Sound of Freedom!

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...!