More than 80km cycled between Father's Day Sunday and Monday. On Sunday I enjoyed the artwork shadow as I was rolling across and above the train tracks, and on my return trip I stopped for a moment to watch a kite surfer in the Thompson as I was rolling through McArthur Island.

Yesterday I went out to Tranquille and decided to see what climbing the Tranquille-Criss Creek road would be like, which one can take out to Red Lake.

The road is so steep initially and there's so much light gravel is was a very difficult climb - there were spots where if I had lost all momentum I don't think I would have been able to get going again, it was just so much soft gravel and so steep. However, it was fun to explore up a ways and I'm planning out a new trike which should have oodles of battery, which should make a trek to Red Lake actually possible. I don't think my current setup could do it without carrying a 2nd battery.

Gorgeous days so far this week!

#cycling #recumbenttrike #bike #trike

Letztes Wochenende ein schönes Treffen mit ca. 15 #velomobil en, #recumbenttrike und anderen Rädern. Sehr entspannte und unterhaltsame Runde mit lieben Menschen.
Die Teilnehmer kamen aus ganz #franken angereist.

#recumbent #regel17 #liegerad #velomobile

Liegerad-Treffen (auch für Interessierte)

Yak & Yeti (Görresstraße), Montag, 8. Juni um 19:00 MESZ

https://fahrradtermine-berlin.de/event/liegerad-treffen-auch-fur-interessierte-12

#BikeTooter folks, anyone know much about recumbents? My dad (RIP), obtained this Ice Trice (TNT?) many moons ago but never got round to fixing it up sadly. I know nothing about recumbents, but it looks like it needs a LOT of work/replacement parts. Anyone have any idea what a reasonable price for a “project bike” like this might be? (Or is anyone in the vicinity of #Bristol UK interested in it potentially!?)

#Recumbent #RecumbentTrike

Last Sunday's ride with TRBUG. 53 km out from Cabarlah. I decided to ride to the start point so I ended up doing 93 km! A pleasant ride on a mixture of asphalt, gravel and dirt roads, through state forest and pine plantations
The week since then has been wet so I have hung around the house and have started a new painting.

#recumbenttrike #etrike #ToowoombaRegion #cycling

On Thursday I rode down to Bikeline to get a new rear derailleur fitted. Fitting and adjusting would take an hour - hour and a half, so I took my sketch book and wandered down the street.

I was standing in the carpark behind Rowes next to a low retaining wall looking for something to draw when a car approached to park.

I stepped to the side, caught my foot on a kerb beside the wall and started to go sideways. Rather than fall, I tried to sit down on the wall.

I sat on the wall but kept going in slow-mo backwards into the garden until I was laying on crushed bushes with my legs up on the wall.

The driver rushed over and grabbed my hand to help me up, but I nearly dragged him in with me!

I rolled over crushing more plants and he helped me up when I got to my knees!

The gardener turned up, cleaned up my mess and said not to worry about it. She then pointed out the praying mantis on my hat.

There is a coffee shop at the corner of Rowes, so I had a cappuccino and sketched. A lady came past, said she was the owner and asked for a photo of it.

I then ambled back to the bike shop and cycled home.

#recumbenttrike #etrike #sketching #prayingmantis